Five Getaways for Summer 2025
The following is an excerpt from the May 1, 2025 edition of Phoenix Magazine
Stay semi-local this summer with our quintet of fair-weather, weekend-friendly holidays – each just a state or international border away.
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo County locals like to characterize their community as a place where “surfers drink Chardonnay” and “cowboys sip Cabernet.” They’re referring to the Central Coast wine region, of course, but also commenting on the region’s diverse, digressive geography. To the west, the Pacific Ocean’s misty beaches. To the east, ranch country. And in between: a mélange of towns and people as unique as the landscape they inhabit.
Enjoying them all is simply a matter of traveling from peak to beach....
...While still in the “peak” portion of your trip, grab dinner at Etto in Paso Robles (ettopastabar.net) for made-fresh-daily pastas like casarecce and thick, chewy rigatoni cacio e pepe, then sleep it all off at the historic Paso Robles Inn (from $375/night, pasoroblesinn.com) in downtown Paso.
pasta selections at Etto
The Etto Pasta Cookbook ($30) is both a lovely reminder of a memorable meal and a 50-recipe guide for how to cook crazy pasta shapes like trombe. 3070 Limestone Way, Paso Robles, 805-369-2787, ettopastabar.net— Jessica Dunham
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