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Dining at the Bowl: Know All Your Options Before the Show

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Going to a Santa Barbara Bowl show but need a bite to eat? Try the Bowl’s unique — and delicious — selection of gourmet, pre-show munchies and refreshing beverages.

The Bowl is not your average domestic beer and nacho concert venue. We offer a variety of dining options that are locally-sourced, have low impact on our environment, and are unique to Santa Barbara.

Stop by the Bowl’s Towbes Family Cafe, in our Lower Plaza concession area, to try all of our food selections, including entrees such as a massive slice from Rusty’s Pizza, asian fusion dishes from The Blue Owl, a burrito of your choice from El Zarape, a Firestone DBA Beer Bratwurst served on a Deux Bakery pretzel bun with sauerkraut, grilled onions, and house made sweet and spicy mustard, and our own house made pasta salad, Mediterranean platter, or dinner salad.

Also located in the Lower Plaza are snack carts offering portable grub such as Shalhoob Beef Jerky, popcorn from Santa Barbara Popcorn Company, and baked goodies from Deux Bakery. Our snack carts also offer tapped iced coffee and tea from Santa Barbara’s Caribbean Coffee Company.

A secondary concessions area is located atop the beautiful Scranton Overlook. You’ll be rewarded for your trek up the stairs with an amazing view that looks over all of Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean, and with an abbreviated selection of snacks and beverages to quench your pre-show hunger and thirst!

OK, the moment you’ve been waiting for… options for alcohol! We do offer a wide variety of beer and wine in the Lower Plaza as well and a limited selection on the Scranton Overlook. With a range from Heineken to Firestone Union Jack and Villa Mt. Eden Pinot Noir to Michelle Sparkling Wine, the Bowl has you covered.

Aside from having great beverage options, we also offer a sustainable cup program that helps to lower our carbon footprint and save you money on drinks. The “My Pint and Me” program, launched in 2014, allows you to purchase a Santa Barbara Bowl Stainless Steel Klean Kanteen Pint or Silicone Sillipint for $10. The purchase of this pint, forever guarantees $1 off each of your beverage refills in this reusable cup, and it serves as a sustainable keepsake!

Next time you come to a show don’t rush through dinner before doors open, join us for showtime meal and get the full Santa Barbara Bowl Experience!

For more information on everything the Bowl has to offer for Food and Beverage, please visit our website!