Food Shopping in Cambria

[Dana B]

We are heading to Cambria for a long weekend, staying in a rental house.
I am trying to find out what supermarkets are around the immediate vicinity so that we can stock up.
I only found this Cookie Crock listing.
Does anyone know what is in that central coast vicinity with great offerings?
We'll try to hit the farmer's market but may not make it.

[stan D]

There is the French Bakery right in town for bread and baked goods. A couple of doors down is Soto's Mkt. They have Hearst Ranch beef....natural beef, no grain or chemicals. If you are there on Friday afternoon there is a farmer's market from 2 to 5. Cookie Crock has the usual stuff. On Sat and Sun from noon to four you can buy oysters on the dock in Morro Bay, though this time of year they are probably in spawning condition which makes them sort of unpalatable, but some like them. Otherwise, I would say Giovanni's in morro bay is the place you want for sea food.

[mstinawu]

When is the best time of year to be eating the oysters from Morro Bay?

[toodie jane]

Soto's Mkt right downtown (east villiage) near the pharmacy has a tremendous meat counter. Be sure to check it out. Great looking stuff, cut by hand by a real butcher. Most of the rest of the store is slim pickings, just basics, but in a very old market with wooden floors. Between that and Cookie Crock (a regular supermarket) you'll do fine unless you are looking for unusual items. Couple of small liquor stores, one at each end of town, and a wine tasting bar on Burton. Also the cheese shop near the Black Cat. Robin's restaurant has some great salads and desserts for takeout or picnic meals. There is Alocco's Bakery (old world style) on Main st in Cambria as well. They are usually at the Farmer's Mkts.

There is a large Albertson's in Morro Bay right along the freeway. They carry a huge variety of local wines at some decent prices. The BevMo in SLO if you are going that way, has a great selection too.

Stan is right--the best seafood will be at Giovannis, or Tognazzini's near the Coast Guard dock on north embracadeo in MB near "the stacks". The Cambria Fri afternoon Farmer's Mkt is VERY good. Morro Bay also has one downtown on Friday afternoon.

[toodie jane]

Soto's Market is closed. The store is shuttered.

[Melanie Wong]

So sorry to hear this. We bought our meat at the excellent butcher counter at Soto's Market during our August visit. One of the food highlights of our trip.

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Soto's Market
2244 Main St, Cambria, CA 93428

[Melanie Wong]

Happy to find this article reporting that Soto's has reopened with same butcher. That was a great meat counter last summer. Anyone have an update on the new incarnation?
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/03/...

[toodie jane]

will check next week when I'm in town. With the Johnsons behind the counter again, should still be very good.

[browndogs2]

Just getting around to reading this thread. So glad to see Soto's is back open. We haven't been to Cambria in 2 yrs. but will be back in August for a week, renting a house. We typically bought basics at the Cookie Crock, but frequented Soto's for meat, cheese, deli sandwiches, etc. My heart dropped when I saw the post about it being closed. I wonder how different it will be in terms of businesses following our 2 yr. absence. We used to go twice a year at least, often renting a house to cut down on meal expenses.