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San Luis Obispo Tribune

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SLO County Italian restaurant closes. ‘You will always be a part of our family'

A family-run Italian restaurant in North County shut its doors for good this week after 22 years. Lombardi’s Pasta Familia in Cambria had its last day in business Monday, according to a sign posted outside the restaurant’s door. “This restaurant has always been so much more than a business to us,” the sign said. “It has been a part of our family, our lives, and our story. Over the years, many of you have become more than customers. You have become friends, familiar faces, and an extension of our family. We have been fortunate to share so many meals, celebrations, conversations, and memories with all of you.” Monica Melendrez has run Lombardi’s since 2021, when her husband, Nestor Hernandez, lost his battle with COVID-19 and passed away . “For over 15 years, my husband poured his heart and soul into this restaurant,” the sign said. “After losing him to COVID, I made the decision to carry on what he had built, keeping our family-owned Italian restaurant going and continuing to serve the amazing community that has supported us through so much.” Now, Melendrez is closing Lombardi’s to “slow down, spend more precious time with her family, and embrace the moments

Cambria, CA · 3d

The Salinas Californian

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Alvarado Street Brewery unveils its 'forever home'

A new chapter for one of Monterey County's business success stories begins this weekend with the grand opening of Alvarado Street Brewery's new 32,000-square-foot facility in Castroville, a major expansion the brewery is calling its "forever home." The brewery, which owner and head brewer JC Hill started as a homebrew operation less than 20 years ago, is moving the bulk of its beer production and packaging to Castroville, where the operations will share space with a new tasting room. "This is our new forever home where we will make the vast majority of our beer," said Hill during an interview earlier this week. Known as "The Plant," the new facility will become the company's primary production facility and headquarters. The new location will be Alvarado Street Brewery's largest in the Monterey Bay area. Its production facility on Dayton Street in Salinas has largely wound down, Hill said, yet the tasting room there remains in operation. Alvarado Street Brewery & Bistro located in the Carmel Plaza, showcases some of the brewery's more experimental and German-forward beers. Its scenic location with an Art Deco interior in downtown Salinas, was last year rebranded Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom. Located in the heart of downtown

Castroville, CA · 2d

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Phil's Fish Market & Eatery, one of the county's most celebrated restaurants, goes up for sale.

Phil’s Fish Market & Eatery is on the market. Known nationally for his cioppino—and for beating celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a “throwdown”—Phil DiGirolamo opened the popular restaurant in 1982 in Moss Landing, moving to a historic downtown Castroville location in 2022. DiGirolamo also listed...

Castroville, CA · 2d
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Our Stories: The Q Inn Celebrates Veterans Day All Year Long

Joan & John Solu at The Q Inn, Main Street, Morro Bay. Photo provided by Joan Solu. This year November 11 is Veteran’s Day during America’s 250th. It is also the 85th anniversary since Morro Bay’s Amphibious Training Base dedication. Veteran’s Day is also known as Remembrance Day and certainly the appropriate time for Morro Bay to reflect on our local beginnings. Did you know before World War II Morro Bay had 400 residents? After WWII we grew to over 2,800 and over time our community has held steady at 10,000 except when our hotels, inns and B&Bs inflate our numbers attracting guests for the betterment of Morro Bay’s local businesses.

Morro Bay, CA · 2d
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KSBY News

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Annual Garagiste Festival returns to Paso Robles

Community members had the opportunity to try hundreds of local wines at the Garagiste Festival. Dozens of Paso Robles winemakers participated in the grand tasting, pouring over 200 wines.

Paso Robles, CA · 1d

esterobaynews.com

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Cambria Artifacts Gallery to Close After Three Decades

Artifacts Gallery in Cambria will close its brick-and-mortar location on Jan. 3, 2027. Photo submitted. A retail space featuring both local talent and national artists in the commercial heart of Cambria will shutter its doors after more than three decades. Artifacts Gallery, located at 775 Main Street, known for a...

Cambria, CA · 2d

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City Amends Harbor Hut Lease

The Harbor Hut Restaurant in Morro Bay has been granted a lease extension after completing nearly a million dollars in repairs and improvements. Submitted photo. The City of Morro Bay has amended the lease of one of the longest running and most elegant restaurants on The Embarcadero, after the leaseholders completed nearly a million dollars worth of improvements and repairs, with a quarter million more promised in the future.

Morro Bay, CA · 2d

Paso Robles Daily News

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Sensorio to hold ribbon cutting Nov. 17 for new downtown installation

Illuminated sculptures will connect Downtown City Park to Sensorio. – Sensorio will hold a ribbon cutting for its new downtown installation at Downtown City Park on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 4:45 p.m. The installation will feature illuminated sculptures in the heart of downtown, connecting the park to Sensorio. It was...

