Pamela Papillon

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Chuck's is a very long-standing Santa Barbara inst...

Chuck's is a very long-standing Santa Barbara institution, quite popular with the "happy hour, booze and steaks in a dark place" crowd. So if you don't care about the quality of any of those items, go ahead and enjoy. I have been there many times because friends have insisted, over my objections, so I have lots of experience with the place, and I can confidently state this: The steaks are of mediocre quality at best, the fish specials are never properly prepared, and the drinks are weak, overpriced, and badly made. The salad bar is pretty decent, but even there they skimp on things; the brown bread, which should be (and which presents itself as) squaw bread, is really just a boring, not very tasty, brown bread. There are so many restaurants in Santa Barbara that so far exceed the quality of Chuck's that I am at a loss to explain how it hangs around.