Private list of best places in San Luis Obispo, California
- Art after DarkDowntownThe first Friday of every month, many galleries stay open until 9pm. The web link to the San Luis Obispo Arts Council describes what's showing; who's participating....
- Big Sky CafeDowntownA rather suburban-feeling faux-adobe-village interior, but first-class fresh ingredients prepared with talent at dinnertime. Preparation is more pedestrian at lunch. Friendly,...
- County Historical MuseumDowntownSpecial exhibits and a historical research library located in the small but imposing 100-year-old former Carnegie public library, built of local sandstone and granite....
- Current EventsotherA web-based what's-on guide to ongoing, seasonal and one-time events....
- farmer's marketsotherThere is ample opportunity to sample fresh, local produce in the San Luis Obispo region....
- Fremont TheatreDowntownAn historic deco theatre built in 1941, showing modern films. Used as one of several venues by the volunteer-run local International Film Festival; the link is to its site....
- Gigi's Mediterranean CafeDowntownA lively, brick-walled storefront bar with excellent martinis and jazz in the evening. A recent focus on the kitchen has also made Gigi's a great place to eat, too....
- Leon's Book StoreDowntownA great used book store, very good-sized, with a selection that is clearly the result of careful choice by the proprietors....
- Linnaea'sDowntownA coffee house of the old school, with live music on weekends and in the summer. Casual, good food. Table-height electrical outlets thoughtfully provided for computers at the...
- New TimesotherThe best place to find the current concert schedule and other events. Free paper, with lots of classified and other advertisements. Also a good internet version....
- Performing Arts Center of San Luis ObispoThe UniversityA modern facility on the Cal Poly campus offering several performance spaces and presenting the San Luis Obispo Symphony, Civic Ballet, and Pacific Repertory Opera among ot...
- Sycamore SpringsotherA full-service spa and hotel, also offering the renowned healing mineral waters of the area in private redwood hot-tubs to guests of passage. The secluded tubs are scattered under...