THE TACO LIST LA CHIQUITA added at ♦♦ Very nice carniceria-style tacos. Well above average. The chili colorado is also amazing. LA PRINCESSA added at ♦♦ also. Small seating area, classic groceria/carniceria-style hot plates and small corner seating. Good meat and decent ‘marinade-style’ al pastor tacos. Good house salsa ‘picante’. TAQUERIA GUERRERO in Grover Beach…
Tag: Best Restaurants on Central Coast
Resty Additions 7.16
THE CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS LIST CENTRALLY GROWN added at ♦♦ Nice remodel and always a lovely location. Quite popular and busy. Did not eat dinner, just lunch from the deli and market downstairs and taken upstairs to eat with a glass of wine and the fabulous views. Ridiculously expensive. $45 for a sandwich, a salad…
Terravant Winery and Restaurant
THE CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS LIST The restaurant at Terravant is largely unknown. No one I have spoken to since dining there a couple weeks ago has any knowledge of it. So FIND it: The restaurant at Terravant Winery is WONDERFUL. Terravant is a large custom-crush facility at the end of the street down past Industrial…
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…
7.8 Additions to Taco list
THE TAQUERIA LIST LA PRINCESA MARKET on North Broadway in Santa Maria added at ♦♦ Nice, quaint little market, good seating. Above-average meat, good seasoning, great salsa. An above-average taco experience. EL TACO DE MEXICO in Grover Beach added at ♦ Passable, decent tacos. A not-horrible but boring marinade very common at LOTS…
Updates 6.30
THE CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS LIST Although it is also on THE TACO LIST, I am including PAPI’S GRILL on the Restaurant list because it just really isn’t classic taqueria fare and is REALLY REALLY good. The Asada-chipotle taco is mind-boggling. ♦♦ Two more successful dining experiences at HARMONY CAFE at its new location in Cambria…
Adds and edits 6.29
THE CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS LIST THOMAS HILL ORGANICS in Paso Robles added at ♦♦♦♦ I have dined at this resty probably 10 times in the past ten years and SOMEHOW it has never made it from my notes to The List. One of my favorite resties in Paso Robles and easily deserving its inclusion…
Resty updates and additions 6.28
THE CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS LIST A revisiting of LUNA RED in San Luis Obispo. Holding steady at ♦♦ Menu has changed to a very bistro-ey single cardboard sheet but the wine list seems to have expanded considerably. I can’t help but think these moves are in response to FOREMOST WINE COMPANY moving into the…
Scratch Kitchen, Lompoc
Finally made it into Scratch Kitchen in Lompoc. Impressed with everything. So exciting to have a quality dining venue in a town we all spend a certain amount of time in but the food choices always come down to Phở or Tacos (Yes, there are VERY NICE examples of each in ‘The Poc’). The remodel…
Edits To Taco List 6.27
THE TAQUERIA LIST VALLARTA SUPERMARKET on North Broadway in Santa Maria added at ♦♦♦ Yes you read that right, have been meaning to try for several years and am happy to include it in some of the finest taqueria-fare on the central coast. It is the BEST ‘marinated-style’ (non-rotisserie) al Pastor in Santa Maria. Meat…
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