Finney's Crafthouse

Finney's Crafthouse is a family-owned American tavern built around a scratch kitchen and a craft bar. The menu runs to more than 50 made-from-scratch dishes, from shareable appetizers and entree salads to specialty tacos, flatbread pizzas, hot wings, gourmet sandwiches and 100% Angus steak burgers made from grass-fed beef. The bar pours 30 draft beers, mostly from local and regional breweries, alongside cocktails made with fresh-squeezed juice.

The Santa Barbara location is on State Street, one of a group of Finney's restaurants that began in Westlake Village in 2016 and now spans Southern California and Nevada. The room is casual, with reclaimed brick, wood accents, an antique copper bar and TVs for sports, and it works for dressing up or dropping by. Gift cards are redeemable at every location, and the website has a waitlist sign-up.