Paso Robles, CA · 1d

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The Baked Bear To Open New Shop At Fisherman’s Wharf

The Baked Bear is preparing to open a new location at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. According to the San Francisco Business Times, the company signed a 10-year lease for a 928-square-foot storefront at 81 Jefferson St. The new shop will be the brand’s third brick-and-mortar location in San Francisco.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

San Luis Obispo Tribune

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New indoor pickleball space to open in SLO. And it's serving up food and beer

Ryan Moore, Ethan Krout and Daniel Snyder had no solid place to play pickleball in San Luis Obispo. With how popular the courts at Del Mar Park were, the trio just wanted a place to play pickleball without getting rained out or competing for time on the courts. So they built their own spot. Four years after the original idea, a seven-court pickleball facility is celebrating its grand opening on Saturday, in a large renovated space formerly used by Cuesta College, the California National Guard and even as a concert venue for the Eagles in 1974. “It really does come down to making pickleball accessible for everybody,” Snyder told The Tribune. “Back to our roots of just a few dads after work once a week to just have some camaraderie and a break, it was frustrating when we couldn’t do that anymore. This will be that for many people.” When the trio got the idea to open their own pickleball courts, they immediately began searching for a place large enough to fit multiple pickleball courts. Moore took the courts from Del Mar Park on Google Earth and began pasting them onto buildings all over San Luis Obispo County. “When we

San Luis Obispo, CA · 2d

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Eat, Drink, Savor: Wind Chime Foods and ‘mindful cooking’

The baking skills behind Wind Chime Foods’ granolas and sourdough flatbreads trace back to one of owner Ann Fata’s earliest memories: cooking up a box cake with a classmate for her pregnant third-grade teacher. But the breakthrough came through a little advice from her grandmother. “She was into...

Hollister, CA · 15h

Tabby's Pantry

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After 57 Years, a Longtime California Grocery Store Is Locking Its Doors for Good

Safeway says it will close its store at 6150 Bollinger Road in San Jose on or around November 13, 2026. The closure affects a longtime neighborhood grocery store, while the company says employees will be reassigned to nearby locations.

San Jose, CA · 3d

San Francisco Chronicle

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‘We’re a bunch of weirdos up in here’: A shuttered Bay Area venue gets new life

Bay Area concert producers Heavy Lemon and the nonprofit Crossthread plan to reopen San Jose’s Black Cat Licorice Theater as a music venue next year.

San Jose, CA · 2d

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The Tiny California Restaurant That Hungry Locals Happily Drive Hours Just To Reach

There are restaurants you stumble into by accident, and then there are restaurants people plan their entire weekends around, and Carnitas Michoacán in Gilroy, California, is very much the second kind. Nobody drives two hours for food they feel neutral about. That’s just not how humans work. When...

Gilroy, CA · 23h

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Gilroy Diners Know The Garlic Fries At Westside Grill Taste Like Hometown Pride

Gilroy has spent decades telling the world it is the Garlic Capital of the World, and the locals take that title seriously. So when a neighborhood grill earns a loyal following in this town, people notice. The spot in question sits on a busy corner on the west side of...

Gilroy, CA · 2d

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Dungeness crab season opens this weekend

Get it while the getting is good! We have only until the end of December for rockfish/lingcod season, so it behooves us to make the best of any pleasant days we might enjoy between now and then. Weather and ocean conditions maybe the only hindering factor for local fishing. Short term forecasts indicate a week of “pleasant days” ahead. The bite is still “ON,” and continues for a wide variety of species.

Santa Cruz, CA · 2d

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New Trails Open Nearly 80 Acres at Quail Hollow

FELTON — Nearly 80 acres of previously inaccessible public open space opened to hikers Oct. 26 with the debut of the Pace Wilderness Trails at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park. Santa Cruz County Parks and District 5 Supervisor Monica Martinez celebrated the opening of approximately 6 miles of new...

Felton, CA · 1d

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Gilroy Gardens North Pole Nights 2026: Dates, Tickets and What to Expect

Gilroy, CA — North Pole Nights, Gilroy Gardens’ Christmas event, returns Nov. 21 for select dates through New Year’s Eve, with holiday lights, visits with Santa and a live Christmas musical. Most of it is back from last year, but it opens a week earlier and online tickets rise to $55. Below is my guide to the event to help you plan.

Gilroy, CA · 16h

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Making His Mark on Santa Cruz

For over a decade, Santa Cruz native, artist, illustrator and graphic designer Shaun Logan—also known as Slogan—has been crafting vibrant murals in Santa Cruz’s most iconic spots, including the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and the Catalyst Club. The 44-year-old local artist has found great success in the county, and his art can be seen in some of Santa Cruz’s most iconic spots.

Santa Cruz, CA · 1d