West Coast Food Safari: US Hwy 101

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (EdSails)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:09 GMT

Well, did anyone do this? It's been a few years since I've gotten up that ways-----what's changed and not these days?

I did get a good report a few weeks ago from someone I sent to Jocko's. glad to herar they are still good.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (Twinwillow)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:49:50 GMT

Pictures, please.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:02 GMT

Colors are showing along Hwy 101 now north of Willits...but with the soaking rains we just had, leaves might start falling soon...

While we have prolific yellows and orages, most of the red & scarlet colors come from the Poison Oak, which can range from a small twig, clump, bush, to tree climbers...

I spent some time yesterday with my pocket camera and went up the road to Hearst, 15 miles east of Willits to the base of the Yolla Bolly Mtn Wilderness area, and as the cloud cap dissapated I was able to get a shot of snow covered Anthony Peak (7,000') from the foothills...

As always, I'd rather drive the backroads with my cameras and a good appetite for small-time restaurants & cafe's...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:22:25 GMT

While there *are* some colors along Hwy 101 in the fall, the REAL colors are along Cal Hwy 49...plus Cal Hwy 89 and US Hwy 395...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BigGlenn)

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:04:35 GMT

Please keep me informed of any plans....Thank you....

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:23:44 GMT

October colors...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (EliseT)

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:02:29 GMT

I'm booked for July, and August is hot. Maybe we could do a trip in September or Oct if anyone wants?

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (love2bake)

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:10:08 GMT

Yes--Splash Cafe in Pismo Beach has some of the best clam chowder you'll ever have!

While you're in Pismo Beach, be sure to stop by Old West Cinnamon Rolls, too. They're awesome. (I like the original best, but they have many varieties.) 861 Dolliver Street

Uh oh--guess I was late. But next time maybe...

bnavarre

Pismo Beach: Splash Cafe's for their onion rings & bread bowl clam chowder, The Cracked Crab for their bucket (on the table cracking) and fish tacos, Honeymoon Cafe for their breakfast, Giuseppe's Express Deli for a beach picnic, and
Avila Beach: Joe Mama's coffee, Woodstone Marketplace (Monday - prime rib night!), and The Avila Valley Barn for olallieberry tarts.
San Luis Obispo: Another outpost of Splash Cafe that is great for breakfast, San Luis Fish and BBQ for their halibut and chips (not sure what the BBQ part is), New Frontiers for juicing, Madonna Inn for their hash, Spirit of San Luis at the Airport for their burger, Petra's ironically for their pepperoni pizza, Breakfast Buzz for all day breakfast, and Blue Sky for their beignets.
Oceano: Old Juan's Cantina for some yummy mexican before or after you drive on the beach.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (Twinwillow)

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:05:10 GMT

Second, Apple Pan in LA and, La Super Rica in SB.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:11:21 GMT

Hi Elise...

Are you back yet...???

I've been SO busy on the days it hasn't been raining, and stuck indoors on the days it has rained...

Tomorrow morning I'm off to Nevada City, then off NW Nevada for a video shoot, Then Sunday I do my annual railroad safety training and exam, and then back home for a few hours sleep, that go north to the radio station to recdord an interview that will air later in the week for one of my radio shows...

This will most likely be the lasy year I do railroad work..

Several weeks from now I have a road trip to Gilroy...My friend Gilbert Klein wrote a book about the late KFAT-FM (Gilroy - the FCC callsign KFAT is now up in Alaska and has nothing to do with the pioneering radio that was done in Gilroy)...

The book is called Fat Chance, and will be out in a few weeks and the Gilroy Chamber Of Commerce is planning some kind of wingding in celebration...

Maybe this FALL I can do the entire UDS Hwy 101 roadtrip...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (EliseT)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:49:04 GMT

It's too bad this thread got sidetracked. I'm going to head up the coast anyways hitting ventura and Santa Barbara on Tuesday, Tuesday night in Morro bay and up to San Francisco Wednesday if anyone wants to plan meet-ups.

Re:West Coast Food Safari: US Hwy 101 (EliseT)

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:40:45 GMT

I just discovered I need to be in San Francisco on April 11. Is anyone married to it being later?

Sat April 7, driving day, dinner for those who arrive to spend the night (sushi? Mexican?)
Sunday April 8 Phillipes--Apple Pan--Santa Monica Pier--Neptunes Net-- Ventura
                            Overnite in Ventura or Santa Barbara
Mon 4/9-- breakfast -- la super rica --
                             Overnite in Morro Bay
Tues   4/10                   Overnite in San Francisco?

Does that work for everyone? You could then atay overnite in 11th Ukiah--12th Portland--13th south seattle--14th seattle

Re:West Coast Food Safari: US Hwy 101 (EliseT)

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:44:42 GMT

If this is a double post, sorry. I don;t see my post.

