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Indigo Moon Restaurant and Wine Bar - Cambria, California

Indigo Moon, (805) 927-2911. Artisan cheeses, gourmet sandwiches, from-scratch soups, tarts, salads, wine.

California Dining

 

 

Indigo Moon Restaurant and Wine Bar Serves up a Mean Sandwich!

 

Indigo Moon, Cambria, Calif.—Don't feel sorry for the poor high school students who can't do drive-thru at McDonald's after school or pick up Burger King Whoppers. In this quaint Central Coast village, what Cambria lacks in chain restaurants, it makes up for in unique cafes and bistros such as Indigo Moon.  Hearty sandwiches, salads and soups that the high school students (and tourists) crave have become the  staple in vacation town just down the road a few miles from Hearst Castle.

 

Affordable gourmet faire is made fresh while you wait at this roadside cafe reminiscent of the 60's and 70's health food havens that reached out to the TV dinner crowd by offering the freshest ingredients. Owner Dena Walston breaks the mold with a unique menu offering items that could cost twice as much elsewhere.


For example, a Duck Confit, bacon & slaw served on hot ciabatta is sold for well under $10. With a healthy heaping of duck included, who would think this is a high school favorite! Fresh breads, locally grown vegetables, locally made cheeses and quality ingredients make your mouth water for more, even when you're full.


Serving foods that are great as stand alone meals, but seem to lend themselves to a nice glass of wine, Walston has successfully created a country chic restaurant that's neither stuffy nor phony. The combination deli, diner and wine bar is decorated with contemporary colors, wood open-beam ceilings and racks filled with hundreds of bottles of wines that surround you everywhere you look or dine. While the under 21 crowd can grab a bottled water or specialty soda from the cooler to accompany a meal, adults are invited to sample wines that Walston recommends.


Guests can cozy up to a small wine bar, dine at the indoor tables or relax at an outdoor patio or comfy lawn chairs on a grassy, shaded lawn in back.  It's here that people come to grab a bite, take home a meal, order take-out for a beach picnic or come for the wine tasting in the afternoon and evening.


Once you try Indigo Moon's amazing sandwiches and soups, you'll become hooked. It's worth going out of your way to grab something fresh and tasty. But Indigo Moon is not unique in this neck of the woods. It is but one of many restaurants serving up the tastiest foods. Among its peers is another favorite eatery, Chenoa, an acclaimed dinner house owned by Walston's daughter, Jade.  Also be sure to try The Tea Cozy, located in a cute 1890 cottage at 4286 Bridge St. www.teacozy.com


To plan your Cambria vacation, contact  Cambria Chamber of Commerce, 527 Main St., Cambria, CA. Cambria Chamber of Commerce, West Village, (805) 927-3624, www.cambriachamber.org

What to See and Do:
Harmony, San Simeon elephant seal colony, Hearst Castle,  at Piedras Blancas lighthouse, and wine tasting in the Paso Robles wine country. Highway 46 connecting Highway 1 with Highway 101 all include wineries open to the public.

Moonstone Beach: Across Highway 1 from the West Village, the 1 1/2-mile-long stretch of coastline features dark sand beaches, tide pools, driftwood, shells and stones, though the semiprecious moonstones are rare.

Gardens: Cambria Pines Lodge (800-927-4200)  includes five acres of themed gardens,  connected by a path to the Cambria Nursery. (www.gardenersevents.com). The lodge and the nursery are in the hills above the East Village (2905 Burton Drive).

West Village shops and East Village Shopping includes Seekers Glass Gallery, 4090 Burton Drive, www.seekersglass.com, (800) 841-5250:

A Matter of Taste, 4120 Burton Drive, (805) 927-0286.

Where to Eat:

Robin's, 4095 Burton Drive, (805) 927-5007: The menu emphasized "health foods" when the place opened in 1985, but today offers more mainstream dishes with Asian accents.

French Corner Bakery, (805) 927-8227

Indigo Moon, (805) 927-2911

The Sow's Ear, (805) 927-4865

Where to Stay:

Pelican Cove Inn, 6316 Moonstone Beach Drive includes a plush hotel room (with gas fireplace) across the street from the ocean to create a romantic mood.

Moonstone Sand Pebbles Inn  on Moonstone Beach Drive offers ocean views.

Moonstone Sea Otter Inn  includes romantic views and is across the street a few feet from the beach.

Cambria Hotel Reservations:  Best Western Fireside Inn On Moonstone Beach  / Blue Dolphin Inn  / The Burton Inn  Cambria Pines Lodge  / Cambria Shores Inn  / Creekside Inn  / Cypress Cove Inn  / Little Sur Inn  / Fog Catcher Inn  / Mariners Inn  / Pelican Suites  / San Simeon Pines Seaside  / Sand Pebbles Inn  / Sea Otter Inn