The Palace Grill

The Palace Grill Menu

(805) 963-5000
8 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Starters


Gumbos Ya Ya
$9.00
This traditional Louisiana soup is made the old-fashioned way. A rich dark roux is slow-simmered together with fresh okra, tender chicken breast, and smoked Andouille sausage. Served with a plentiful helpin' of rice.
Seafood Gumbo
$10.00
This popular Palace creation is a delightful blend of flavors. Made with a rich dark Roux and homemade seafood stock slow-simmered for hours with fresh okra, seasoned crawfish tails, a medley of fresh fish, and shrimp. Served with a southern helpin' of rice.
Creole Caesar Salad
$8.00
A Southern version of the classic Caesar salad prepared with a hint of creole mustard.
Bayou Greens Salad
$9.00
Fresh seasonal gourmet greens with diced red peppers, fire-roasted pecans, Roma tomato, and our homemade creole vinaigrette
Creole Crabfish Crabcakes
$13.00
The palace puts a new spin on an old favorite! Tender spicy crawfish tails add a delicious twist to a traditional southern specialty. Served with our jalapen~o Beurre-blanc.
Caribbean Coconut Shrimp
$15.00
Jumbo prawns are dipped in a homemade beer batter, then rolled in fresh coconut and flash-fried. Served with a marmalade horseradish dipping sauce.
Southern Fried Chicken Salad
$13.00
Tender diced chicken breast is passed through our cornmeal buttermilk batter, flash-fried, tossed in light garlic butter, and drizzled with our homemade buttermilk dressing.
Jambalaya Sauce Piquante
24.00
A delicious confusion of our chef's favorite spices, fresh shrimp, our own house- smoked andouille sausage and tender chicken in a zesty tomato creole sauce, served around a bed of "dirty rice".

$Entree Salads


Grilled Chicken Salad
$20.00
Tender grilled chicken breast, over chopped romaine lettuce, diced red peppers, smoked mozzarella, Roma tomatoes, tossed with our homemade 3 pepper buttermilk dressing.
Fresh Crab and Asparagus Salad
$25.00
Fresh crab leg meat, diced red peppers, asparagus, and Roma tomatoes with fresh seasonal gourmet greens and the palace's unique honey-mustard dressing.
Bronzed Fresh Salmon Over Gourmet Greens
25.00
Fresh salmon filet grilled and served on a bed of fresh seasonal gourmet greens with diced red peppers, and Roma tomatoes. Tossed with a creole vinaigrette.

