Big Sky Cafe has been an attraction for locals in San Luis Obispo, as well as food critics from around the world, since 1994.

Featured in Zagat Guide, Fodor's, Frommer's, Let's Go Guide and Yelp.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: SAN LUIS OBISPO

Big Sky Cafe was featured in the Health & Travel section of the October 21, 2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal.

“Where to eat: Big Sky Cafe is bustling and fun and specializes in produce from local farms.”

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

JOURNEYS; 36 HOURS  |  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

Featured as one of The New York Times' 36 hour journeys, San Luis Obispo proves to be a destination rich with history and fine dinning. Big Sky Cafe was featured as "Arguably San Luis Obispo's most popular restaurant..."

The wildly popular fish tacos were recommended as part of the dinning experience.

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SUNSET

LIVING IN THE WEST

Big Sky Cafe's famous "Devil's Mess" breakfast dish was featured in the October 2008 edition of Sunset. The recipe was featured among other top picks as a "Food Bonus" for subscribers.

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GOURMET MAGAZINE '08

FEATURED CHARLES MYERS, OWNER, BIG SKY CAFE

"Every year our local farm resources deepen and improve...we have an ever-expanding palate of organic fruits and vegetables, farmstead cheeses, olive oils, and vintage vinegars to create our fresh market dishes."

 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER MAGAZINE

QUOTED

"My new favorite restaurant is San Luis Obispo's Big Sky Cafe. Try the Greek fava bean dip, and the white bean and tuna salad. Big Sky is unpretentious, happy to be a local joint with stellar food."

 

WESTWAYS MAGAZINE

QUOTED

"Big Sky Cafe is a hip, bustling cafe known for treats such as Central Coast wines... Yet unlike similar restaurants found in the big city, kids are welcomed with their own menu and crayons"

 

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MODE MAGAZINE

QUOTED

"...breakfast at Big Sky Cafe. It was fantastic!"

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES CALENDAR

QUOTED

"... That evening, I went to a restaurant that alone makes the drive from Los Angeles worthwhile: The Big Sky Cafe.

The decor is '60s-hippie morphed into contemporary Southwest. Tie-dyed tapestries and brilliant desert landscape paintings line the walls of a busy dining room adjacent to a long hardwood bar. I sat at the bar, rather than wait a half hour for a single table.

I asked the bartender about a couple of local wines on the menu and he gave me a taste of each. I picked a glass of Justin Winery's Epoch Zinfandel, a hearty wine generously poured into a large wine goblet.

The Big Sky menu is filled with unique combinations of foods and spices, with much of it devoted to vegetarian dishes. The bartender suggested the evening's special -- broiled salmon served with Israeli couscous and chardonnay-marinated kale. I chose Vietnamese ginger squash soup to go with it.

The meal was delicious. The salmon had been broiled with a thyme sauce and the kale was tender with the bitterness cut by the chardonnay. I told the bartender I'd like a light dessert, and he recommended the mango-lime pie topped with cabernet coulis-soaked raspberries. It was excellent.

The entire meal, with the wine and dessert, came to $21. ..."

 

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