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Lucky Penny, a beloved local hangout, serves wood-fired pizzas — “The OG” with fennel sausage or the bold “El Zepeda” with chorizo and jalapeños are a must — on a patio with string lights and umbrellas.
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Hit up Lucky Penny for lunch—get the roasted maitake mushroom pizza and you won’t be disappointed.
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Another casual eatery serving excellent wood-fired pizza along with salad and sandwiches (and even a muffuletta) is Lucky Penny in the Funk Zone, where actual pennies cover the restaurant’s exterior. Order at the counter and dine outside on The Salty Surfer pizza, decked with prosciutto and pineapple. Add FROSE or an Italian soda with flavors like pistachio honey or blood orange to your order.
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Stroll over to Lucky Penny for lunch where actual pennies cover the restaurant exterior. Place your sandwich, salad, or pizza order and dine outside on a muffaleta or wood-fire pizza, like The Salty Surfer with prosciutto and pineapple. Don’t miss the FROSE or Italian sodas in flavors like pistachio honey and blood orange.
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Calling all pizza lovers: Lucky Penny offers wood-fired pizza, rustic salads, and artisanal sandwiches to your heart’s content. Enjoy your pie and glass of frosé (frozen rosé) with live entertainment on the expansive picnic patio. Check out the 150,000+ pennies that tile the building’s exterior.
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Once in Santa Barbara, spend time in the hip Funk Zone, a walkable area with numerous places to dine and sip wine and beer outside from boutique tasting rooms. Peruse art pieces and graffiti murals on converted warehouses as you meander the area. Consider dinner at The Lark, Spanish tapas and craft cocktails at Loquita, or wood-fired pizza at Lucky Penny.
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If you need some carbs quick, head to Lucky Penny for wood-fired pizzas.
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Dine without the kids at The Lark, Lucky Penny, or Tyger Tyger, all within easy walking distance or with the kids along the wharf.
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Welcome to Lucky Penny – The Lark’s casual, all-day spot that’s a very solid lunch option when you’re too wine-drunk to walk anywhere else.
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So make sure to grab a late lunch at Lucky Penny for a low-key atmosphere that’s equal parts pizzeria and coffeehouse. Sit on the patio if weather permits—which in Santa Barbara it always does!
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This order-the-counter spot is all about the pizza, but don’t miss the sandwiches either.
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Craving wood-fired pizza? Check out Lucky Penny.
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Lucky Penny’s wood-fired oven was custom built by hand in Sicily. The innovative Milpas pizza is topped with fingerling potatoes, Mexican chorizo, spicy tomatillo marinara, cotija cheese, cilantro, and a sunny-side up egg. My daughters gobbled up the less complicated LP Kids Pizza with mozzarella and marinara sauce.
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We dined there on a Milpas pizza, based on a breakfast burrito with fingerling potatoes, Mexican chorizo, sunny side up egg, spicy tomatillo marinara, cotija and cilantro.
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For wood fire pizza, head to Lucky Penny and enjoy the food and the cool decor (penny covered walls!).
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A collection of boutique food and beverage concepts can be found in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, with restaurants Loquita, The Lark and Lucky Penny among the local favourites.
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Lucky Penny stands on its own both physically and with their impressive menu. Try the Milpas Pizza, made with chorizo, fingerling potatoes, egg, cotija, cilantro and a spicy tomatillo marinara.
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