Lucky’s

Specialties

LUCKY’S is widely known for its exclusive selection of USDA Prime steaks, live Maine lobsters, no-​nonsense cocktails and world class wine cellar.

LUCKY’S remains one of a rare few to honor the no nonsense steak dinner traditions. From the moment you’re greeted at you car by the valet, seated at your table, encouraged to roll up your sleeves, martini in hand, you are served. Are you ever served!

There’s just no other eatery in Santa Barbara that practices the art of serving a prime steak dinner better than LUCKY’S.

History

Established in 1999.

Lucky’s occupies a building complex originally constructed as the Montecito Bungalows back in 1926 when Coast Village Road was part of Highway 1, the original Pacific Coast Highway.

A variety of individuals and businesses would occupy this spot over the years; including: The Pink Squirrel Bar in the ‘50s; Ireland’s Restaurant in the ‘60s; Chanteclair in the ‘70s; Santa Fe in the ‘80s; The Grill Restaurant & Sports Bar and the Coast Village Grill in the ‘90s.

By the end of the ‘90s, 1279 Coast Village Road began to succumb to the strain of its many years of service and local legend spoke of the location as being out of luck.

Gene Montesano believes in luck and he knows that the harder one works, the more luck one has. So Gene, with his friends, Jimmy Argyropoulos and Herb Simon, took over the business and gave it the makeover.

Welcome to Montecito’s second living room and clubhouse

Meet the Manager

Leonard S.

Manager

Among many other things Lucky’s executive chef and general manager, Leonard Schwartz has been in the restaurant business more than 30 years, working his way from the bottom up, through some of the best kitchens in Los Angeles. Among his most notable efforts was the launching of the landmark 72 Market Street in Venice and then in 1989 the award winning Maple Drive in Beverly Hills.