Drive N’ Dine - San Simeon Beach Bar & Grill

Story by Alfred Abken

Saturday, February 18, was a clear and cold morning, at least in Paso Robles. It was 28 degrees when I left my place to drive down to Porsche San Luis Obispo to meet up with a group of CCCR members and guests to drive some of our more entertaining back roads in SLO County, then end up at the San Simeon Beach Bar & Grill for lunch. It is so nice to have a Porsche dealer in SLO County! But on top of that, they have been gracious enough to allow our club to meet in their parking lot, and provide coffee and donuts before our drives. How can you top that?

Well, for one thing, they had a Carrera GT on display out front! After hanging around for a while, and signing the waiver, and having our safety drivers’ meeting, we were off up Los Osos Valley Rd. to Turri Rd. We eventually got onto Highway 1 north, but only as far as Highway 41, which we took past US 101 to Templeton Rd. This led to Vineyard Dr., and then to Highway 46 which we took to Highway 1 North.

This turned out to be a remarkable drive, as we passed a Corvette club out for a drive heading in the opposite direction, as well as a motorcycle club, also heading in the opposite direction.

In San Simeon, there was almost a clear blue sky, and it was quite comfortable sitting outside to enjoy our lunch.

It was indeed, a wonderful drive and lunch. Many thanks to Gil Igleheart for organizing the event!