
Author: #ShareSLO Staff

Exploring Art in SLO’s Public Spaces
If you’ve noticed something a little more vibrant about SLO lately, it’s not your imagination. There is literally art everywhere you turn. On street corners. On walls. At parking garages. Even when you look down at your feet, there’s art. We believe art should be accessible to everyone, and not just exist for only one ...
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Meet Your Neighborhood Plant-Based Restaurant| Q&A with Dara Stepanek & Palaka Das of Bliss Café
For World Kindness Week, we wanted to talk with a local business that works to exemplify kindness in everything they do. Bliss Café has been spreading kindness in SLO since 2012, from their plant-based menu to the products they carry to their business ethos. This week in November is meant to bring people together and ...
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How Visitors Create a More Sustainable Future for San Luis Obispo
By definition, the future holds uncertainty, but one thing that is for certain: a better future hinges on our ability to pull together as one to help solve the climate crisis in every way we possibly can. It’s for this reason that San Luis Obispo has committed to some ambitious climate goals for the next ...
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Meet Your Neighborhood Plant Shop | Q&A with Frank Ricceri of Growing Grounds
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, so we wanted to feature a business and person that has been giving back to this community for more than three decades. Frank Ricceri has worked at Transitions-Mental Health Association since 1988 in various positions, and currently manages its social enterprises, including Growing Grounds. The Growing Grounds farms ...
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The Best Breakfast in San Luis Obispo for Every Palate
Start your day off right with the best breakfast in San Luis Obispo. Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day but also the yummiest. From quick to sit-down breakfast options to outdoor seating and convenience, we recommend the following favorites for quick, local and downright good breakfast places in San Luis ...
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Fall in Love with SLO: Best Fall Activities in San Luis Obispo
Look around. It’s almost fall. It’s rather lovely out, isn’t it? So, what is there to do around here when summer fades and the town of San Luis Obispo settles into the rhythm of a shoulder season? Plenty, it turns out. From pulse-pounding college sports events to concerts, hikes and apple picking, SLO is filled ...
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Meet Your Neighborhood Mobile Taco Catering Company | Q&A with Pedro Arias Lopez of Corazón 805 Tacos
In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated from September 15 – October 15, we’re excited to feature Corazón 805 Tacos. The brainchild of Pedro Arias Lopez and Chencho Villar, you can find their tacos at local breweries and pop-up events across San Luis Obispo. Or if (like us), you just can’t get enough of their ...
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Welcome Back, Cal Poly Mustangs
On Monday, Sept. 20, fall term classes kick off at Cal Poly, with more than 20,000 students and thousands of staff members returning to campus. As we welcome back these vital and valuable members of the San Luis Obispo community, we’d love to share some of our favorite tips for students, parents and Mustangs supporters, ...
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Meet Your Neighborhood Tasting Room Manager | Q&A with Patrick McTiernan of Ragtag Wine Co.
Ragtag Wine Co. is the newest tasting room to arrive in downtown San Luis Obispo, and its eclectic ambience and delicious wines have oenophiles rushing to 779 Higuera St. Originally slated to open in 2020, the Ragtag crew is thrilled to finally be able to welcome guests into their space. We caught up with Tasting ...
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Why Downtown SLO is the Perfect Hub for a SLOCAL Vacation
Wherever life takes you, it’s important to have one place to call home base. For travelers along California’s Central Coast, there’s no better home base than the San Luis Obispo downtown area. Thanks to its central positioning to all the major attractions between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Downtown SLO is right in that Goldilocks ...
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