![]() ![]() For this reason, The Barn is my happy place. Everything in my life is old, including my husband (he’s technically vintage). You’re going to need a whole lot of energy to get through the amount of antiquing ahead, so eat up. May I recommend Southern Station? Chicken and waffles, Southern-style biscuits, and this amazing invention that mixes half OJ with hard cider (cidermosa?) are all on the menu (the pulled pork egg hash comes in a skillet!). If you’re like me, you enjoy the idea of consuming 80 percent of your calories over a sloppy so-bad-for-you breakfast. It’s located right next door to the post office (yes-Santa Margarita has its own tiny post office), and these ladies are always ready to talk your ear off. Opened in January, Rainbow Hut Studios is a neon blue beacon of weirdness, where you can check out Peg Grady’s and Susan Mathiesen’s contemporary paintings, the stained glass works of Emily Jaeger, the covetable pottery of Heidi Petersen, and funky jewelry crafted by Karen Wilkins. Santa Margarita may seem like a cowboy town, but it’s also got its fair share of old hippies and outspoken artists. You can still put your elbows on the table, and I recommend you do while digging into the Dragon’s Breath appetizer, which you can pretend to “share” with your tablemate. Chef Jeff Jackson takes the freshest local, seasonal ingredients and elevates them, but just enough to be exciting, not unapproachable. Here, you can order a Lone Star beer, a glass of the best Paso Robles wine, or a mighty piece of meat (adorned with edible flowers). From the outside, it looks like an old honky tonk from a bygone era-big, copper door with a big, longhorn steer head painted above it. ![]() The Range may very well be the best restaurant in Northern San Luis Obispo County, and it’s located right here on this dusty stretch of the King’s Highway. Their friendliness isn’t a put-on, and it isn’t for your sake. What you will see for sure are authentic people. You might see chickens or cows rooting around in overgrown grass. You might see two tractors sitting on someone’s front porch. You might see someone clip-clop down the street on a horse. This, my friends, is the undeniable charm of this tiny Western town, nestled against train tracks at the foot of the Cuesta Grade. ![]() Opened in January, Rainbow Hut Studios showcases funky jewelry, paintings, ceramics, and more in the dusty town of Santa Margarita, about 20 minutes north of San Luis Obispo. The weird part is that this isn’t the first time this has happened in the two weeks or so I’ve poured there, and it certainly won’t be the last. I look up from the daily opening duties checklist to see a man on a horse riding by on El Camino Real. #DRAGON SPRING A BIT BLOCK M IN BANTAM ZIP#Zip liners-flushed from their flight across four Margarita Adventures zip lines, will retell the story of that first, frightening step off the edge.īut for now, all is quiet, save for the sound of corks popping and the deep croon of Waylon Jennings on the radio. Soon, folks will be coming in for bottles of cabernet sauvignon, wine tasting, and cheese and charcuterie boards. It’s a little after 10 a.m., and I’m working behind the bar of Ancient Peak’s tasting room in Santa Margarita. ![]() Daytripper: Living large in the tiny Western town of Santa Margarita By HAYLEY THOMAS ![]()
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