What to Do in San Luis Obispo, California | 36 Hours Travel Videos | The New York Times

Wine, California cuisine and the great outdoors await visitors to bucolic San Luis Obispo County.
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[@phobowl]

every time i'm in SLO i feel my heart rate and blood pressure go down. I'm relaxed and mellow and at peace. Just love this area.

[@IanSolano]

Daniel the bar owner, he's such a lad! LMAO

[@johnmcgraw1475]

Moving down here for college in a few days and I couldn't be more excited!

[@jessiediaz3997]

"people have been stabbed here" lmao

[@miaa1762]

Jessie Diaz HAHSHFHDH

[@francismarasiganiii4549]

It crscked me up too lmao

[@minkya1010]

you need some flavor too

[@13hfcadc]

lmaooo he's keeping it authentic!!! I love it! :D

[@iursulo5991]

i lost it when he said that lmao That's so me i would say that lmao

[@calipop_9253]

My home! Whiskey and June right down the street!

[@ryanfiscus4]

i lived in slo county for my first 21 years and im coming back for a few days to visit home, this video made me emotional and more excited to visit my real home

[@nyx8894]

I lived there for my childhood, and am so emotional about it because I want to be back

[@Y0urM0thersH0u5e]

We moved because it was to small of a town and making money was getting harder and harder to come by.

[@isaacmunoz272]

@@Y0urM0thersH0u5e 😔 SLO still loves ya(!)

[@ejiofor8141]

I've been there a million times. So ooo peaceful.

[@trashmouth8519]

Going to whiskey & June just for Daniels honesty lmao “people have been stabbed...”

[@ryanjnunes]

Y’all forgot to mention Cal Poly

[@scotttaylor9168]

Shoutout to my North County peeps Paso , Templeton, Atascadero

[@adamromero]

I grew up in Paso :)

[@devine5902]

Scott Taylor Hey I live in Atown

[@JRL49805]

Templeton checking in💪🏼

[@tobiasgregori3842]

Atown

[@treasure-vending-services]

Templeton , San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, Pismo, Grover Beach, Paso Robles, Atascadero, Los Osos, Avila, Santa Margarita, Nipomo, Morro Bay, Shell Beach, California Valley... Am I forgetting anyone? 😃

[@JamesLacher]

Best place I've ever lived.

[@Canadian9525]

Great video, Thank You for the information, very informative.

[@wishuponadream91]

I love me some SLO. I initially grew up in Nipomo and visiting SLO was always such a highlight. Hope to visit again someday.

[@user-uv4yl3lw5o]

I welcome you. Just pay the Tax, first. I'm kind of sorry But you gotta be doin Sorry man ma babe

[@bobbynostyle]

All I'm saying is if you're gonna stop in SLO, Hit up Fire Stone Grill for a Tri-Top Sandwich or WoodStocks for a pizza then go shop down town and grab a record at Booboos or Cheap Thrills! 👌🏽

[@isaacmunoz272]

Phoenix Books….Bro!? And I’d say ‘Old SLO BBQ’☺️

[@bobbynostyle]

@@isaacmunoz272 Them too! 💯

[@camilatorres1737]

My favorite part of San Luis Obispo it the Apple Store😂😂

[@mt795]

Hello It Is Camila!! SAME i live there

[@devine5902]

Hello It Is Camila!! I love Victoria's Secret right across. Lmao I'm just joking I love the Apple Store 😂👍🏼

[@arabella4442]

Yess it so big and open

[@treasure-vending-services]

IPhones

[@jazzy0073]

thank you new york times

[@90barns]

If you move here, good luck in trying to find a descent paying job. It's expensive to live here and if you plan in buying a home, get ready to donate a kidney for the down payment, unless you want to live in the slumps like Oceano or Santa Maria. It's nice to visit but developers are tearing up the place with new homes and hotels. They are ruining this place and will not be surprised if it becomes a mini-Los Angeles or mini-San Francisco in about 20 years from now. Traffic is getting worse and we don't have the infrastructure to support it. Our resources here are also getting scarce. The lake levels that feed water to the communities are extremely low but developers keep building.....smart move city leaders. Pathetic!

