Barbareño

The first thing you'll notice about Barbareño is that prime patio—and that's exactly where you want to be sitting as you sip glass after glass from the lengthy menu of Central Coast wines. As you try and decide between uni carbonara and the market fish with avocado-leaf curry, take in the salt air—because hey, you'll only be about eight blocks from the ocean—and then dig into whatever "Central Coast Cuisine" really is. This is the restaurant defining it.