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Article: Santa Maria invites you for a rancher's barbecue.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- June 1, 1987
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Santa Maria invites you for a rancher's barbecue
Texas barbecue may be the darling oftrendsetters today, but there's a cattle-rancher's version bred right in Southern California. Santa Maria, 60 miles north of Santa Barbara, has a barbecue tradition reaching back to rancho days.
June 4 through 7 ushers in the summerbarbecue season when Elks Club members sponsor a rodeo and parade. Each morning, they roll huge cookers onto Broadway (State 135), the main street running parallel to U.S. 101. By afternoon, visitors can buy a plateful for $3.75.
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