Attention foodies, get your forks ready for Santa Barbara Restaurant Week. This tasty two-week event provides an excellent opportunity for locals and visitors to celebrate Santa Barbara’s flourishing culinary scene.  Santa Barbara Restaurant Week, presented by Jordano’s Foodservice & Pacific Beverage Co., runs from February 21 – March 6, 2020.

Dine at the area’s best establishments for a great price. Relax in exquisite accommodations by the ocean or in the glistening hills of the American Riviera, and take a trip to wine country right in downtown Santa Barbara.

Enjoy three-course prix fixe dinner menu options for $25, $35 and $45.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to ProStart, a two-year culinary arts and hospitality management program supported and managed by the California Restaurant Association Foundation (CRAF). 140 public high schools in California (including our own San Marcos High School) use this curriculum and it reaches over 13,500 students every year. ProStart truly changes lives through hands-on restaurant experience.

It All Started in New York Back in 1992. The brainchild of Restaurant Week was first started by Tim Zagat and Joe Baum in NYC. Initially, they were only offering it as a lunch option during the National Democratic Convention. It was such a success in the first year that it became a 4-week foodie phenomenon. Today, there are Restaurant Weeks all around the world. Having over 450 restaurants in Santa Barbara, there was no reason not to bring this opportunity to our beautiful city.