![]() ![]() The dish: It’s impossible to resist an entire menu of grilled cheese sandwiches, so don’t even try. Peek at the blackboard-painted walls, where a tattoo-style heart proclaims a love of bacon, and whimsical, chalk-scripted quotations range from Julia Child’s “People who love to eat are always the best people,” to Orson Welles’ “Ask not what you can do for your country. The food - described in decorative typography on chalkboards - has such a following, even the soup du jour boasts its own fan hashtag, #soupstalkers.Īs you wait for your table, take a moment to browse the picnic offerings in the market half of the bistro. The vibe: Kari Ziegler’s hipster Comfort Market opened last spring in a town that even Ziegler says is “the Central Coast’s secret.” It’s a stop worth making. Several new restaurants opened this year, here and in nearby Avila Beach, and they’re so sensational, you may want to plan your next Central Coast foray with Ember and Comfort Market in mind. It wasn’t so long ago that this tiny town - a few miles south of San Luis Obispo and a hop from Pismo Beach - was more fast-food exit, than foodie destination. ![]() ![]() How about for pumpkin-butternut squash soup with pecorino crisps? Bacon-laced, tomato jam-topped grilled cheese? Or a grilled rib-eye with garlic confit and avocado chimichurri? You’ve done the steep descent down to San Luis Obispo sandy strands and Hollywood’s razzle-dazzle lie just ahead. If you’ve zipped down Highway 101, plunging headlong toward Southern California, you may have viewed Arroyo Grande as nothing more than a blur. ![]()
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