Maggie McFly’s Saloon – closed

No pic of Maggie's so here's a shot of Santa Barbara

I guess it was a battle of Maggie vs. Joe, and Joe won, sometime around 1985.

Say wha-?

Joe’s Café was down the road from Maggie’s, opening in 1928. Joe’s Café took over Maggie’s location in 1985. Joe’s is considered the oldest restaurant in Santa Barbara; location change be damned.

But back to Maggie’s. A SB group remembers debauchery up and down State Street fondly. In the late ‘70s, an increasingly restless and affluent Los Angeles population began to use nearby Santa Barbara as a weekend hide-out.

LA Times:
All the town was aflutter when the original Joe’s Cafe lost its lease and moved up a block to 536 State St. to the old Maggie McFly’s, which was too much like Marina del Rey to stay in business long in Santa Barbara.

As a midwestern girl, I don’t know what that means.

There is a chain called Maggie McFly’s over in Connecticut, and dare I say no relation.

McFlying Saucer

• ¾ oz. Mexican coffee liqueur
• ¾ oz. amaretto liqueur
• 3 oz. half and half
• Cinnamon

Pour everything but the cinnamon in blender with ½ cup of ice. Blend until smooth. Pour in tulip glass and dust with cinnamon.