[@MrReeseisawesome]

R R this is the best comment

[@miaa1762]

R R ^^ facts

[@devine5902]

R R At least we got all that water recently.

[@arabella4442]

I was born in SLO and it definitely is like a mini LA now

[@mida8261]

Update to my previous comment: Oceano and Santa Maria have been gentrified like crazy. It's no longer the "hood" that many people remembered it as 10-15 years ago. Even Nipomo turned into a posh town for rich snobs.

[@warringalice3980]

thanks doing research for our trip and vlog to SLO...thanks for the info...

[@elbob248]

I live in Texas. I visited the central coast for a work trip and was in love with the place. We had tri tip at several restaurants and it was always excellent. Fortunately, my grocery store does carry tri tip. I don't have the correct pit to cook it in the traditional way. What I do is smoke it over oak for an hour or so and then put it in a covered cast iron with on cut up onion at 225 in the oven for about six hours. It just falls apart. I then take the resulting broth and make chili gravy enchilada sauce and then make shredded trip tip enchiladas. My friends down here on the Mexican border of Texas are blown away.

[@johnrpizzaguy]

I have to try that this weekend. Very creative and I live in SLO.

[@elbob248]

@@johnrpizzaguy Give it a shot. It's killer.

[@isaacmunoz272]

I want that Sauce! And I live in SLO….

[@AlbertoEscalante15]

I LOVE this place!!

[@TsukiCondor]

same here man

[@transformer889]

I passed through this city back in 90's and fell in with it, if it was not for California high taxes that was the place I wanted to live.

[@chriswesney]

I was born here, live here now but sadly I will likely not retire here. The liberal agenda in California has turned our little jewel into a haven for the homeless, illegals and leftists.

[@paigeteraji7473]

@@chriswesney liberal agenda?

[@cocobeanie4704]

@@chriswesney ugh, conservatives

[@mida8261]

It's not the same as it was in the '90s unfortunately. If you looked at it now, you'd probably think twice.

[@josemanuellopezgiraldez404]

@@cocobeanie4704 you better not move to a conservative state then.

[@edgarc112590]

We’re so lucky to live in paradise 😊

[@gledsonmagno]

Espetacular

[@bolton0348]

One of the best thing to do I slo is to just walk around town a night

[@nyx8894]

Yes!!

[@isaacmunoz272]

I went to high school here and finally was blessed to move back! Best places: Cheap Thrills/Sub Boo-Boo Records Laneys coffee (garden) Gus’ Deli Village Burger (Bomb)! Woodstock’s Pizza The Granada Hotel (!) Many more but, secret😉

[@davidefois3958]

Mia moglie è di SLO, ma viviamo in Sardegna Italy . ❤️❤️ Morro bay ! Hi Gran’Pa’ & Gran’Ma’ and Gina e Joey and a big hug to Nonna Mary “Bisi” ❤️

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} ...GREAT VIDEO....going there tommorow

[@steveno5852]

4:26 Jeremy Wells. The man. The legend.

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Love the New York Times and Love San Luis Obispo CA !

[@CA56303]

Chatting is important.

[@jacquelinepuga8315]

I want to go to the bar where the guy got stabbed 😅 hahah poor wife is mortified but I really do want to visit! Looks very cool & relaxing atmosphere.

[@yeetyeet9100]

I live here, and the internet sucks

[@asoingbobgaming5465]

Noodleman have you been to nipomo the Internet is god awful

[@arabella4442]

Not really

[@notserenapfft]

Yes it is especially near kohl’s and Ralph’s lol

[@rubiopicazojoseph]

Everything in SLO sucks except the landscape.

[@meltedbutter457]

Its ok

[@proimage9660]

I am wedding photographer who capture all the beautiful moments oftenly. I am in love with this city

[@fingerluck]

I would trade the city that i'm born, bred and living now with San Luis Obispo without any regret.

[@wrathofme03]

fingerluck what city?

[@miaa1762]

fingerluck I was born in San Luis, it's so boring.

[@mida8261]

I was born and raised in SLO. The only exciting thing about SLO was when the family did road trips outside of SLO to either San Francisco or LA. SLO was boring.

[@casun3656]

@@mida8261 I grew up in ghetto sf Bay Area and moved to Slo after college. Wouldn’t dream of moving back to the Bay Area. Don’t miss weekly shootings, armed robberies, sideshows, armed guards at Grocery stores, bullet proof glass at banks between tellers, gun shot detection devices on the freeways. Enjoy your night life there though bud. Slo>>>>>>>

[@noahboghosian1297]

I live here and I didn't even know about shell beach's caves were volcanic ash lmao

[@mischr13]

me either lol

[@josephblanco7539]

Was born in slo can't wait to get back home

[@nyx8894]

Same! I teared up watching people go around my hometown and not being back there myself.

[@arabella4442]

@@nyx8894 same

[@user-uv4yl3lw5o]

I was born in SEOUL, though. America was by that time Very stupid 스투피드 i say Cheer up~! God bless the Area man

[@twang96]

Lol. You can tell the wife co-owner of the bar is trying to upscale her bar, while her husband just wants to keep it a dive bar. She’s so upset his answers are off-brand.

[@AutoWorldzz]

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[@heytheremogwai]

I think I need to move here.....

[@jessicagomez3249]

Shoulda titled this.. 36 hours in slo county.

[@michaelmontero6769]

People who are saying they wish they could live here, then why don't you? My fiancé and I would vacation here during college and wanted to move here so after we graduated we did. Best decision of our lives. SLO is the happiest place to live in America. Little to no crime (I'm from the Bay Area so this was a big thing for me), 70 degrees year round, 20 minute drive to 7 different beaches, great places to eat, fantastic downtown slo. Just can't beat it anywhere.

[@ShadyRapture]

+Michael Montero Are there decent tech jobs in the area? (Specifically programming)

[@allenarciga320]

Michael Montero i want to transfer to cal poly slo once i finish JC, and do you by chance know if i could live and survive there (say living in a studio) with some decent money? I also wanted to know if there is some cultural or ethnic diversity there... because based on this video, there doesn't seem a lot. Plus I have the feeling that a lot of old people live there and you know, like statistics show, there's a higher chance that elder people like Donald trump lol...

[@UrielX1212]

Its a nice city and a good county but unfortunately it falls prey to the political whims of the big boys in the bay area and LA. Sad really

[@805NAVE]

Michael Montero i live in slo currently and I really really hate it. The city has horrible feeling to it that really makes me feel depressed. I prefer Santa Barbara much much more. Oh and there's plenty of crime here in slo, not to mention NOT A SINGLE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. Slo truly sucks.

[@miaa1762]

DIAMLER Me too, but I moved away recently. Santa Barbara is much better.

[@atascocalnative2376]

Is that the old Terrys Bar Behind the muffler shop?

[@vlmcompany3540]

san luis obispo=ernie ball musicman

[@SocialDem86]

Wtf is this? Stop advertising our city. You're going to ruin it

[@gleglegl0]

It was ruined the moment you moved there..... Idiots like you never realize that people before you probably thought the same about you/your relatives moving there. The native Americans that used to live there I'm sure would like their land back.

[@meltedbutter457]

My man the native americans are rich af no joke the own a casino just shut up

[@rogerlh6053]

Developers are ravaging SLO now! Thanks a lot Oprah!

[@isa4573]

Right we been priced out....

[@Svp3r_nova]

#hometown

[@nyx8894]

Yes!!

[@arabella4442]

Yesss!

