Even when it first began some 40 years ago, the Habit seemed something like a throwback — a little burger shack that promised quality at affordable prices appearing in the age when the big chains were digging into American consciousness. It’s changed some — and become a bit of a chain itself with more than 400 stands — but the Habit, with its charbroiled burgers on a thin bun with onions, pickles, and a mayo sauce, is the first place most Santa Barbarans will send friendly strangers and polite tourists seeking the traditional patty-shaped foodstuffs of indigenous Barbarians.

Winner- Best Burger

Winner- Best Burger