Someone wrote: : Highway 101 Food from North to South (the whole length) : Criteria for the list: at least better than taking your chances on : the generic franchise fast food or coffee shop. Some are great. : I recommend the book "Road Food" by Jane & Michael Stern. : I've skipped most places in the major areas like the SF Bay Area : and LA. They have guidebooks. I'm interested in the long stretches : where you wonder "Where ARE we gonna eat?" : I'm making separate lists for Highway 1 and Highway 5. : Your suggestions are eagerly welcome. : Olympia, Washington : Olympia Oyster House 320 W 4th Ave : The Spar 114 E 4th Ave Breakfast, burgers, bread pudding : ===== 20 miles ===== : Shelton : ===== 62 miles ===== : Discovery Bay : ===== 38 miles ===== : Port Angeles : ===== 55 miles ===== : Forks : ===== 33 miles ===== : Kalaloch (translates "Easy living" and "Lots of Clams") : A good little seafood restaurant, whose menu translates "Kalaloch" : ===== 30 miles ===== : Quinault : ===== 47 miles ===== : Aberdeen : ===== 25 miles ===== : Raymond : ===== 45 miles ===== : Seaview : ===== 17 miles ===== : Astoria : ===== 15 miles ===== : Seaside : Elsie, OR (24 mi inland on Hwy 26) : Morris' Camp 18 (Mile Post 18) Lumberjack food : ===== 35 miles ===== : Garibaldi : ===== 10 miles ===== : Tillamook : ===== 20 miles ===== : Hebo : Hebo Inn junction with Hwy 22 - Chicken & dumplings : ===== 15 miles ===== : Otis : Otis Cafe Hwy 18/Otis Jct - Huge breakfasts, hash browns : ===== 5 miles ===== : Lincoln city : Road's End Dory Cove Logan Rd 1 mi w of 101 - seafood, pie : ===== 23 miles ===== : Newport Something Bookstore and Cafe: excellent eatery coupled with bookstore. Ask anyone, it's a local hot spot. : ===== 15 miles ===== : Waldport : ===== 35 miles ===== : Florence : Morgan's Country Kitchen 85020 Hwy 101 - Chowder,biscuits,pie : ===== 20 miles ===== : Reedsport : ===== 30 miles ===== : Coos Bay : ===== 22 miles ===== : Bandon : Andrea's Old Town Cafe 160 E Baltimore - breakfast, seafood : ===== 25 miles ===== : Port Orford : ===== 25 miles ===== : Gold Beach : ===== 25 miles ===== : Brookings : ===== 15 miles ===== : Smith River : ===== 12 miles ===== : Crescent City : ===== 20 miles ===== : Klamath : ===== 20 miles ===== : Orick : ===== 17 miles ===== : Trinidad : ===== 10 miles ===== : Arcata : ===== 10 miles ===== : Eureka : Seafood Grotto 605 Broadway Smoky Jim's BBQ Bagel place right near Smoky Jim's : ===== 15 miles ===== : Fortuna : ===== 10 miles ===== : Scotia : ===== 20 miles ===== : Redcrest : ===== 10miles ===== : Miranda : ===== 10 miles ===== : Garberville : ===== 23 miles ===== : Leggett : ===== 20 miles ===== : Laytonville : ===== 22 miles ===== : Willits : ===== 21 miles ===== : Ukiah : ===== 15 miles ===== : Hopland : ===== 12 miles ===== : Cloverdale : ===== 10 miles ===== : Geyserville : ===== 9 miles ===== : Healdsburg : Jimtown Store -- good food in a general store : Madrona Manor 1001 Westside Rd -- truly elegant : John Ash on Barnes Rd nr River Rd exit off 101 -- pricey, excellent : Ravenous next to Raven Theater -- cheaper but good : El Sombrero 245 Center -- down home taco bar : Breeze Inn east of Guerneville on River Rd -- BBQ, reasonable John Ash is just north of Santa Rosa; Breeze Inn is east of Guerneville as noted. Some may find their meats over-smoked... : ===== 15 miles ===== : Santa Rosa Kirin-good Chinese Saigon Cuisine-downhome Vietnamese Pepe's-good taco bar, homemade tortillas on weekends : ===== 7 miles ===== : Rohnert Park : ===== 9 miles ===== : Petaluma : Steamer Gold 1 Water St -- seafood : ===== 20 miles ===== Don't forget Novato, some good Thai places, esp. new one toward north end of town by Shell stn. : San Rafael Thainese-Third St. east of fwy. Killer Pad Thai. Janthong-Thai walkup in Northgate Mall food ghetto. Excellent and cheap. The eggplant is to die for. : ===== 5 miles ===== : Tiburon : Guaymos -- great view over Bay, excellent food, walks : ===== 2 miles ===== : Mill Valley : Frontolio (edge of Sausalito) Italian olive press $$$ desserts : ===== 5 miles ===== : San Francisco : ===== 8 miles ===== : South San Francisco : JoAnn's Cafe 1131 El Camino Real - breakfast, Buttermilk Shakes : ===== 9 miles ===== : Foster City : ===== 7 miles ===== : Redwood City : ===== 11 miles ===== : Mountain View Almost everyone raves about the burritos at La Costena. : ===== 10 miles ===== : San Jose : ===== 4 miles ===== : South San Jose : ===== 19 miles ===== : Morgan Hill : Just