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Good grub walking distance from Candlestick?
Buddy and I are headed up for the Lion-Niner game. Any place we can walk to and eat?
Best eats and Bars in San Luis Obispo / Central Coast
Skip the tourist traps- Steamers, Del's Pizzeria, Madonna Steakhouse, and McLintock's in Shell. McClintock's Saloon in the Village of Arroyo Grande is where the locals go. Better prices and none of the touristy stuff. Bill's Place is stumbling distance as is arguably the best burger in the world-Old Village Grill.
Giuseppe's in Pismo is great, but crowded. Rosa's is larger and equally tasty. Scotty's is a great sports bar across from Cracked Crab in Pismo. Brad's is good. Ynagi Sushi is good, loud, crazy, and expensive. If you are in Nipomo, go to Sushi and Teriyaki across from Von's center. It's where all of the Japanese farming families go, it's quite, cheaper, and I defy you to find a bad piece of fish.
Best Mexican is Burrito Loco next to Starbucks in the Walmart shopping center in Arroyo Grande.
Jocko's is good if you want to eat elbow to elbow with a bunch of aggies and flies. The spencer steak is huge. Mama's meatball is good, but tiny. And their meatballs suck. Everything else is good.
Avocados???
We found the same thing-smack dab in avocado country and nothing but garbage claiming to be haas from Chile and Mexico. No more. We head for the groves and invariably, yet not lately due to the season ending, we find a stand with awesome California Haas! They are killer, firm, not gassed, not bruised, and unlike anything you will find in the store. When in Arroyo Grande, get off at Brisco on 101 N, take a left under the freeway, and stop at Brisco Hardware. Blair, the owner, has a grove and usually has some perfect fruit ready to go for a buck a pop. Also, we go to a neighbor one block west of Cypress Ridge golf course and get 8 for $5 unripened. 10 days in a dark pantry and they are perfect!
