Where San Luis Obispo shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where San Luis Obispo shops, snacks and lunches.
The Downtown SLO Farmers' Market closes five blocks of Higuera Street every Thursday night, stacking barbecue pits, produce and bands since 1983.
Go for: Barbecue, Produce, Live music
Tip: Streets close from 17:00; come hungry, since the barbecue stands sell full rib and tri-tip dinners.
The Saturday morning farmers' market fills the World Market car park on Madonna Road, the produce-first sibling of San Luis Obispo's Thursday night party.
Go for: Produce, Flowers, Breakfast
Tip: It wraps at 10:45 sharp; the growers' stalls are picked over well before then in stone-fruit season.
SLO Public Market gathers a dozen food merchants at Tank Farm and South Higuera, San Luis Obispo's food hall with Goshi sushi and Petra's second grill.
Go for: Food hall lunch, Tacos, Sushi
Tip: Bing's Bao Buns, Jay Bird's Hot Chicken and Bottlecraft cover the spread; each merchant keeps its own hours.
SLO Food Co-op is San Luis Obispo's member-owned grocer on Victoria Avenue, stocking organic produce, bulk bins and pasture-raised meat for everyone.
Go for: Organic produce, Bulk goods, Local meat
Tip: Membership is optional; anyone can shop, and the bulk herb wall beats every supermarket in the county.
California Fresh Market runs a full-service grocery with serious deli, cheese and Central Coast wine walls on Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo.
Go for: Deli, Local wine, Cheese
Tip: The deli case and hot bar make it the picnic supplier for Bishop Peak trailheads five minutes away.