Restaurant
Unclaimed profileCrocodile Restaurant & Bar
Santa Barbara, CA · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Crocodile Restaurant & Bar runs a cafe cocktail list with four named drinks, including a Bloody Mary built on homemade bloody mix with Tito's vodka and bacon, plus an Aperol Spritz and an Espresso Martini. The wine menu is the deeper document, listing reds and whites by the glass with producers, vintages, and regions spanning County, Napa, Paso Robles, and beyond. Nonalcoholic options cover cold juices, iced matcha, lemonade, and hot coffee drinks.
- What should I order?
- The Bloody Mary, made with homemade bloody mix, Tito's vodka, and bacon, is the most distinctive cocktail on the cafe list. For wine, the Fess Parker Pinot Noir Hills at $13 or The Prisoner Red Blend from Napa Valley at $18 offer named, region-specific pours. The Mimosa Flight splits frexinet across orange, peach, guava, and cranberry juices for $28.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Cafe cocktails run $15-$19, with the Mimosa Flight at $28. House wines are $8, other wines by the glass are $10-$18, and nonalcoholic cold drinks are $4.5-$10.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The wine menu documents varietals, producers, vintages, regions, and glass prices across a California-heavy by-the-glass selection, while the cafe cocktail list gives ingredient-level detail for each of its four named drinks.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
The cafe menu documents four named cocktails with ingredient detail and prices: a Bloody Mary, Aperol Spritz, Espresso Martini, and Mimosa, plus a Mimosa Flight. A Mojito appears on the bar menu. The list is compact and specific rather than broad.
Menu strengths
- — Four named cocktails with ingredient-level detail and prices on the cafe menu.
- — Bloody Mary uses homemade bloody mix, Tito's vodka, and bacon.
- — Mimosa Flight splits frexinet across four juices for $28.
Standout selections
- — Bloody Mary with homemade bloody mix, Tito's vodka, and bacon, $18.
- — Espresso Martini with vodka, espresso, Kahlua, Baileys, and Frangelico, $19.
- — Mimosa Flight with frexinet split, orange, peach, guava, and cranberry juice, $28.
Pricing: $15-$19; Mimosa Flight $28
Wine
The wine menu lists reds by the glass across Merlot, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, red blends, and Malbec, and whites including Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, and a Rose.
Menu strengths
- — Reds by the glass span seven varietal and blend categories, priced $11-$18.
- — Whites by the glass include Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, and a Rose, priced $10-$14.
- — Wine menu documents varietals, producers, vintages, regions, and glass prices.
Standout selections
- — Fess Parker Pinot Noir, 2012 Hills, $13.; The Prisoner Red Blend, 2016 Napa Valley, $18.
- — Sanford Chardonnay, 2013 County, $14.; Billette Rose, 2016 Cotes de Provence, FR, $11.
Pricing: House wines $8; other wines by the glass $10-$18
Nonalcoholic
The cafe menu documents a range of nonalcoholic cold and hot drinks. Cold options include juice, iced tea, lemonade, and iced matcha in orange, grapefruit, pineapple, or peach. Hot drinks include mocha, latte, vanilla latte, hot tea, hot chocolate, drip coffee, and cappuccino.
Menu strengths
- — Cold drinks cover juice, iced tea, lemonade, and iced matcha with four flavor options.
- — Hot drinks include mocha, latte, vanilla latte, hot tea, hot chocolate, drip coffee, and cappuccino.
Standout selections
- — Iced Matcha in orange, grapefruit, pineapple, or peach, $4.5-$10.
- — Lemonade, $4.5.; Juice in orange, grapefruit, pineapple, or peach, $4.5.
Pricing: $4.5-$10
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