Roughly North-to-South from Salinas to Santa Barbara–with heavier population Paso to Santa Maria. Please note this is not a “Best Mexican Food” list. It is STRICTLY taquerias, and I only order ONE thing. Scroll to the bottom of this list for a rough outline of my parameters for “Tacos”. ◊◊ No No ◊ No ♦…
Tag: California Restaurant Blog
Top 5 Wine Service Peeves
Dear Restaurants: Can you please stop seating me without a wine-list. This is wine-country. THIS IS RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AND HIGHEST-ACCLAIMED WINE AREAS IN THE WORLD. From where I’m sitting in your restaurant, I could hit 10 wineries with a 5-wood. Hundreds of thousands of dollars…
5 Towns 5 Burgers
Every menu on the Central Coast has a burger on it. It is something I have learned to accept in dining along the coast. Burgers are popular, no doubt, and a welcome menu item and ubiquitous with American dining culture. There are probably 300 burgers within 10 miles of where I stand and yes, I…
Restaurant Scribblings 10.14
ALDI In Arroyo Grande showing big aesthetic changes to the building shell, meaning they will be opening later rather than sooner. I can’t wait–I’m a total grocery-store junkie and when traveling will often pull off to roam a strange market just to see how things are presented and laid out. I’ve never actually been inside…
Taco Updates 7.7
Keep finding new places to taco, and I’ve been bad about updating THE TAQUERIA LIST. EL RINCON OAXAQUENO Santa Maria (S) lands on the list at ♦♦ It’s alright. TACO MAFIA San Miguel I ate at probably almost a year ago and somehow never included it. It’s *ok* they’re just really big and fairly boring….
Restaurant Gossip 7.1
SCONOS Arroyo Grande in the Comfort Market location opening at end of week–ignore the current hours up on the FB page. LE PETITE PARIS San Luis Obispo in Mission Mall one week?!?!?! EMBER Arroyo Grande brunch/bistro place next door (to Ember) bogged down in construction issues. ROSALINA Santa Margarita bogged down in construction issues also…
Restaurant Gossip v. 6.25.18
Gus’s Grocery owners have revitalized Spirit of San Luis at SBP. Jeffrey’s Wine Country BBQ is open in that cool alley space they’ve been working on forever in Paso Robles behind Tudor Winery and next door to Taste in the Alley and the Paso Robles Visitor Center. Central Coast Cafe is open in Atascadero in…
Restaurant Gossip v.6.12.18
Bistro Laurent is becoming BL Brasserie. The Mark is open in the old 7 Hands/Marston’s spot. Wine list is 3 Sextant’s. La Petite Parisienne is never opening, I’m convinced. Streetside Ale House people to Artisan Paso. Might wanna buy stock in big-screen companies. Broad Street Public House is open and apparently serving food in the…
Foremost BUBBLE BAR
I have a fascination with ceviche. Almost any culture–with seafood nearby–has a version of fresh fish *cooked* in acid and served immediately. And ceviche is the centerpiece of the new Bubble Bar at one of San Luis Obispo’s pillars: Foremost Wine Company. And now, the lively conversation and kitchen-interaction at the lately-silent center bar is…
Restaurant Gossip 5.8
UNDERGROUND BREW, the artist formerly known as Creekside Brew and about 40 other things has a huge FOR LEASE banner on it. TACOS EL TIZON is open in San Luis Obispo in the old Taco Bell building on Santa Rosa across from the park and is really REALLY good. Thomas Drahos is the chef at…
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