Santa Barbara Public Market

Empty Bowl noodles was on point. I had the Bangkok Thai noodle soup and the pot stickers with the spicy oil. Both were excellent and the portions were very hearty. Seating was outdoors and is done well. Decent beer and wine selection as well.

Nice food hall with many food options and friendly staff located in a pleasant neighborhood of Santa Barbara!

Amazing food. Lots of outdoor seating. We got Thai from Empty Bowl Gourmet Noodle Bar. Very delicious!!!

Great little market with a ton of delicious little restaurants. Area is really cool and food amazing. Lots of options so definitely stop in for a bite.

Not bad but honestly pretty underwhelming. The food was fine, but not amazing, and so ridiculously expensive that it didn't feel worth it. It was $6 for a single OK taco. Then I spent $14 for Duck Buns and was handed two tiny packages wrapped in tin foil. When I unwrapped them, it turned out half the package was just the foil! The food was this small, sad little morsel in the middle of all this aluminum foil! For $14 bucks that was definitely a disappointment.

The venue is attractive, but not like, "tell Aunt Carol" levels of attractive. One very cool thing they have, probably the highlight of the trip, is a little machine at the entrance where you can push a button and it will print out a short story for you. They must have a huge library of short stories, because you can select the length and genre, and it will just print out a new one. I will say that was awesome.