Saturday, August 25, 2007
Roaming the Coast, Highway 1 style.
Hanging at Pescadero
Whelp that completes the connection that i was missing. I've driven on highway 1 from Ft. Bragg (north coast is horrid for driving!) all the way down to the town of Ventura. Not all in one jaunt, but nonetheless. We headed off to the neat little town of Pescadero, 2 miles in from highway 1. We've heard a many a good thing about stopping there. It's a town about one block long with a few knick-knacky shops, one tavern-restaurant, a general store, a bakery and two churches. It was pretty happening when we arrived around 11am. Bicyclists were swarming as well as motorcyclists were chewing rubber everywhichway. Two coworkers of mine and a bunch of customers of fluffielady's told us about the wonderous and great foods that the tavern as well as the bakery possess. We had to choose one place to eat and decided on Arcangeli's bakery. You can smell the yummy goodness flowing out of the place. It seems that the coastal speciality involves artichokes, lots of it, everywhere, dips, sauces, and breads. The bakery has these half-baked (not the movie, heh) breads where customers finish cooking them at home. We bought 2 artisian looking sourdoughs, sandwiches and a handmade raspberry mustard there. The whole pies were $13. One coworker recommended getting food and go past the town a little into the cemetary and up the hill and theres some benches there to eat. Eat at a cemetary? ok lets try that.
Highest point of Pescadero is the Cemetary hill!
The sandwiches were a little on the small side for 6$ but it was fresh and delicious dutch crunch. It was good enough, since we were continuing down towards Santa Cruz.
Hello says the Seagull, welcome to the boardwalk. Got Food?
Made it to the Beach Boardwalk around 12:30pm and trotted around a little. Drove through it's downtown area, which reminds me of Berkeley's University or College Ave. It reminds me both in terms of eateries as well as hippies, yes, the full bearded, tye-dyed doods.
SeaLions say Waddup!
I dunno why but i'm having a camping gear fetish, and i was in the mood for backpacking gear. Backpacking is more specialized, which means it costs more because it's all about the least amount of weight carried on your back! I saw on craigslist this guy in Felton, CA, selling a single burner coleman for cheap, so after a few back n forth Emails, and serendipity with roaming down south. I picked it up from him. Felton is a small town few miles up the hill from Santa Cruz on highway 9.
After we roamed Felton a little, we wanted to drive up highway 9 all the way to highway 35. I heard its a good ride for motorcyclists and driving enthusiasts. So up we go and then there was traffic, of the non-moving type. We waiting around and it slowly inched up and up, and there were a few people walking on the side of the highway. Finally one guy tells a car in front of us that theres a house fire and you can't get through. Man! So did a 180 and drove back up highway 1. Might as well stop at Pescadero again and eat at Duarte's Tavern.
Duarte's opened in 1894 and it's generations owned. Bar turned barber shop turned ice cream shop turned sandwich shop turned restaurant, this small place employs 65 workers (how?) and feeds about 10000 people a month (how?!) as the story goes on the back of the menu.
Feeling like a big man, i venture to order the prime rib at $18, one of their more expensive dishes and fluffielady had the pork chops with applesauce $16. Their complimentary sourdough was artisian, with a crunchy crust and a doughy fluffie soft insides. When the entrees came ahh man! It was a monster prime rib, one and a quarter inch thick large 1-pound sucker that was excellent tasting as well as texture. Fluffielady's was a good pan fried 2-piece chops but she liked breaded pork chops more. Applesauce though tasted like apple pie, with apple bits in it, nice! We heard about the excellent artichoke soup as well as the peach and apple pies but how can you eat such a thing after? and at 6$ for pie ($7.50 ala mode), it's a little bit too much. This is one serious pie town!
We might need to go back for all the missed artichoke action as well as the pies. oi! ...Tummy... full.
Hanging at Pescadero
Whelp that completes the connection that i was missing. I've driven on highway 1 from Ft. Bragg (north coast is horrid for driving!) all the way down to the town of Ventura. Not all in one jaunt, but nonetheless. We headed off to the neat little town of Pescadero, 2 miles in from highway 1. We've heard a many a good thing about stopping there. It's a town about one block long with a few knick-knacky shops, one tavern-restaurant, a general store, a bakery and two churches. It was pretty happening when we arrived around 11am. Bicyclists were swarming as well as motorcyclists were chewing rubber everywhichway. Two coworkers of mine and a bunch of customers of fluffielady's told us about the wonderous and great foods that the tavern as well as the bakery possess. We had to choose one place to eat and decided on Arcangeli's bakery. You can smell the yummy goodness flowing out of the place. It seems that the coastal speciality involves artichokes, lots of it, everywhere, dips, sauces, and breads. The bakery has these half-baked (not the movie, heh) breads where customers finish cooking them at home. We bought 2 artisian looking sourdoughs, sandwiches and a handmade raspberry mustard there. The whole pies were $13. One coworker recommended getting food and go past the town a little into the cemetary and up the hill and theres some benches there to eat. Eat at a cemetary? ok lets try that.
Highest point of Pescadero is the Cemetary hill!
The sandwiches were a little on the small side for 6$ but it was fresh and delicious dutch crunch. It was good enough, since we were continuing down towards Santa Cruz.
Hello says the Seagull, welcome to the boardwalk. Got Food?
Made it to the Beach Boardwalk around 12:30pm and trotted around a little. Drove through it's downtown area, which reminds me of Berkeley's University or College Ave. It reminds me both in terms of eateries as well as hippies, yes, the full bearded, tye-dyed doods.
SeaLions say Waddup!
I dunno why but i'm having a camping gear fetish, and i was in the mood for backpacking gear. Backpacking is more specialized, which means it costs more because it's all about the least amount of weight carried on your back! I saw on craigslist this guy in Felton, CA, selling a single burner coleman for cheap, so after a few back n forth Emails, and serendipity with roaming down south. I picked it up from him. Felton is a small town few miles up the hill from Santa Cruz on highway 9.
After we roamed Felton a little, we wanted to drive up highway 9 all the way to highway 35. I heard its a good ride for motorcyclists and driving enthusiasts. So up we go and then there was traffic, of the non-moving type. We waiting around and it slowly inched up and up, and there were a few people walking on the side of the highway. Finally one guy tells a car in front of us that theres a house fire and you can't get through. Man! So did a 180 and drove back up highway 1. Might as well stop at Pescadero again and eat at Duarte's Tavern.
Duarte's opened in 1894 and it's generations owned. Bar turned barber shop turned ice cream shop turned sandwich shop turned restaurant, this small place employs 65 workers (how?) and feeds about 10000 people a month (how?!) as the story goes on the back of the menu.
Feeling like a big man, i venture to order the prime rib at $18, one of their more expensive dishes and fluffielady had the pork chops with applesauce $16. Their complimentary sourdough was artisian, with a crunchy crust and a doughy fluffie soft insides. When the entrees came ahh man! It was a monster prime rib, one and a quarter inch thick large 1-pound sucker that was excellent tasting as well as texture. Fluffielady's was a good pan fried 2-piece chops but she liked breaded pork chops more. Applesauce though tasted like apple pie, with apple bits in it, nice! We heard about the excellent artichoke soup as well as the peach and apple pies but how can you eat such a thing after? and at 6$ for pie ($7.50 ala mode), it's a little bit too much. This is one serious pie town!
We might need to go back for all the missed artichoke action as well as the pies. oi! ...Tummy... full.
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