The Santa Barbara Smokehouse

The Gravadlox is superb. Not too salty, good amount of spicing and beautifully textured salmon cure. I could pounds of this stuff in one sitting. Even though they provide you a special mustard with their smoked goods it certainly didnt need it.

This is a long over due review. I was last at this place in the Summer of ’13.
I had been trying to get a whole Acme smoked Nova filet since I’ve been here (years) and recently had some Santa Barbara Smoke House at New Frontiers in SLO and found it to be moist and delicious. Being obsessive I looked into the company and found that they’ll sell to the public if you give them about a one day notice as they prepare it per order. I ordered their Cambridge House Private Reserve Smoked Salmon unsliced as I like to hone my knife skills. I picked up my first salmon a few months ago which was packed in a styrofoam container with ice packets and that was placed in a cardboard box. Once home I opened the vacuum packed salmon which was wrapped in wax paper which preserves the moistness of the filet. This is an absolutely delicious piece of fish I’d compare to Nova as opposed to the more salty Lox. I no longer need to search for Acme (unless I want smoked whitefish) which this place doesn’t have. It is important to realize this place is essentially a warehouse. It’s strictly to pick up your fish and leave as the warehouse is busy shipping out their delectable goodies. They also do mail order so now that I am not there they can ship it too. A great gem in beautiful Santa Barbara.

SB Smokehouse is simply the finest smoked salmon. I have tried many types and brands and by far and away the SB Smokehouse is the best I have come across.