Breakfast Main St/Monterey : ===== 12 miles ===== : Gilroy : Gilroy Inn 10th/Monterey - garlic dishes : ===== 20 miles ===== : Prunedale : ===== 8 miles ===== : Salinas : Sea Harvest 1135 S Main -- branch of Monterey restaurant : ===== 25 miles ===== : Soledad : ===== 10 miles ===== : Greenfield : ===== 10 miles ===== : King City : El Lugarcito -- Mexican food, esp carne asada tacos Also "mariscos" (seafood items) : Black Oak (?) coffee shop is OK : ===== 52 miles ===== : Paso Robles : Berardi & Sons -- seafood; Sea bass, swordfish : Keefer's -- above average coffee shop : ===== 12 miles ===== : Atascadero : ===== 17 miles ===== : San Luis Obispo : Caffe Roma : San Luis Obispo Brewing -- Brewpub : ===== 10 miles ===== : Avila Beach : Old Custom House - Seafood, nice patio area : ===== 1 mile ===== : Port San Luis : Fat Cat coffee shop at the marina -- fishermen & boaters eat here : ===== 5 miles ===== : Pismo Beach -- some decent places along the frontage road : ===== 5 miles ===== : Arroyo Grande : ===== 15 miles ===== : Santa Maria : ===== 35 miles ===== : Buellton : The Hitching Post : Roundup (?) Cafe across from Anderson's is good esp. breakfast : Anderson's Split Pea Soup -- can be crowded with tourists : ===== 4 miles ===== : Solvang : Red Viking -- Danish open-faced sandwiches, fresh aebelskiver : Various Danish pastry shops and restaurants : ===== 40 miles ===== : Santa Barbara : La Super-Rica Taqueria 622 N Milpas : Superico -- expensive : Zia Cafe -- : Palace Cafe on Cota St 1 blk E of State -- cajun/creole gumbo : ===== 5 ===== : Montecito-Summerland : The Big Yellow House (see from Fwy) -- Family-style food : ===== 5 miles ===== : Carpinteria : Budd's Egg-Ception 970 Linden -- every conceivable omelette : ===== 15 miles ===== : Ventura : Juanita's W end of town, 2 blk from museum -- Tex-Mex BBQ sandwich : Johnnie's on Ventura Ave -- relleno burritos : ===== 10 miles ===== : Oxnard : Rebecca's on Oxnard Blvd (Hwy 1) -- Great tortas & fresh fruit drinks : ===== 20 miles ===== Newbury Park: a little circuitous, but worth it: "Taqueria de Mexico" (or maybe "El Taco de Mexico)in mall near high school. Take Wendy Dr. exit, head W. on frontage road, go left at first major road (not into tract), watch for mall on right corner past high school. Place is next to Thrifty Drug. Awesome food, esp. meat tacos (pastor, carnitas). Be sure to try the hotter of the two hot sauces they have - quite unique, I sometimes buy a pint. Good beans, rice, rellenos, etc. : Thousand Oaks : ===== 20 miles ===== : Encino : Shekarchie -- Persian dinners : ===== 5 miles ===== : Sherman Oaks : ===== 5 miles ===== : Van Nuys : Solley's Van Nuys Blvd nr Ventura -- NY Jewish meals,& desserts : ===== 10 miles ===== : Hollywood : Duke's 8909 Sunset W Hollywood -- breakfast, blintzes : Musso & Frank Grill 6687 Hollywood Blvd -- potatoes many ways : Pink's Chili Dogs 711 N La Brea -- potato salad Has gone down the tubes over the past few years - used to be fantastic, now just ok. Check out "El Coyote," crazed tex-mex joint on Sunset. Bizarre interior, semi-lethal margaritas. Food is b-grade, atmosphere is solid a. The sweet corn tamales are pretty good. : ===== 5 miles ===== : Los Angeles : Carl's BBQ 5953 Pico -- Cajun style, sawdust floor : Cantor's -- NY Jewish meals : Cassell's 3266 W 6th LA Hamburgers : Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria 648 S Broadway/7th -- cheap : The Original Pantry 877 S Figueroa -- 24 hr American food : Philippe The Original 1001 N Alameda -- Mess hall, French Dips : Sunset East Car Wash 2040 W Sunset/Alvarado -- Tacos (takeout) My brother raves about Garibaldi's, seafood place toward downtown, maybe on 7th? : ---- HIGHWAY ENDS---- : -- : Ray Bruman [email removed]
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Eating on Hwy 101
Peas Soup Andersens should be deleted from any list. The quality and portions have gone downhill since the original ownders sold the restaurants.
Ray B. wrote: >Highway 101 Food from North to South (the whole length) > >King City >Black Oak (?) coffee shop is OK Black Oak was actually in Paso Robles, just off the State Hwy 46 exit. I say "was" because a few weeks ago, I drove to this area and wanted to have breakfast there upon a friend's recommendation, but it was all boarded up and closed. >===== 52 miles ===== >Paso Robles >Keefer's -- above average coffee shop Keefer's is actually in King City Another okay coffee shop is Wild Horse Cafe, also in King City