Dargan’s iconic pub in Santa Barbara is home of the perfect pint of Guinness, and more than just the usual craic you'd expect in a Californian Irish pub. In 1927 Lawrence Dargans built a Pub & Grocery to serve the small population of Cookstown, a Market town in the North of Ireland. He and his family ran a successful business, a local’s social hub known for the craic (Gaelic for good times). This family tradition has spanned three generations and continues with Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Santa Barbara owned and operated by Lawrence’s grandson Paul Dargan.

Dargan's Irish Pub
18 E Ortega St, Santa Barbara, Ca, 93101

18 E Ortega St, Santa Barbara
Dargan’s iconic pub in Santa Barbara is home of the perfect pint of Guinness, and more than just the usual craic you'd expect in a Californian Irish pub. In 1927 Lawrence Dargans built a Pub & Grocery to serve the small population of Cookstown, a Market town in the North of Ireland. He and his family ran a successful business, a local’s social hub known for the craic (Gaelic for good times). This family tradition has spanned three generations and continues with Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Santa Barbara owned and operated by Lawrence’s grandson Paul Dargan.

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Dargan’s iconic pub in Santa Barbara is home of the perfect pint of Guinness, and more than just the usual craic you'd expect in a Californian Irish pub. In 1927 Lawrence Dargans built a Pub & Grocery to serve the small population of Cookstown, a Market town in the North of Ireland. He and his family ran a successful business, a local’s social hub known for the craic (Gaelic for good times). This family tradition has spanned three generations and continues with Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Santa Barbara owned and operated by Lawrence’s grandson Paul Dargan.
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