Olio Crudo Bar

11 West Victoria Street, Suite 17
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Email: [email protected]
Reservations: 805.899.2699

Open from 5:00PM daily! Happy Hour: 7:00PM Sunday-Thursday

About

Guests are served on a first-come, first-served basis; no reservations or advance wait list placement is available.

Olio Crudo bar is the latest addition to the Olio group, offering crudo(raw) Italian seafood and meats, as well as cotto (cooked) bar menu items. The menu is highly ingredient-driven, showcasing the freshest seasonal products. Olio Crudo Bar is inspired by the crudo you’ll find in all towns – both large and small – along the coast of Italy. Sicily and Sardegna are particularly known for their style of crudo, which relies on the traditional Italian method of preparing crudo: dressing the thinly-sliced fish with a little sea salt, and Olio e Limone.
Think sashimi with an Italian accent!

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Why it's hot: This very new first-come, first-serve crudo bar, a sibling of (and located next to) popular Olio e Limone restaurant, offers raw seafood and tartare with an Italian slant, plus other cooked small bites and snackables.

Must-order: Crudo is basically sashimi lightly dressed with olive oil, sea salt and other subtle accouterments, and that’s what you want here: things like hamachi with citrus zest and spring onion, Atlantic bluefin tuna belly with ginger vinaigrette and wasabi shoots and fluke with pink grapefruit, pickled Fresno chiles and smoked almonds. There’s also flash-seared local spot prawns with olive oil and lemon, gnocchi with speck and creamy porcini and truffle sauce and lovely desserts.

Insider tip: This is a tiny space with mostly two-top tables and a small bar. Large groups will do better elsewhere.

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