6 TEST KITCHEN at their new Tin City digs is going into soft openings. Reservations are filling up fast for the new 12-top format with full-time somm, wine-list and pairing plans. You’ll be happy to know the originally-announced $50 corkage has been reduced to $40 (2-bottle max). So there’s that. Can’t wait to see the…
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Restaurant Report 12.18
Late afternoon snack out in Avila at OLDE PORT INN. Yeah, I know… I rolled my eyes too. Hey: When you’re out there on a nice sunny day, you can’t beat the views and service and drinks. Food will always be something I wish would step up a little. Everything is a watered-down version of…
Restaurant Gossip v.10.28
JEFFREY’S WINE COUNTRY BBQ Grand Opening in Paso Robles is all weekend today and tomorrow, with lots of specials, his famous paella and I believe even HATCH with their mobile-cocktail cart. I’ll shut up about this restaurant now, because I know y’all are sick of hearing about it, but it’s GOOD. And not just the…
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…
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…
Taco Update 5.6.18
ANGELES DE PUEBLA* Santa Maria (S) added at ♦♦♦ Holy wow I don’t know how many millions of times I have driven by this weird place (wasn’t it a FLOWER SHOP?!?!) in the past couple decades and OMG so glad I stopped. REAL ROTISSERIE al pastor (that’s the * folks. Anytime you see an *…
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