If we spent an overnite in LA we could hit South LA or Pasadena, or the valley. Otherwise we could meet up and follow the coast up the 101 and eat at places on the way. Here is a tentative itinerary, eating at places that are close to the road.

Meet at Phillipes, walk over to Olvera Street for Churros.

110 south to 10 west.

Apple Pan for burgers and apple pie

stop at the ocean to see the Santa Monica pier, (clam chowder and fish and chips at the Kings Head if you're peckish).

Up the 101. Stop at county line at Neptunes Net

Dinner and sleep in Ventura (Maybe Landmark 77 a steak place and one of our haunted restaurants).

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (EliseT)

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:51:23 GMT

Well, I havn't read through the whole shebang, but I see some people recommending Long Beach. Would the trip start in LA? Would you want a few days in LA to hit say, south LA, or just places that are near the freeway like Apple Pan? I'm going to make a map for the LA area.

How many people are we looking at? Maybe camping spots and cheap motels scouted by locals?

I took the trip on Amtrak and wasn't happy.

Maybe aim for the end of April?

In Santa Barbara definitely La Super Rica, and Jocko's in Nipomo.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:36:04 GMT

Hi Elise...

I was just in your town on a train trip...

What suggestions do you have...???

I had a crappy meal at a place in downtown LA, that others suggested...I'll write about it later, after I've bounced back from my "train-lag"...

BTW...I really enjoyed the archetectural features of Union Station...WOW...!!!

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (EliseT)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:45:26 GMT

I'm down and I have loads of suggestions!

West Coast Food Safari: US Hwy 101 (BackRhodes)

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:40:45 GMT

Has anybody eaten at the At Last Cafe in Long Beach, CA...???

Re:Mama Cozza's in Anahiem....??? (BackRhodes)

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:25:33 GMT

Eureka...(I found it)...!!!
Sort of...

At some point I was mentioning chocolate dipped hard pack ice cream cones, but couldn't remember where...

I found chocolate dipped hard pack ice cream cones at the Baskin-Robbins in Ukiah tonight right next to beloved US Hwy 101 (Perkins St Exit)...

Was this the ultimate...???

No...

The chocolate developed a wax consistancy after chewing it a bit...not even close to the chocolate dip at Fosters, or the store bought version by Hershey (which to me has a butter flavor nuance)...

BTW...Santa Rosa (CA) has THREE Fosters Freeze locations...compared to the boonies I live in Santa Rosa IS a "big city" (100,000 population in the general area)...I used to be an egg rancher down there many years ago, and today was the 1st time down there in many months...

Mama Cozza's in Anahiem....??? (BackRhodes)

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:59:08 GMT

Mama Cozza's (Italian food) in Anahiem...

Anybody been there...???

Was it good...???

How close is it to Hwy 101

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:15:12 GMT

mar52
Not neccesarily Roadfood but we have great Mexican places all around here.

There's many ways to interpret the term "Roadfood"...

If I'm "on the road" (driving) and I eat someplace, I guess technically it's "roadfood"... where I find food while on the road...

What I like about Southern California IS the large number of Mexican places to eat...I could probably spend 10 years eating at places down there and never eat at the same place twice...

Time to start doing research about places to eat from SLO to San Jose...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:49:53 GMT

SCOUTING TRIP on US Hwy 101:

I was up on Hwy 101, in the Eureka area...

Lunch yesterday was Mexican at Luzmila's - 946 West Ave...this is just a few minutes east of US Hwy 101...I had the #9 combo: 2 encheladas & 1 taco...

Dinner was at Porter Street BBQ on Hwy 101 in the downtown area (6th & Broadway). I've eaten at their other stores (Arcata & Cotati) over the years... I enjoyed the bbq tri-tip...but sent the "polish dog" back to the kitchen...it was NOT a Polish Dog in any sense of what we think of (and expect)...just a skinny long hot dog on a garlic buttered roll...they were nice and gave me a refund for that terrible "Polish Dog"...I'll continue to eat their bbq...

What is it about crappy hot dogs...??? I guess they're more common that I'm used to...the mundane are Ok to many food slingers, and I guess they DO sell...too bad they don't step up to a better dog...a REAL Polish Dog is a pleasure to eat...but I guess that *if* I want one I'll have to buy & cook it myself to get what I want...

Meanwhile...my scouting continues...with the help of the Humboldt County phone book restaurant section...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:08:37 GMT

1.5 hours to go 4 miles...???

Wow...

Even a stage coach could go faster...or a train...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (mar52)

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:06:26 GMT

Not neccesarily Roadfood but we have great Mexican places all around here. Same goes for Thai restaurants although both have good and bad representation.

I love Pho but I travel to The Valley for my favorite bowl.

My latest passion is Korean Food and we have an entire area known as Koreatown.

