Guidebook for Los Olivos
Food Scene
Featured in the movie "Sideways." Personally, our favorite place to sit at the wine bar for a casual lunch or dinner. Table seating available as well (tables often need to be reserved on weekends!).
33 locals recommend
Los Olivos Wine Merchant Cafe
2879 Grand AveFeatured in the movie "Sideways." Personally, our favorite place to sit at the wine bar for a casual lunch or dinner. Table seating available as well (tables often need to be reserved on weekends!).
When we're craving Mexican food we go here ~ yum! Indoor & outdoor seating. Upscale foodie Mexican cuisine. Ask waiter Memo to tell you stories about his many 100-mile running races ~ he wins!
24 locals recommend
Dos Carlitos Restaurant & Tequila Bar
3544 Sagunto StWhen we're craving Mexican food we go here ~ yum! Indoor & outdoor seating. Upscale foodie Mexican cuisine. Ask waiter Memo to tell you stories about his many 100-mile running races ~ he wins!
Delicious ~ great new foodie restaurant & bar in a wonderfully rustic space ~ all the local winemakers are hanging out here now. :)
55 locals recommend
S.Y. Kitchen
1110 Faraday StDelicious ~ great new foodie restaurant & bar in a wonderfully rustic space ~ all the local winemakers are hanging out here now. :)
Delicious, upscale Italian cuisine including great wood-fired pizzas. Indoor & screened patio seating. Make reservations on the weekends.
26 locals recommend
Trattoria Grappolo
3687 Sagunto StDelicious, upscale Italian cuisine including great wood-fired pizzas. Indoor & screened patio seating. Make reservations on the weekends.
We LOVE it! (And I've watched our foodie visitors from France rendered blissfully speechless by some of owner Clark's locavore dinners.) Wait for a seat at the bar or a table in the bar area.
25 locals recommend
Full of Life Flatbread
225 Bell StWe LOVE it! (And I've watched our foodie visitors from France rendered blissfully speechless by some of owner Clark's locavore dinners.) Wait for a seat at the bar or a table in the bar area.
Corner House Cafe
2902 San Marcos AveThis is the place to go! Our favorite. You'll love it. :)
Delicious sandwiches ~ and so many to choose from. Order sandwiches to go for a picnic, or enjoy sitting at their outdoor tables in the very center of our adorable 4-block town. :)
13 locals recommend
Panino - Los Olivos
2900 Grand AveDelicious sandwiches ~ and so many to choose from. Order sandwiches to go for a picnic, or enjoy sitting at their outdoor tables in the very center of our adorable 4-block town. :)
Everything Else
The local place to go trail riding near Lake Cachuma ~ enjoyable, safe horses & spectacular scenery. Guided trail rides weave in & out of National Forest & private ranch wilderness. Reservations.
Rancho Oso RV & Camping Resort
3750 Paradise RdThe local place to go trail riding near Lake Cachuma ~ enjoyable, safe horses & spectacular scenery. Guided trail rides weave in & out of National Forest & private ranch wilderness. Reservations.
Sightseeing
You'll step back in time to the days of the wild west. Filled with western memorabilia, including some of the beautiful Wells Fargo stage coaches that stopped here regularly in years past.
6 locals recommend
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum and Janeway-Parks Carriage House
3596 Sagunto StYou'll step back in time to the days of the wild west. Filled with western memorabilia, including some of the beautiful Wells Fargo stage coaches that stopped here regularly in years past.
We love this little hidden gem ~ lovely private vineyard setting. Tasting by appointment only. (Ask permission to bring a picnic with you! :)
19 locals recommend
Demetria Winery & Vineyard
6701 Foxen Canyon RdWe love this little hidden gem ~ lovely private vineyard setting. Tasting by appointment only. (Ask permission to bring a picnic with you! :)
Our closest tasting room ~ just a few minutes south of us in a private setting on Ballard Canyon Road. Beautiful estate vineyard; tasting room open 7 days. Bring a picnic!
14 locals recommend
Rusack Vineyards
1819 Ballard Canyon RdOur closest tasting room ~ just a few minutes south of us in a private setting on Ballard Canyon Road. Beautiful estate vineyard; tasting room open 7 days. Bring a picnic!
Drinks & Nightlife
This valley's favorite wild west cowboy bar. Drinking, dancing, the occasional bar fight, and sometimes you'll actually still find horses tied to the hitching post.
33 locals recommend
Maverick Saloon
3687 Sagunto StThis valley's favorite wild west cowboy bar. Drinking, dancing, the occasional bar fight, and sometimes you'll actually still find horses tied to the hitching post.