Find a Green Business - Restaurants
The following Santa Barbara County businesses have been certified under the Green Business Program. Certification means that they have taken specific steps to reduce waste and pollution, conserve energy and water, and buy green products. For a list of the steps required for certification, see our Guidebooks.
Click on the column header to sort by location or business name. There are 11 certified restaurants (plus one because UCSB's Coral Tree and Courtyard Cafe share a listing).
| Goleta |  Backyard Bowls, Goleta's culture is centered around local, organic, and green. Backyard Bowls prepares their smoothies, acai bowls, and breakfast bowls using many organic and local products and they strive to create as little waste as possible. More » |
| Santa Barbara | Backyard Bowls, Santa Barbara's culture is centered around local, organic, and green. Backyard Bowls prepares their smoothies, acai bowls, and breakfast bowls using many organic and local products and they strive to create as little waste as possible. More » |
| Goleta |  Jungle George Grill is a small restaurant serving up fun comfort food. Jungle George has put sustainability and community service at the top of their business priorities. They use recyclable and bio-degradable containers, have implemented energy-saving measures, and created a new program to reward alternative transportation. More » |
| Santa Barbara |  McDonald's Santa Barbara - David Peterson and his staff at the McDonald's on upper State Street in Santa Barbara have made many changes to their operations, resulting in significant water and energy savings. They've also increased recycling and rideshare incentives. More » |
| Goleta | McDonalds Goleta- David Peterson and his staff at the McDonald’s in Camino Real Marketplace, Goleta, have made many changes to their restaurant’s operations, resulting in significant water and energy savings. They've also increased recycling and rideshare incentives. More » |
| Santa Barbara |  Shoreline Café - The staff at the Shoreline Café consider their location on the beach as inspiration for their environmental efforts. They participate in the City of Santa Barbara’s Clean Creeks and Foodscrap Collection Programs. They capture wash water from cleaning restaurant mats and have put considerable time into researching and purchasing compostable and recyclable products used in their kitchen and for to-go containers. More » |
| Santa Barbara |  Silvergreens is a locally owned restaurant with a goal to be involved, contribute, and give back to our Community. The restaurant was designed using local, reclaimed wood for their table tops and energy efficient appliances and equipment. More » |
| UCSB |  UCSB Residential Dining Services - The four residential dining commons on campus at UCSB - De La Guerra, Carrillo, Portola and Ortega - are now certified Green Businesses. Residential Dining has an ongoing commitment at all staffing levels to operate green facilities and provide earth-friendly dining. More » |
| UCSB |  UCSB's Courtyard Café & Coral Tree Café earned their certification with the help of two UCSB Bren School graduate students who guided cafe managers through the certification process and worked with UCSB Food Service management to understand purchasing and other campus-wide processes. More » |
| UCSB |  UCSB's UCen Catering's certification process helped them look at all of the choices made from purchasing food, how it gets delivered, the refrigeration equipment installed and to the plates they serve on. More » |
| UCSB |  UCSB's UCen Central Kitchen's staff learned how to be efficient with their water usage, how they manage waste and trash, how to reduce energy usage and have become even more efficient allowing them to control prices and be a great supplier to customers. More » |