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epicure.sb - October 8th: Harbor & Seafood Festival
Posted On: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 5:30 PM
The Harbor and Seafood festival celebrated a decade with seafood for all, music to keep your spirits humming and plenty activities and crafts to enjoy for an entire afternoon! Santa Barbara delivered a quintessential fall day filled with sunshine, beautiful puffy white clouds and calm ocean waters for dolphin spotting. Making our way to the festival (car free, nonetheless!) on our bikes, we cruised right in to enjoy food, libations and a little bit of tunes.
Indulged: As a lover of seafood, I was in heaven! Lobsters, cracked crab, fish tacos, abalone, chowder and more! We walked a lap around the entire festival to plan our menu of choice. First up...fish and chips as an appetizer from The Minnow Café! The fish was battered with just the right amount to still taste the meaty, white flakey fish! Next up...fish tacos and ceviche from the Santa Barbara Fish Market. The combination of garlic and onions, alongside freshly cooked halibut, topped with homemade salsa was mouth watering and delicious. Last but not least...our own crab! The exciting part was the chance to select it from a local vendor and have it steamed right in front of us! Truly fresh from the sea!
Imbibed: What better way to wash down all of the delectable seafood but with craft beer from a local brewer...Firestone! We saddled up to a new location called Ty's Café, which appears to be opening this fall. They tentatively opened their doors to provide single beers to those festival goers who were craving a beverage with their seafood fare. It was quick and easy!
Inspired: The band playing living music kept our spirits up and our toes tapping! Families enjoyed the opportunity to get close to sea creatures such as sharks, crabs and more through touch tanks set up by local fisherman. All in all, a great day enjoyed Santa Barbara's sea culture!
