Cold Spring Tavern

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Aired on 03/07/2012
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Santa Barbara’s oldest tavern began as a stagecoach stop in 1886

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5995 Stagecoach Rd
Santa Barbara , CA 93105
8059670066
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Menu

Restaurant Details

Cuisines:

• Traditional American

Cost:

• $$

Features:

• Local Favorite
• Breakfast
• Lunch Spot
• Romantic Dining
• Group Dining
• Fireplace
• People Watching
• Live Music
• Family-Friendly Dining

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CitySearch Tips

When to Go

Sundays in summer may be the best time to visit, when bands play from 1:30pm into the evening. There are special tri-tip sandwiches for sale, and visitors are encouraged to pull up a blanket and kick back.

What to Drink

The restaurant offers wine, beer and a full bar. The corkage fee is $12.

The Extras

Also onsite is the original Ojai jail, built in 1873, and four storage buildings the owners found in an old California ghosttown and relocated to the property.

FourSquare Tips

• Bravo
  Visit Cold Springs Tavern in Santa Barbara, home of the first gold mining coach station. It's romantic and has a great fire. Try their signature dish of chicken stuffed with cranberries. -Patti Stange
• Los Angeles Times
  Cold Spring Tavern, a rustic old stagecoach stop tucked alongside Cold Spring Canyon, serves powerful brew, with live music, as well as fancier fare in the candlelit restaurant.
• Bravo
  You'll find bicycles, pick-ups, Harleys & Bentleys parked out front. Next to the delicious restaurant, full bar & "hang" spot houses live music every night. -Alex Reznik, Top Chef
• Duncan W.
  stating the obvious, but Sunday afternoons with Tom & Kenny and a BBQ tri-tip sandwich (from http://socialstardom.com)
• Nissa H.
  Have a tri tip sandwich on a Sunday afternoon while listening to live local music.
• Dressed and Ready
  Any day is nice, but Sunday lunch at Cold Springs Tavern is THE BEST.
• Michelle H.
  Get ready to stand in 2 lines! One for ticket for your tri-tip sanny and beer and then to get tri-tip. Well worth it! It was on food network best I ever had
• LizzieRoyale
  HOT; hot sauce. ? BBQ tri-tip! YUM!!
• Chris C.
  Coolest secret bar ever
• Rob L.
  It's actually the Cold Spring Tavern......not Springs!!!!