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| - I have been to Anacapa several times for drinks on the patio and food, and have always had good service and decent- and sometimes much better than decent--food. This is a great place for the more 'settled' crowd (you know, senior citizens) in a beautiful setting overlooking the golf course at Corte Bella in SCW. The reason I'm writing this, though, is not because I've had a good experience every time I've been there, but to describe a special event hosted by my 90 years-young Mom for dinner after my Dad's funeral. Mom wanted to treat the extended family to cocktails and dinner so we went in a week or so before to book arrangements. The extremely nice assistant manager described how they would set up the small private dining room (we had 14 and it was just enough space) with Mom's color choice of linens and the selected menu she picked. He gave us the menu so we could take it home to make our selections. It took one more short visit to close up the details. On the day of the event, the staff was very attentive to our needs on the patio for drinks and when told the venue was ready for seating, they had done the room beautifully with gold charger plates and burgundy linens and a beautifully printed keepsake menu honoring my Dad with his name at the top. The waiter(s) were excellent, going so far as to separate food items in little dishes for my nephew who doesn't like to have his food touching on the plate. Salads and dinner were all delicious. Moreover, the price was extremely reasonable (14 people, cocktail and dinner, under $500?? amazing) and staff went out of their way to make everything easy for us. I just can't say enough for the staff and the chef and will think of Anacapa first when I have a future event to host.
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