Address: 813 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805-966-9463 or toll free 800-436-9463
Website: www.winecask.com
Open Weekdays 11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-10pm; Weekends 5:30pm-10pm

Located in the heart of Santa Barbara in historic El Paseo. Guests enter through a secluded garden courtyard in to a dramatic dining room complete with hand painted beamed ceilings and a baronial fireplace. It has been regarded for years as “the most beautiful dining room in Santa Barbara.” Wine Cask’s chefs use regional ingredients to fashion imaginative plates of bistro style cuisine.

In 1981 the Margerum Family purchased an existing wine & beer making and combination wine store that had been in business for about five years. We quickly built an adjacent wine tasting and light foods wine bar in the adjoining studio which would become the award winning Wine Cask restaurant. Serving over forty wines by the glass with imaginative plates of food, the small space (37 seats) became popular with downtown business folks and food and wine savvy travelers.

Wine Cask was also the first wine store to actively promote Santa Barbara County wines with tastings, dinners, and newsletters. We began a futures program where consumers could purchase the finest and rarest Santa Barbara wines and Wine Cask private label wines on futures, with discounts of 20 to 30 percent. In 1991 we expanded the wine store and moved the restaurant across the hall to the beautiful gold room dining room with 80 seats inside and 40 seats on the patio.

In 1997 we opened Intermezzo, a lounge, bar, and light foods establishment next to the patio. In 1993 the restaurant received the Wine Spectator Grand Award and has received the award every year since. Wine Cask sells rare and fine wines throughout the world with access to the finest wines at competitive price on the World Wide Web since 1996.  For lunch there are classic sandwiches, pastas, fish, meats and variety of interesting salads. Dinner features plenty of fresh fish entrees, meats, poultry, pastas and nightly specials. There are over 40 selected wines by the glass as well as a 65 page wine list. Private parties and special menus are available upon request. For the best experience; order multiple courses and spend some time soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying wonderful food, wine and company.

Since 2002, Intermezzo also serves as the Margerum Wine Co. Tasting Room. From 11am — 3pm every day patrons can wine taste the Wine Cask, Magerum, and MWC label wines.