the tasty table: Cava's Restaurant and Bar

in one word: amazing!

We went to Cava's Restaurant and Bar in Montecito, California for Father's day. 

The name is a little misleading because the ambience is nothing like that of a bar, and in fact it is quite the opposite! It is charming and home-y but in an upscale way.

In true California fashion, it has a very relaxed dress code, but everyone here looks beautiful all the time anyways!

My dad seems to find something wrong with most, if not all, restaurants we eat at, so we wer beyond thrilled that he had no complaints.

The food is very fresh with lots of seafood options. It has a Mexican essence, but you will not be finding any heavy or greasy, cheesy meals here. 

I have to mention the desserts: heaven.

We tried a coconut cream cake, bread pudding with orange carmel sauce, and a bananas a la habana with caramelized bananas, caramel sauce, and dulce de leche ice cream.

I will take pictures of the beautiful desserts next time, we were too busy digging in this time!