Lucky Llama is a bougie coffee shop in Carpinteria with a laid-back island vibe. They brew Dune coffee, which I’d be lying if I said I knew what that was, but people seem to know about it and we can vouch for it being delicious. More impressively, they offered a variety of acai bowls at pretty decent prices (better than you’ll find in Oahu, anyway!), and their pastries were on point. (We tried the cinnamon chocolate chip scone. Did we need that much sugar alongside our acai bowls? Yes.)
Lucky Llama had a cute little parklet set-up too, and some tables out in the dirt parking lot that made it feel even more like a local Hawaiian pit stop. We went on a Monday, and there were a decent amount of people there, so I imagine it gets pretty packed on the weekends.
We loved everything about this place, mostly because we loved everything about Oahu’s North Shore. In Covid times, with no way to travel back there any time soon, we’ll settle for Lucky Llama any day.
http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLlamaCoffee/
5100 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria