Julia’s 5-star review:
Such a cute town and the people are super super nice. We came here on our own version of "Bay Area backroads" when I saw a reference to Duarte's tavern in some magazine.
How could it be that this town is just off the coast, "near" Menlo Park and we've never heard of it before? So we followed the GPS - bad bad bad idea, as it took us the "shorter" 84 route that took an extra hour. Do yourself a favor, cut over to the coast by Half Moon Bay and take HWY 1 south.
So we finally get here, hungry and cranky, and as soon as we get out of the car, we hear an awesome band, smell amazing artichoke bread and become nicer people. Add a couple of sandwiches and some wine at the Pescadero store (with a woodfire oven to make their pizzas) and we are super happy to explore the cute antique and decor shops, buy some fabulous jam and veggies at the farm stand, and load up on bread (I bought 4 loaves), marinades, and olives at the bakery.
Thank you Pescadero :)
We are coming back soon