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Food for Thought - Winter 2025 - Aja Goare
December 25, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Food for Thought: Celebrating Our Golden Jubilee

This issue is our 50th — which coincides with my fifth year as Managing Editor — and we have a lot to celebrate.

Clockwise from top left: Dungeness crab salad with mango, avocado and taro chips; celebrated Chef Charlie Palmer is preparing for his first Central Coast wine country outposts; grilled pork chop with rum-maple barbecue sauce (recipe on page 45); the dreamsicle dessert with flavors of orange, vanilla and cream; peaches, greens and goat cheese appetizer.
December 24, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Michelin-Starred Chef Charlie Palmer Brings 3 concepts to Paso Robles

As told in this story by Linda Reed, Chef Charlie Palmer is bringing his years of experience and more than 20 Michelin stars to three new dining concepts in Paso Robles.

If These Walls Could Talk - Owners of Pismo Fish & Chips
December 23, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Pismo Fish & Chips Serves Fresh Catch for 60 Years

A Pismo Beach staple, Pismo Fish & Chips was opened by a young Dutch couple in the 1950s. This article by Erica Thatcher details how the restaurant’s next owners maintained its p...

Tis the Season for Tradition
December 21, 2025
All Stories, Community, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Perspective: Sharing Holiday Customs

The holidays are a time for gathering with loved ones around a fireplace, a table of food or even a simple warm drink. Here, our Edible San Luis Obispo contributors share their fav...

Fondue
December 21, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Tasting Spot: Don’t Mind if I Fondue

Is there anything more comforting than gathering around a pot of melted cheese? People have been asking themselves since long before the swanky cocktail parties of the Roaring ’2...

TWO SLO COUNTY VINEYARDS MARK MILESTONE MOMENTS.
December 18, 2025
All Stories, Drink, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Two SLO County Vineyards Surpass 100-Year Milestone

San Luis Obispo County’s oldest vineyards are featured in the article by Katy Budge, who shares the past and future of J Dusi Wines and Saucelito Canyon Vineyard.

Holiday Gift Guide
December 10, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: Holiday Gift Guide 2025

In need of a gift that supports local? Take a look at this list for family and friends on your nice list this year.

Food for Hanukkah
December 9, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

A Hanukkah Feast in San Luis Obispo

Owner of Bramble Pie Co. and JonnyBoy’s Bagelry Emilie Goldstein shares her Hannukah memories along with traditional dishes that remind her of family and connect her with the San...

Goshi Sushi dishes
December 7, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

A Living Legacy: Goshi is a San Luis Obispo Sushi Staple

The introduction of sushi to America made waves and as Jonathan LaFerrara explains in this article, that trend evolved into a culinary staple with Goshi in San Luis Obispo County.

Nathan Long
December 5, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Nate’s on Marsh is a Childhood Dream Realized in SLO

A small house-like restaurant on Marsh Street in San Luis Obispo was once the current owner’s childhood favorite. As Aja Goare explains, Nate Long’s restaurant continues to hel...

Edible San Luis Obispo Winter 2025 - Winter Cover
December 4, 2025
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Winter 2025 – Issue 50

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December 2, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Winter 2025 - Issue 50

Celebrating 50: Edible San Luis Obispo Winter Edition Available Now

We gather to celebrate for the holiday season and what perfect timing as we hit issue 50 for Edible San Luis Obispo. The latest issue is out now, available for you to celebrate thi...

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🥂Let’s toast to all who helped get this magazine on stands and in our hands, from editorial contributors to our advertisers; from subjects in the features to our digital team; and of course Edible Magazine readers, who give us a reason to keep doing what we do.

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Step into our “Unexpected” issue, where moments of surprise reveal themselves in subtle turns; and join us in a spirit of camaraderie and commemoration.

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