Resty Gossip has been cancelled this week because there’s nothing interesting to talk about. So here’s your TOP-5 Smashburgers to fight about. There’s about 8 of you out there who *get* it, and we all keep Smashburger Score (SS) according to the recipe. And we pray hard for the rest of you. When it comes…
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Resty Gossip 2.25
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 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 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…
Resty Gossip 4.16
Had a nice little chat with the new owner of Linnaea’s before popping over to Brasserie SLO for a cocktail and then La Locanda for dinner. Literally a Garden Street afternoon. She mentioned a few menu tweaks and a new direction in coffee-sourcing. The big question will be of course WHEN DO THE REAL DESSERTS…
Top 10 Pizzas
Hey, so I promised a Margherita Pizza round-up, so here goes. These things are all so different. Not all thin crust–some of it quite puffy and thick. Not all of it scorched–not all of it wood-fired. Only, like 4 here are wood-fired. Maybe 5. Some have copious basil–some have just a dusting. FWIW when I…
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