Café restaurants in Central Coast
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Caffé Cardinale
This spot gets rave reviews for its rich coffee (roasted on the premises), but also does tasty baked goods, soups and panini sandwiches. It's tucked away in an alley off Ocean Ave.
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Linnaea's Cafe
A local institution, the short menu at this coffeehouse changes daily. The food is always spot-on fresh and at times whimsical (eg 'waffle night'). There's a good garden out back, wi-fi too.
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Gabriella Cafe
Intimate and romantic, with tiny tables and twinkling lights, Gabriella is the perfect date spot, with a charming outdoor garden for a long, lingering lunch. Dinner could be better for the price.
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Lulu Carpenter's
If you wear your collar up and like to spread out with the Sunday Times, you'll dig this clean-hands café with brick walls and casement windows. There's outdoor seating on Pacific Ave or in the garden. Free wi-fi.
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Intermezzo
Foodies take note: the swank and stylin' little sister of the Wine Cask serves a less formal menu - cheese plates, lamb kibbes, club sandwiches - that's every bit as gratifying. Same chef, same kitchen, way lower prices. Great for cocktails too.
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Art Cafe
Many of the good smells at this cute place come from the in-house bakery that produces treats such as spice white pepperjack bread and famous muffins. Omelettes, salads, sandwiches, steaks and such at night complete the menu. Art by patrons adorns the walls.
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Attic
For big, crunchy organic salads, homemade soups, vegan dishes, and a huge menu of teas, head to this order-at-the-counter cafe-cum-gallery and performance space. There are meat dishes too, but the emphasis is on veggies. Save room for the vegan shortbread cookies, which defy the law that says vegan equals tasteless.
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Big Sur Roadhouse
The Fosters opened this Roadhouse after working together at Sierra Mar, the Post Ranch Inn's posh eatery. Thankfully, they've chosen to share with us fresh, impeccable cuisine (like plantain tostones with tiger prawns) minus the haute attitude. Inside, the restaurant fairly glows from the corner fireplace and copper-top bar, not to mention the smiles from diners' faces. The front patio is more often than not covered in exuberant chalk drawings.
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Paradise Café
Everything you'd hope for in a hometown corner café - fantastic oak-grilled burgers (the best in Santa Barbara), great salads, and a respectable brunch. Sit outside on the big patio (no smoking). Great wine list that's reasonably priced.
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SB Roasting Co
Lads with laptops fill the tables in this exposed-brick, industrial space. Poets? Day traders? Hackers? Who knows. All come for the potent java - this place roasts its own coffee - and casual vibe. Try a 'flattened' bagel for 75¢. One block off State St.
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Natural Café
The lunch line - stretching 10 deep from the counter - can look daunting at this beachy, mostly vegetarian bistro in the thick of things on State St. But no worries, the line moves fast. Options range from spinach salads to tempeh veggie burgers to black-bean enchiladas. Grilled chicken pitas and turkey sandwiches available for carnivores.
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