Article: Side-roading it in San Luis Obispo.

Side-roading it in San Luis Obispo

Every Thursday, San Luis Obispo throws a party. Higuera Street is blocked off near the mission, and dozens of local farmers truck in crates of apples, zucchini, almonds, and eggs. By 6 P.M., downtown spills over with people buying, selling, eating, browsing, or just swapping gossip.

As the bounty pours into the market, the county of San Luis Obispo pours into the city of San Luis Obispo. Stop to sample a slice of an Arkansas Dark, and you wind up talking rare apples with a See Canyon farmer. Buy a plate of ribs from a curb-side barbecue, and you taste the long tradition of Paso Robles' ranches. Pause to examine a ...

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