The internet is rife with amazing wine-country resort destinations which will pamper and polish you but what about something a little less plush? Maybe you’re not planning on hanging out in the spa all day but instead have wine and food destinations and non-stop spa amenities or being propped-up poolside are not on the schedule….
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Restaurants in Valle De Guadalupe, Baja
VALLE DE GUADALUPE ENSENADA BAJA MEXICO BCN 101 VINO & BISTRO Ensenada ♦♦ BELIO RESTAURANT Ensenada ♦♦♦ BODEGAS del VALLE Valle De Guadalupe ♦♦ LA CABAÑA RESTAURANTE Francisco Zarco ◊ CORAZÓN DE TIERRA El Porvenir ♦♦♦ EL CORRECAMINOS San Antonio de las Minas ◊ DECKMAN’S EN EL MOGOR Valle De Guadalupe ◊ DOÑA…
San Luis Obispo: 5 Towns 5 Restaurants
Spring has SPRUNG, and whether you are local or out-of-town, it is prime-time to take a drive up the Central Coast of California. Living where people vacation has its plusses, but the best part is knowing where to eat a bit off the path of the visiting hordes. As someone who travels throughout California…
Taco Trifecta 10.23
THE TACO LIST TACOS EL TIZON in Santa Maria added at ♦♦♦ One of my favorite taquerias on the Central Coast has expanded from their one location in Lompoc to a new spot in North Santa Maria and it is every bit as good at the original. Full rotisserie al Pastor with slabs of pineapple, THE…
5-Cities Top New Restaurants
The Central Coast restaurant scene is always shifting, and there are a group of amazing new resties in the Arroyo Grande-Grover Beach-Pismo Beach area. “I’ve never heard of that!” is the common response. GET OUT AND EAT! Here’s your list: Chop Street Pismo Beach ♦♦Comfort Market Arroyo Grande ♦♦Ember Arroyo Grande ♦♦♦Figueroa Mountain Brewery Arroyo Grande ♦Graze Kitchen Pismo…
The Spoon Trade Grover Beach
THE SPOON TRADE in Grover Beach is the newest in an ever-expanding group of Central Coast restaurants to open in the collective Arroyo Grande-Grover Beach-Pismo Beach area. Two visits in, I can safely say it comfortably completes an EMBER-COMFORT MARKET-SPOON TRADE trifecta for amazing, quality food, daringly conceived and perfectly presented. From the tartare to…
My Generation GIUSEPPE’S EXPRESS
I love GIUSEPPE’S EXPRESS in Pismo Beach for lots of things: gelato, salads, wonderful desserts, deli meat and Italian grocery items–wine, olive oil and pasta–but also for their simple little dry panini cold sandwiches stacked up in the case just like they sell on the street in France. I had two this week–with interesting results….
Monterey-Carmel-Pacific Grove additions
THE CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS LIST Weekend in Monterey, and while I have several long-standing favorite dining spots, it is always good to try new things. First stop: CORKSCREW CAFE in Carmel Valley. Nice atmosphere, well-rounded menu and winelist. Lots of local Carmel Valley wines, which is nice because–other than a few bottlings of Talbott and…
Updates 5.28
60 STATE PARK RESTAURANT Morro Bay added at ♦♦ Full Review HereWEE SHACK Morro Bay added at ♦MILESTONE TAVERN San Luis Obispo added at ♦♦ Review coming soonOYSTER LOFT Pismo Beach added at ♦♦♦ Review coming soon“Taco Roco” corrected to TACO RICO San Luis Obispo on THE TAQUERIA LIST FULL RESTAURANT LIST HEREINSTAGRAM @805eatsINSTAGRAM @_soifTWITTER @eatdrinkCAFACEBOOK Stephen McConnell or eatdrinkCA
Pismo, and SIDECARSLO re-visits + TAPROOM
SEA VENTURE Pismo Beach continues to barely scrape by at ♦♦ Keep wanting to really love this restaurant and while things are rarely *dreadful*, it just never pleases at the level many in the area expect it to. Re-visited recently and as usual, a few things were stunning (abalone app) and several other items continued on the…
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