Central Coast Restaurant

THE OYSTER LOFT Pismo Beach

THE OYSTER LOFT Pismo Beach: Oh wow, rarely has a restaurant been so excitedly anticipated and taken so long to be realized. I went to this resty probably 4 months ago for a special BUBBLY FEST event and have been waiting patiently for it to open to the public ever since. Rumors of soft-openings began…

THE TACO LIST

Roughly North-to-South. Please note this is not a “Best Mexican Food” list. It is STRICTLY taquerias. Scroll to the bottom of this list for a rough outline of my parameters for “Tacos”. ◊◊ No No ◊ No ♦ Maybe ♦♦ Definitely ♦♦♦ Always LOS GRULLENSES Salinas ♦♦♦ TAQUERIA JALISCO Salinas ♦ RESTAURANTE EL OAXAQUENO Salinas ♦♦♦…

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…

6DEGREES Orcutt 9.22.2015

THE FULL RESTAURANTS LIST 6DEGREES in Orcutt is the newest Central Coast restaurant in an area which inevitably represents near-exclusive rights to the best dining in Santa Maria. With the recent–and very sad–closing of MarketSM, one can safely say there is not a restaurant worth eating at North of Clark Avenue. We NEARLY walked out…

Grading Notes

The restaurant list in the PREVIOUS POST is current and constantly evolving. I update and edit the original list rather than posting additional modifications as the restaurant scene evolves daily around us. Each set of definitions contains a general list of items–some concrete and some very subjective. A restaurant is not required to fulfill all of the…