Click on Picture to Zoom In. Click on Picture to Zoom In. It's real spring water, hence the name. The old stagecoach stop from the 1800s is sequestered atop San Marcos Pass only fifteen minutes from Santa Barbara, but light years away in rustic history. The bar next door to the restaurant can at times look like a scene from a Hell's Angels movie, but don't let it deter you from trying the restaurant, where every old artifact on the walls, from sepia photographs to barbed wine, captures the feeling of the old west.
Several rooms are very cozy, with wood burning fireplaces looking out onto pines.
One room overlooks a small spring and is especially romantic and ideal for an intimate party. Stick to the simpler dishes like steaks or game meat like elk. One the weekends there is live bluegrass music and lots of colorful customers. Click on Picture to Zoom In. Rustic rooms from another era.