The Little Town of Arroyo Grande

Near my parent's house is the small Central Coast community of Arroyo Grande. I've passed the place numerous times, but thanks to our WestWays magazine, decided to take a gander at the Grande. The main reason was to see their swinging bridge. The little downtown section is quaint and relaxling to walk around. Its filled with antique stores and other little knick-knack shops, most of which we by passed.

Upon looking for a place to eat, my usual rule of thumb is to find  local places that seems to be the filled with people (easy enough if you ask me). Thus we stumbled upon Alphy's Broiler. Their tri-tip sandwich was oozing and dripping with delightful goodness with every bite. It was the best sandwich I have ever eaten. Kellee and I loved this place and will be hitting this place up the next time we're in a 50 mile radius. Plus, the staff was really friendly and seemed to be grateful having people eat at their place. 

                          Afterwards we stopped in and had a bite of Ice cream @ Dr. Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab, a fun old fashioned ice cream parlor. Again friendly and helpful staff with amazing ice cream. The best one was a red wine ice cream they had made with wine from one of the local wineries. If you love ice cream like my family does, then this is a must stop for you.
The swinging bridge is the only one of it's kind in California. Here's the link if your interested in its history. Really though, it's pretty secure these days, I didn't feel much movement, maybe about as much as you get from the swinging bridges at Tom Swayer's Island in Disneyland. No...much less. But it was pretty cool to say we stopped by the only swinging bridge of it's kind in California.

The pictures of the church are just that, pictures of a quaint little church. But we liked the mailbox. It gives the town some character.