Farmers' Market and Big Sky Cafe

It is Thursday evening in San Luis Obispo, California and you know what that means: Farmers' Market! The first Farmers' Market in San Luis Obispo was started in July 1978, with about a dozen or so different farmers and garden enthusiasts, in a parking lot, way out on Broad Street. Around 1983, the Downtown Association decided to invite local farmers to join promotional events, that were being held on Thursday evenings, in downtown SLO. It was a pretty brilliant move, making Higuera Street the place to be on a Thursday evening.
Mom and I decided to head downtown this evening, partake in the Farmers' tradition, and have a little dinner before we started our shopping. One of our favorite places to eat, just the two of us, is a little restaurant named Big Sky Cafe. The best way to describe the place is a fresh market cuisine. Lots of organic fruits, veggies and farmstead dairy, along with a creative menu, makes for a wonderful place to dine. Tonight I had tomato herb soup with shrimp soft tacos. They also serve dinner with these little cornbread-jalepeno muffins that are super yummy. They just might have crack in them, seeing as how a whole basket can evaporate quickly. Oh, and another cool thing about this restaurant: every month they feature a new local artist's artwork, which is very San Luis Obispo, and in my humble opinion, very cool.


And, if you are wondering, we purchased all of our beautiful veggies for the week, and shockingly, stayed away from the kettle corn vendor. I think I feel a fever coming on...