Cuisine:

• French
• Californian
• Others
• Contemporary

Downey's Description:
Chef-proprietor John Downey has long presided over this quiet place for serious dining, frequented by people who appreciate good, innovative cooking. Downey's style has been called nouvelle California-French. On the menu you're likely to find Santa Barbara shellfish and regional game. Seasonal specialties include venison, gingered foie gras, veal chops, Colorado lamb, locally caught sea bass and wild steelhead trout. Downey and his wife, Liz, shop at local farms for fresh, organic ingredients and specialties like Ojai squab. They create a new menu every day and offer a Santa Barbara Tasting Menu, which features four courses paired with two glasses of local wine. The wine list is rich with the best of Santa Barbara County. There's early seating for those planning to attend a concert at the nearby Arlington Theater. The chef's seasonal dinners, which occur four times annually, are not to be missed. The dining room has been warmed up with different seating, lighting and landscape art by Liz Downey.


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