$Blackened and Grilled Specialties


Blackened Salmon
$28.00
This popular fish is delicious cooked by either method, served with our jalapeno Beurre-Blanc sauce.
Grilled Salmon
$28.00
This popular fish is delicious cooked by either method, served with our jalapeno Beurre-Blanc sauce.
Blackened Organic Catfish
$26.00
Too delicate to grill, our catfish is lightly dusted with delicious creole seasoning and placed on a white-hot cast-iron skillet. The heat- caramelized spices lock the tender juiciness inside, perfectly cooking the fish.
House Specialty Stuffed Blackened Filet Mignon
$39.00
A must-have! This incredible choice cut is stuffed with a delectable mix of crawfish tails and creole seasonings. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasoned vegetables.
Blackened Filet Mignon
$38.00
A generous filet cut from the leanest tenderloin, this delicious and tender steak is one of our most popular dishes, served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasoned vegetables.
Grilled Filet Mignon
$38.00
A generous filet cut from the leanest tenderloin, this delicious and tender steak is one of our most popular dishes, served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasoned vegetables.
Creole Lamb Chops
$38.00
Twin double-cut rack of lamb chops is given a New Orleans treatment with a BBQ sauce-like none you've ever had: demi-glaze port wine reduction with wild mushrooms, beer, rosemary, and secret stuff. The first guests to try this recipe described it as the best lamb they ever had. We think you'll feel the same way.
All the Best" Platter (for 2)
$80.00
Includes: salmon pontchartrain with crawfish tails, crawfish etouffee, soft shell crabs, Caribbean coconut shrimpand. Louisiana bread pudding souffle with whiskey cream sauce.
Blackened Fresh Ahi Tuna
$28.00
Work well with our ahi, which is always cooked medium rare unless you request otherwise. Grilled ahi is topped with a mango-pineapple relish.
Chicken Tchoupitoulas
$22.00
"Pronounced tchoupitoulas" tender breast of chicken, sauteed with fresh garlicand white wine, topped with our unique and wonderful creole tarragon choron sauce.
Circa 1875 Berkshire Pork Chop
$34.00
Pork as it used to be! Bred from the historic berkshire breed - we call it the super hog, a grilled double-cut with a maple, orange and jack daniel's glaze.
Crawfish Etouffee
$24.00
Tender crawfish tails prepared in the classic "etouffee" style -- that is, smothered with bell pepper and onions in a traditional shrimp stock with dark roux, plentifully garnished with green onions. Tres bien stuff.
Creole Crawfish Crabcakes
$24.00
A house specialty. Delicate crabcakes with tender spicy crawfish tails. A wonderful blend of different tastes and textures. Topped with jalapeno beurre blanc sauce.
Diver's Scallops
$28.50
Huge hand-collected scallops served over our special rice pilaf. We blend artichoke hearts, caramelized onions and mushrooms to form just the right background, then top with our jalapeno burre blanc sauce.
Grilled Fresh Ahi Tuna
$28.00
Both work well with our ahi, which is always cooked medium rare unless you request otherwise. Grilled ahi is topped with a mango-pineapple relish.
Grilled House Specialty Stuffed Filet Mignon
$37.00
This incredible filet is stuffed with a delectable mix of fresh smoked crawfish tailsand creole spices, served with a side of homemade worcestershire sauce.
Louisiana Soft Shell Crabs
$30.00
Hand-picked soft shelled crabs, stuffed with bienville crabmeat dressing, then lightly dusted with cornmeal flour and flash-fried. Served with a jalapeno beurre-blanc sauce.
New Orleans Pan Bar-B-Que Shrimp
$26.00
Tender prawns sauteed in the shell, with our 3 pepper butter sauce, rosemary, dixie beer and worcestershire sauce, guar-an-teed to make your taste buds rain.
Palace Sampler Platter (for 2)
$67.00
Includes: chicken tchoupitoulas, Caribbean coconut shrimp with tangy dipping sauce, blackened catfish, blackened New York steak with Cajun hollandaise and Louisiana bread pudding souffle with whiskey cream sauce.
Pan Sauteed Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms
$23.00
The fragrant aromas of fine marsalaand subtle palace seasoning, in a sauce rich with tender mushrooms, over sauteed chicken breast. Irresistible.
Paneed Veal Acadiana
$25.00
Tender veal medallions lightly floured and flambeed in our oyster sherry cream sauce. Topped with tender crawfish tails and served on a bed of fettuccine, alfredo style.
Pecan Chicken Picatta
22.00
Fresh breast of chicken, lightly coated with finely-chopped pecans and sauteed with our own creole lemon butter caper sauce.

$Platters for 2


The Big Easy Platter
$75.00
Caribbean coconut shrimp, blackened organic catfish, blackened filet mignon, chicken Tchoupitoulas, roasted red potatoes, seasoned vegetables, and... Louisiana bread pudding souffle´.
Best of the Bayou Platter
90.00
Caribbean coconut shrimp, blackened salmon Ponchartrain, zesty crawfish etouffee, soft shell crabs, roasted red potatoes, seasoned vegetables, and... Louisiana bread pudding souffle´.