However, it can take you an hour and a half to travel 4 miles.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:30:23 GMT

I was again in Ukiah 2 days ago...and I thought I'd go to the Blue Bird Cafe for a French Dip, 2 blocks south of Be bop's Diner (mentioned above)...

It's now a Mexican place, Espiga De Oro (Golden Flour?) ...the Blue Bird Cafe in Hopland (US Hwy 101) is still open...

I had the 3 taco plate (Carne Asada) with Pico De Gallo and a Mexican Coke...I'd rate it 6 on a scale of 10...average...not a wide ranging menu but they have the basics covered...served quickly (before I could finish the chips and salsa)...

So, lots of places for folks to try along Hwy 101 on MY area...

MAR...what places in your area are worth checking out...???

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:05:41 GMT

Twinwillow

We usually ate our dinner outside on the back deck. You wouldn't believe the huge size of the vultures circling only about 100 feet above us eyeing our dinner.
I swear I could see the "whites of their eyes".

Uh...maybe it's NOT your food they're eyeing...but YOU...!!!

Ya better wiggle around every now and then, so they the know yer not dead yet (and available for dinner)

The California & Western (aka The Skunk Train) is a fun train to ride, and sometimes they have special lunches and dinners at Northspur, the half way point between Ft Bragg & Willits...

Both diesel and steam locomotives are used...

I don't know of the bakery you mention, but if I can remember I'll look for it next time I'm in Ft Bragg...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (Twinwillow)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:02:02 GMT

We usually ate our dinner outside on the back deck. You wouldn't believe the huge size of the vultures circling only about 100 feet above us eyeing our dinner.
I swear I could see the "whites of their eyes".

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (Twinwillow)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:56:26 GMT

BackRhodes

And if you see a bunch of friendly rednecks wearing overalls, it's just us railroad guys eating beans (a railroad term of eating any meal, such as "time for beans" no matter what the menu is)...

We always wanted to do the old train ride in Ft. Bragg but unfortunately, never got around to it. There is a place in Ft. Bragg that smokes their own fish. Fabulous smoked locally caught fish. Do you know it? There was an old bakery around the corner that had a great sign in their window that read: "The Whiter The Bread, The Sooner You're Dead". Haven't had a piece of white bread since!

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (BackRhodes)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:50:10 GMT

The oysters are real popular around there...Elk (nee Greenwood) is one of those places that's SO easy to drive right through without even knowing it...kinda like Marshall further down the coast...

I have turkeys in my yard most mornings...and we often find feathers on the ground in primo shape...although it's the crows that wake up first...

Time to get my railroad gear together and get outta here and hit the road...snow is very light this year up in the Sierra, and I might take a side trip to Gerlach if I'm feeling up to it...

LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT (Saturday Morning)

Starting at 4:45 AM WEST COAST TIME

Totallity at 6:03 AM

Totallity ends at 6:57AM

Partial eclipse at 7:20 AM at moonset...

I better take my alarm clock with me...it's a digital recording of a rooster crowing when it goes off...

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (Twinwillow)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:36:49 GMT

BackRhodes

BTW...I saw a bobcat tonight on the way home...THAT's why I live here...

Also one of the reasons we loved our vineyard. We had a small family of wild turkeys that waked across the deck of our house every night promptly at 5:30PM. The daddy turkey was huge and gorgeous! When I told my vineyard manager, he expressed an interest in making "roadfood" out of the baby wild turkey. I told in no uncertain terms, absolutely not! I loved the jackrabbits and hares that nibbled on our grapes. We had more than enough to go around for all Gods creatures.
We never saw any bobcats until a (rare) deer wandered in our vineyard. Then, a local bobcat made his or, her presence known. Never saw a deer again after that.

Re:West Coast Food Safari...??? (Twinwillow)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:15:30 GMT

BackRhodes

Twinwillow

@BackRhodes. Do you ever get to Elk?

No...I don't even get over to Boonville much...

I do, however, remember somebody saying something about Elk...

Was that you...??? Yes, I mentioned it a page or two back.

What would you suggest...??? In the middle of town on the east side of the (ocean) road there is a gas station with a small restaurant attached. I think it's owned by two girls.
They specialize in delicious home made soups. Nothing fancy, mind you. Just, good food.

I might be due for a day trip down there...we call it the "South (Mendocino) Coast"

Are you back in Dallas again...??? Yes, unfortunately. I'd rather be in California eating a delicious chocolate dipped Foster's Freeze cone!

Somedays I'm able to drive, others I'm flat on my back, so a trip down there might need more justification, such as taking my still & video cameras in seach of pleasing images, smell the salt air, eat some food, maybe cut back inland on Stewarts Pt Rd...

.Do you know of any places to eat in Point(less) Arena or Gualala...??? I think the Arene Theater is still in business... We used to go to Gualala and Point Arena but I don't remember where we went. Oysters, maybe?

Take care, BackRhodes and keep fighting for what you feel is right. You have a buddy in Dallas!