Chef Rick’s is a casual dining restaurant located in Santa Maria, Calif. The restaurant offers a variety of appetizers, salads, soups, sandwiches, entrees, side dishes and desserts. Its specialties include coconut beer shrimp, assorted oak grilled pizzas, saut ed Dungeness crab cakes, and artichoke and goat cheese fritters. Chef Rick’s also offers several desserts, including chocolate berry shortcake, banana beignets, raspberry white chocolate cheesecake and chocolate chip pecan pie. The restaurant provides catering services for various formal and informal events. It additionally offers gift certificates of several denominations.