$Palace Pastas


Crawfish Pasta Lafitte
$24.00
Tender saute´ed crawfish tails with caramelized onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms, a touch of cream, and creole seasonings. Ooh, child dat good!
Jambalaya Pasta
$25.00
Our most popular pasta: tender chicken, shrimp, and Andouille sausage prepared in a deliciously seasoned tomato creole sauce and garnished with green onions. Your taste buds will call for more.
Mardi Gras Vegetarian Pasta Primavera
$23.00
A colorful confusion of fresh vegetables in a light cream sauce of creole herbs and seasonings.
Palace Pasta Royale
$19.50
Penne pasta, tender strips of bronzed filet of beef and caramelized onions in a mushroom worcestershire sauce with a touch of cream, large.
Fusilli Grilled Chicken
$18.50
Slices of tender chicken with roasted fresh red peppers and roasted eggplant. Tossed with fusilli "corkscrew" pasta in a delicately delicious tomato cream sauce.
Fusilli with Roasted Sweet Italian Sausage
$18.50
Fusilli pasta, roasted sweet Italian sausage and roasted red pepper, in a tomato-rosemary cream sauce accented with fine Parmigiano-reggiano cheese, large.
Fusilli al Fumo
$18.50
Fusilli pasta, tossed with house-smoked mozzarella, fresh roasted eggplant, in a sweet basil and tomato cream sauce, large.
Angel Hair la Louisianne
$19.50
Delicate "angel hair" capellini pasta, sauteed with crawfish tails, fresh roma tomatoes, in extra virgin olive oil, seasoned with basil and a hint of garlic, large.
Penne Pasta Pontalba
$18.50
Penne pasta, with bronzed diced chicken breast, onions and red bell peppers in a delicious creole-seasoned sauce with a touch of cream, large.
Pasta Pontalba
$24.00
Bronzed diced chicken breast, onions, red bell peppers in a delicious creamy creole-seasoned sauce.
Palace Pasta Royale
$24.00
Bronzed bites of filet mignon and caramelized onions in a mushroom Worcestershire sauce and a touch of cream.
Little Palermo Pasta
24.00
A taste of Sicilian influence on New Orleans culture. Fine ground sweet Italian sausage, diced red peppers, with tomato-rosemary cream sauce accented with Parmigiano-Reggiano.

$Traditional Plates


Chicken Tchoupitoulas Plate
$26.00
Pronounced Tchoupitoulas. Tender breast of chicken, sautéed with fresh garlic and white wine, topped with our uniquely wonderful creole tarragon Choron sauce.
New Orleans Pan BBQ Shrimp Plate
$28.00
Tender prawns sautéed with our three pepper butter sauce, rosemary, beer, and Worcestershire sauce. Guar-an-teed to make your taste buds rain!
Palace Etouffee Plate
$27.00
Classic Louisiana dish of tender crawfish tails or shrimp smothered in diced bell peppers and onions, in a traditional seafood stock with dark roux served over a bed of creole seasoned rice and garnished with green onions. tres bien stuff!
Jambalaya Sauce Piquante Plate
$27.00
A delicious confusion of our chef's favorite spices, tender shrimp, Andouille sausage and chicken in a zesty tomato creole sauce served on a bed of dirty rice and garnished with green onions.
Creole Crawfish Crabcakes Plate
$26.00
A house specialty. Delicate crabcakes with tender crawfish tails. A wonderful blend of different tastes and textures. Topped with our jalapen~o Beurre-Blanc.
Diver's Scallops Plate
$32.00
Pan-seared hand-collected scallops on our jalapeno Buerre Blanc. Wonderfully accompanied with our special house rice pilaf saute´ed with artichoke hearts, mushrooms, and caramelized onions.
Pecan Chicken Picatta Plate
26.00
Tender breast of chicken saute´ed in white wine, our creole lemon butter caper sauce, and fire-roasted pecans.

$Palace Desserts


Louisiana Bread Pudding Souffle
$10.00
Our unique blend of souffle and bread pudding laced with grand marnier and raisins, served piping hot with a delectable whiskey cream sauce.
Dark Chocolate Souffle
$11.00
With chocolate bourbon cream sauce.
Bananas Foster
$12.00
Bananas flambeed in dark rum, brown sugar, a touch of butter and finished with French vanilla ice cream.
Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
$9.00
An old Southern favorite. A layer of sweet potato pie topped with caramelized pecans, served on a bed of chantilly cream.
Chilled Florida Key Lime Pie
$9.00
Refreshingly tart yet sweet. An original key West classic, our key lime pie is served in a graham cracker crust and topped with chantilly cream.
Gourmet Ice Cream
$5.00
French vanilla.
The Palace Swan
$15.00
An eclair pastry baked in the shape of a swan, filled with French vanilla ice cream, swimming in a lake of warm chocolate.
Fresh Sorbet
5.00
Housemade.