[@johnleffler52]

Glenn Leffler Graveside services for Glenn Leffler, 73, Aledo, formerly of Milan, are 12:30 p.m. Monday at Andalusia Cemetery. Family Funeral Services, Aledo, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Leffler died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at his home. He was born May 7, 1926, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Harry and Elzada (Simmons) Leffler. He was a forge machine operator for 31 years for John Deere Plow Planter, retiring on May 1, 1978. He was a WW II Army veteran. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. Survivors include daughters, Kathy Stevens, Denver, Colo., and Beth Anderson, of Texas; sons and a daughter-in-law, Brian and Vickie Leffler, Aledo, and Bruce Leffler, of Texas; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Marie Pearson, Taylor Ridge, Helen Mosher, Rock Island, and Shirley Wilson, Sherrard; and a brother, Donald Leffler, Milan. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Gerald Leffler and Ralph Leffler. Return to top

[@viewer4101]

I mean Atascadero isn't a great city. Pretty boring actually.

[@sharkyj11]

+viewer I completely agree, I live there lol

[@trimotionmedia5487]

Everything around is just a short drive away

[@adamromero]

lotta transients

[@whattheflyingfuck...]

atascadero should consider turning the charles-manson-prison into a zoo ... so we can throw peanuts at him

[@arabella4442]

I don’t really like Atascadero I like Santa Maria and San Luis

[@KosukiFire]

We also have Diablo...

[@notserenapfft]

Getting closed down. My dad's a supervisor :(((((

[@mischr13]

we also have a bunch of abandoned mercury mines lol

[@sextonchapman]

anybody here from spotify wrapped?

[@mischr13]

omg my boyfriend from HS is in this video 💀

[@LuisReyes-ed5xz]

I not goint to the bar. To get stab san luis obispo is so kool

[@carlosgiron5376]

805 paso robles ca

[@Hossan-zc3wl]

Balo

[@LITTERBOOTS]

SLO is a really nice place just like they described it! Except they left out that there are ALOT of hipsters runnin around so watch out lol XD

[@arabella4442]

LITTERBOOTS not really more like watch out for the homeless people lining up in the street and benches near the move theater! 😂

[@chicali4208]

LITTERBOOTS your moms one of them

[@graysona03]

LITTERBOOTS the hipsters have stayed out of paso

[@user-uv4yl3lw5o]

Howard Lee has a PLAN on this. Comin Pretty after doin New Continental JAZZ of America 🇺🇸 New Continental JAZZ of America NY 🇺🇸 🎶

[@vlmcompany3540]

slo=ernie ball musicman factory.

[@mischr13]

Why is Whiskey and June included with all the other things lmao

[@jazzy0073]

is this city if affordable to international students? please let me know.

[@devine5902]

Ja Zzy Sorry but no. It's very expensive

[@Yaboylilpaco]

I am a local an I can honestly say that BBQ place sucks.

[@angryvideogamenerd2244]

The BBQ Is Whatever Loo

[@AngelaHenderson]

The catch, of course, is coming up with the $600k for a median priced house here.

[@mida8261]

$925K as of May, 2021.

[@mischr13]

Is that the median? cuz I live in an unofficial mobile home park and that's how much the mobile homes cost D:

[@reptilesforlife656]

Hah you can barley find a house that’s not Over million dollars

[@theokolessod1522]

And i hope it stays like that ( DO NOT DEVELOP THE CENTRAL COAST)

[@FernandoGarcia-nz9el]

SLO is boring other than the easy sex partners in Cal Poly, ocean and farmers market.

[@805NAVE]

Joel Garcia exactly.

[@darthorpheus]

Is it all old people and college attendees? Where are the black people?

[@notserenapfft]

Darth Anubis A lot actually.

[@zutayrn_6361]

we’re lacking diversity

[@specops1903]

What you can do is go home.. we have enough tourists. Those are probably the people that got stabbed bet money

[@user-lu4vx3sh5z]

Central Coast Climber yes, no one should travel anywhere ever. good idea!

[@yb6.]

I don’t see anything special about SLO or pismo just any small city lol

[@JamesLacher]

Nope

[@kennethgroves6433]

ALSO BEWARE OF FELONY TAMPERING AND PERJURY FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

[@JamesLacher]

You crazy

[@benb7579]

Videos like this are a great way to destroy it.

[@patriciamays8244]

I moved against my will in 1988. Sad to hear developers are ruining it.

[@JamesLacher]

Wrong

[@jessiediaz3997]

"people have been stabbed here" lmao