Brewhouse

Santa Barbara


Down by the railroad tracks, the boisterous Brewhouse crafts its own unique small-batch beer (Saint Barb’s Belgian-style ales rule), serves wines by the glass, dishes up surprisingly good bar food and has cool art and rockin’ live music Wednesday to Saturday nights.


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