$Lunch Starters


Gumbo Ya Ya Lunch
$8.00-8.50
A gumbo, when made the traditional way with a rich dark roux and a slowly simmered stock, is one of life's great pleasures. Our chefs begin their days early, combining all of the ingredients that go into creating our gumbos.
Cajun Crawfish Popcorn Lunch
$12.00
Lightly seasoned crawfish tails or shrimp dipped in our cornmeal buttermilk batter and flash-fried to a light crispness. Served with our creamy sherry wine dipping sauce.
Flash Fried Artichoke Hearts Lunch
$7.50
Artichoke hearts dipped in our cornmeal buttermilk batter, flash-fried and served with a homemade buttermilk dressing.
Bayou Greens Salad Lunch
$6.50
Fresh seasonal gourmet greens with diced red peppers, fire-roasted pecans, Roma tomato, and our homemade creole vinaigrette.
Red Beans & Rice
$7.00
A very traditional dish, we slow cook red beans with ham hocks, andouille sausage in a rich stock with Cajun seasonings and serve it over white rice.
Creole Caesar Salad Lunch
8.00
A Southern version of the classic Caesar salad prepared with a hint of creole mustard.

$Lunch Salads


Plantation Fried Chicken Salad Lunch
$14.00
Tender diced chicken breast is passed through our cornmeal buttermilk batter, flash-fried, tossed in light garlic butter, and drizzled with our homemade buttermilk dressing.
Bronzed Fresh Salmon Over Gourmet Greens Lunch
$16.00
Fresh salmon filet grilled and served on a bed of fresh seasonal gourmet greens with red bell peppers, and Roma tomatoes. Tossed with a creole vinaigrette.
Fresh Crab and Asparagus Salad Lunch
$16.00
Fresh crab leg meat, roasted red peppers, fresh asparagus, and Roma tomatoes, tossed with fresh seasonal gourmet greens with the Palace's own unique honey mustard dressing.
Chicken Caesar
$12.25
A bronzed chicken caesar salad.
Shrimp Caesar
$14.00
A creole shrimp caesar salad.
Creole Caesar Salad
11.00
A Southern version of the classic caesar salad prepared with a hint of creole mustard.

$Lunch Nawlins Po'boys


Andouille Sausage Po'boy Lunch
$14.00
Grilled spicy Cajun pork sausage with melted cheese. Serve on a warm French roll with garlic mayonnaise, creole mustard, cabbage, and pickles.
Shrimp Filled Po'boy Lunch
$15.00
Tender shrimp dusted with a cornmeal flour then flash-fried served on a warm. French roll with garlic mayonnaise, cabbage, and pickles.
Blackened Chicken Sandwich Lunch
$14.00
Tender blackened breast of chicken, with fresh tomato, onion, romaine lettuce, creole mustard, and garlic mayonnaise.
Organic Catfish Po'boy Lunch
$15.00
Lightly blackened or cornmeal flash-fried catfish served on a warm house-baked French roll with garlic mayonnaise, creole mustard, cabbage, and pickles.
Crawfish Popcorn Po'boy
$13.50
Tender crawfish are dipped in our cornmeal buttermilk batter and flash-fried to a light crispness and served on a warm French roll with garlic mayonnaise, cabbage and pickles.
Bronzed Chicken Po'boy
$13.50
Lightly blackened chicken served on a warm French roll with garlic mayonnaise, creole mustard, cabbage and pickles.
Soft-Shelled Crab Po'boy
$14.00
The ultimate! Hand-picked soft shelled crab, stuffed with bienville dressing, then lightly dusted with cornmeal flour and flash fried on a French roll with garlic mayonnaise, creole mustard, cabbage and pickles.
The Big Easy BBQ Beef Po'boy
13.00
BBQ beef piled on a French roll with garlic mayonnaise, creole mustard, cabbage and pickles.

