Top 40 Food Places in Santa Barbara, According To "Survey"

Top 40 Food Places in Santa Barbara

Think of this as a "Food Joint Of The Month" contest. Except here, a jury didn't get to choose who gets what. This time, we allowed all the 135,884 people living in Santa Barbara to be jurors by picking up various signals they created, including reviews, online & offline sentiment metrics, citations, Google search result rankings, links between websites, brand mentions, social media activity, and more.

Essentially, this competition focuses on the love of food, combined with the passion for cooking and sharing culinary creations with others. We discovered and reviewed all 97 food places in Santa Barbara, then shortlisted 40 (restaurants, diners, cafeterias, drive-thrus, food trucks, fast foods, etc.). Finally, we ranked them based on their food quality, service, atmosphere, value for money, customer feedback, and overall impression.

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Updated: October 17, 2024

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Food places, ranked by the good people of Santa Barbara

Rank	Domain	PopulationServed	Visibility	AveragePosition	Pages	Rankings	ZIPs	Top10
#1	santabarbaraca.com	75,446	55.5%	5.7	1	7	7	7
#2	joescafesb.com	5,642	4.2%	16.3	1	7	7	0
#3	cajunkitchencafe.com	1,315	1.0%	23.0	1	7	7	0
#4	bouchonsantabarbara.com	1,269	0.9%	26.3	1	7	7	0
#5	restaurantconnectionsb.com	1,255	0.9%	27.1	1	7	7	0
#6	palacegrill.com	1,163	0.9%	36.9	1	6	6	0
#7	opalrestaurantandbar.com	1,150	0.8%	35.0	1	7	7	0
#8	rudys-mexican.com	1,043	0.8%	34.3	1	6	6	0
#9	loquitasb.com	1,012	0.7%	45.0	1	7	7	0
#10	thelarksb.com	1,008	0.7%	44.7	1	7	7	0
#11	chaserestaurant.com	994	0.7%	48.4	2	6	6	0
#12	meunfanthaicafe.com	971	0.7%	39.9	1	6	6	0
#13	boathousesb.com	884	0.7%	54.3	1	7	7	0
#14	los-agaves.com	872	0.6%	48.0	1	6	6	0
#15	mizzasb.com	809	0.6%	58.7	1	6	6	0
#16	finchandforkrestaurant.com	786	0.6%	63.9	1	7	7	0
#17	eatthisshootthat.com	712	0.5%	60.4	1	6	6	0
#18	fishousesb.com	519	0.4%	74.7	1	4	4	0
#19	jeannines.com	426	0.3%	79.3	1	4	4	0
#20	sbpublicmarket.com	384	0.3%	80.7	1	2	2	0
#21	sbbites.com	273	0.2%	78.4	1	2	2	0
#22	thepatiocafesb.com	221	0.2%	93.6	1	1	1	0
#23	metrofinefoods.com	199	0.1%	86.0	1	2	2	0
#24	sbbrewhouse.com	173	0.1%	94.6	1	1	1	0
#25	tomarestaurant.com	169	0.1%	89.6	1	1	1	0
#26	janesb.com	167	0.1%	91.9	1	1	1	0
#27	arnoldis.com	157	0.1%	95.4	1	1	1	0
#28	thecreeksidesb.com	121	0.1%	97.3	1	1	1	0
#29	carlitos.com	116	0.1%	94.0	1	1	1	0
#30	barbareno.com	107	0.1%	94.7	1	1	1	0
#31	szechuanrestaurantsb.com	106	0.1%	89.7	1	1	1	0
#32	yourchoicerestaurant.com	95	0.1%	99.3	1	1	1	0
#33	yellowbellytap.com	93	0.1%	95.9	1	1	1	0
#34	mesacafesb.com	87	0.1%	92.1	1	1	1	0
#35	sbbreakwater.com	85	0.1%	92.4	1	1	1	0
#36	saigonsantabarbara.com	69	0.1%	94.6	1	1	1	0
#37	liveoakcafe.com	52	0.0%	101.0	1	1	1	0
#38	shorelinebeachcafe.com	34	0.0%	99.1	1	1	1	0
#39	petrosbrand.com	33	0.0%	99.3	1	1	1	0
#40	losarroyos.net	32	0.0%	99.4	1	1	1	0

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