LURE FISH HOUSE is naming mid-March for their grand opening, bringing this brand new but oft-remodelled basically empty edifice to NOMO a tenant I’m actually looking forward to. Wait: does NOMO start at Johnson or Santa Rosa. I think maybe the former. Unhinged Winebar closed in Colony District.SLO Wine & Beer closed.Flavor Factory closed. Farmhouse…
Resty Gossip 1.28
Flavor Factory closed. SLO Wine & Beer closed. Giuseppe’s Cucina Rustica closed for remodel. The Tavern is open in Atascadero. A pool hall. That will be interesting. Lord knows that end of town needs something staying open past 6. Up the street in downtown, the City has opened two lots for prospectus, RFQ & P…
Resty Gossip 12.10
BUEN DIA is inching forward in literally *paint-drying* steps toward the new market in Mission Mall… Crumbl Cookie closed. There’s a shocker. Guess not enough blinged-out jeans and bad hair-color in this town for $72/dozen cookies… Speaking of pointless businesses, the cookie dough place in SLO is closing. It’s the same business as the one…
Resty Gossip 11.5
THE BREAK is opening very soon in the former Central Coast Meat Market in Pismo… billing itself as a sports-themed beach bar and grill: wait, isn’t that what the thing under Oyster Loft is? On the same block, MORENO TAQUERIA is indeed NOT closed as was the rumor, just some random spottiness. That’s quite the…
Resty Gossip 10.13
El Tizon closed in SLO and Taqueria Moreno closed in Pismo, signaling the end of good tacos for both towns. Burritos Express from NoCo is opened in the world’s most famous Taco Bell, which won’t kill you… Beach Burger’s for sale… Splash Cafe closed… Mint+Craft or the biscuit place or whatever closed, selling everything tomorrow……
Resty Gossip 9.24
I guess what they say is true: There’s SOOOO much money in events. Despite having all that area rear of O&A overlooking town, not to mention multiple ‘regions’ in Piadina able to separate, the Hotel SLO/Region folks have taken over Mestiza exclusively for events. I guess there just can’t be enough spots for Orange County…
Resty Gossip 9.17
The old A&W in Atascadero is becoming a Chipotle. Which is interesting because it’s kinda the first national fast-casual or *mall food* chain for town. How many Habit Burgers are there? Only other thing I can think of and aren’t they a local chain based in SB or something? Of course SLO has scads of…
Resty Gossip 8.20
When I told you a few months ago a Chinese resty was opening in the former Cioppinot-Taco place, I never DREAMED it would be BAMBOO BAMBOO. Well, there you go and several people have actually said it’s good! This info comes rather surprising to me, as my visit to the original location in Morro Bay…
Resty Gossip 5.21
Nardone’s Atascadero closed. Never eaten and always wondered how it survived in that weird location, but then pizza seems to survive in lots of horrible locations. I sure wish I could find a nice cozy place to eat pizza. Decent pizza. Normal pizza. With an inexpensive but serviceable red wine on the list–preferably Italian and…
2023 BEST OF SLO
I fixed it for you. I can’t believe we’ve gone from a curt, fun, one-pager to six separate lists with email addresses SERIOUSLY WHO EMAILS A RESTAURANT??? and the gold-star everyone’s-a-winner mentality intense gerrymandering where two “best restaurants” are literally 20 blocks apart. We’ve always been able to pick out the paid-for spots (Woodstock… Novo……
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