$Lunch Main Courses


Creole Crawfish Crabcakes Lunch
$16.00
The palace puts a new spin on an old favorite! Tender spicy crawfish tails add a delicious twist to a traditional southern specialty. Served with our jalapen~o Beurre-Blanc.
Bayou Etouffeee Lunch
$15.00
Classic Louisiana dish of tender crawfish tails or shrimp smothered in diced bell peppers and onions, in a traditional seafood stock with dark roux served over a bed of creole seasoned rice and garnished with green onions, tres Bien.
Blackened Organic Catfish Lunch
$15.00
Too delicate to grill, our catfish is lightly dusted with delicious creole seasoning, and placed on a white-hot cast-iron skillet. The heat- caramelized spices lock the tender juiciness inside, perfectly cooking the fish.
Pecan Chicken Picatta Lunch
$14.00
Tender breast of chicken sauteed in white wine, our creole lemon butter caper sauce, and fire-roasted pecans.
Jambalaya Sauce Piquante Lunch
$15.00
A delicious confusion of our chef's favorite spices, tender shrimp, Andouille sausage and chicken in a zesty tomato creole sauce served on a bed of dirty rice and garnished with green onions.
Chicken Tchoupitoulas Lunch
$14.00
Pronounced tchoupitoulas. Tender breast of chicken, sauteed with fresh garlic and white wine, topped with our uniquely wonderful creole tarragon Choron sauce.
Beans and Rice Lunch
$11.00
This traditional dish is slow-cooked with red beans, ham hocks, and Andouille sausage in a rich stock with Cajun spices and served over our creole seasoned rice.
Blackened Filet Mignon Lunch
$26.00
Cut from the leanest tenderloin, this delicious and tender 6 oz. steak is one of our most popular dishes.
Blackened Fresh Salmon
$14.00
This grilled salmon is served with our jalapeno beurre-blanc sauce.
Grilled Fresh Salmon
$14.00
This grilled salmon is served with our jalapeno beurre-blanc sauce.
Grilled Filet Mignon
$24.00
Cut from the leanest tenderloin, this deliciousand tender 6 Oz. steak is one of our most popular dishes.
Palace Omelette Orleans
$10.00
With onions, red and green bell peppers, mushrooms, cheddar cheese and a unique palace seasoning that will make your taste buds celebrate!
Grilled Filet Mignon Lunch
26.00
Cut from the leanest tenderloin, this delicious and tender 6 oz. steak is one of our most popular dishes.

$Lunch Palace Pastas


Jambalaya Pasta Lunch
$13.50
Our most popular pasta: tender chicken, shrimp, and Andouille sausage prepared with penne pasta in a deliciously seasoned tomato creole sauce and garnished with green onions. Your taste buds will call for more.
Crawfish Pasta Lafitte Lunch
$14.00
Tender sauteed crawfish tails with caramelized onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Tossed with penne pasta, a touch of cream, and creole seasonings. Ooh, child dat good!
Penne Pasta Pontalba Lunch
$13.00
Bronzed diced chicken breast, onions, red bell peppers with penne pasta in a delicious creole-seasoned sauce, and a touch of cream.
Penne Pasta Royale Lunch
$14.00
Bronzed bites of filet mignon and caramelized onions with penne pasta in a mushroom Worcestershire sauce and a touch of cream.
Mardi Gras Vegetarian Pasta Primavera
$11.00
A colorful confusion of fresh vegetables and penne pasta tossed in a light cream sauce of creole herbs and seasonings.
Fusilli Grilled Chicken
$13.50
Slices of tender chicken with roasted fresh red peppers and roasted eggplant. Tossed with fusilli "corkscrew" pasta in a delicately delicious tomato cream sauce.
Fusilli Roasted Sweet Italian Sausage
$12.00
Fusilli pasta, roasted sweet Italian sausage and roasted red pepper, in a tomato-rosemary cream sauce accented with fine Parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
Fusilli al Fumo
$11.50
Fusilli pasta, tossed with house-smoked mozzarella, fresh roasted eggplant, in a sweet basil and tomato cream sauce.
Crawfish Pasta Rouge
$12.50
Penne pasta, with fresh sauteed crawfish tails, caramelized onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, a zesty tomato creole sauce.
Capellini Roma
$9.50
Fresh tomatoes, sweet basil, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
Shrimp Pomodoro
$12.50
Fresh shrimp, tomatoes, sweet basil, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
Capellini Bolognese
10.50
Capellini pasta topped with a traditional savory tomato meat sauce and Parmesan cheese.

$Palace Desserts


Louisiana Bread Pudding Souffle
$5.50
Our unique blend of soufflé and bread pudding laced with Grand Marnier and raisins served piping hot with delectable whiskey cream sauce.
Dark Chocolate Souffle
$5.75
Served with chocolate.
Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
$5.25
An old Southern favorite. A layer of sweet potato pie topped with caramelized pecans, served on a bed of chantilly cream.
Chilled Florida Key Lime Pie
$5.25
Refreshingly tart yet sweet. An original key West classic, our key lime pie is served in a graham cracker crust and topped with chantilly cream.
Sorbet
$4.00
The palace fresh fruit sorbet.
Gourmet Ice Cream
$4.00
French vanilla.
Beignets
$4.50
New Orleans French quarter square donuts.

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