Thanksgiving Dining and Delivery

By edhat staff

With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping everyone distanced, Santa Barbara County restaurants are offering alternative dining options for Thanksgiving.

With ever the fighting spirit, our local restauranteurs have continuously pivoted and adjusted to the many changing guidelines to keep everyone safe. The holidays are no different.

Santa Barbara’s Restaurant Guy, John Dickson, compiled a comprehensive list of which restaurants are open and who’s serving up food on Thursday. Here are a few highlights:

Black Sheep: $75; 5-10 p.m.; (805) 965-1113
Cold Spring Tavern: $75 adults, $35 ages 12 and below; 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; (805) 967-0066
Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant: $27.95; 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; (805) 568-0702
Holdren’s Steaks & Seafood: $35 turkey, $46 prime rib; 12:30-8:30 p.m.; (805) 965-3363
Joe’s Cafe: $29.95 ham, $30.95 turkey, $39.95 prime rib; noon-10 p.m.; (805) 966-4638
Louie’s California Bistro, The Upham: $65; 2:30-7:30 p.m.; (805) 963-7003
Roy: four-course dinner with turkey, salmon, or prime rib; $30-$40; 2-8 p.m.; (805) 966-5636
Stella Mare’s $65 adults, $29 ages 12 and below; noon-6 p.m.; (805) 969-6705

Check out the Restaurant Guy’s full list at: https://www.santabarbara.com/dining/thanksgiving/

If you plan on playing it extra safe, local delivery service Restaurant Connection is staying open to make sure your family gets the meal it desires safely delivered to your door. They are also able to delivery bottles of local wine, beer, and alcohol if you need them.

Restaurant Connection urges everyone to place their order in advance to ensure delivery. Below are the available restaurants open for delivery or pickup on Thursday through their app:

Apna Indian Kitchen
Asie Chinese Restaurant
Bree’Osh Bakery Cafe
Blue Owl
Ca Dario
California Pasta
Crocodile Restaurant
Galanga
Garretts Old Fashioned Restaurant
Goleta Coffee
Himalayan Kitchen
Jeannine’s Montecito
Meet Up Chinese Restaurant
Patio Cafe
Pickles & Swiss
Sunshine Cafe
Super Cucas
Sushi Tyme
Uncle Rocco’s NY Pizza
Uniboil
Wine Bistro

The below restaurants are offering special Thanksgiving menus:

You can place your orders in advance by phone at (805) 687-9753, website www.RestaurantConnectionSB.com or via mobile app. If placing an online/app, make sure to adjust the delivery date to 11/26/2020.