GREEN ACRES

This classic truck is parked in front of GREEN  ACRES, our only meat market.  We affectionately call it "the smokey place on the road,"
because they have a huge charcoal grill out front where they cook area favorites like Santa Maria Tri Tip, beef & pork ribs & barbecued chicken.

Our city is not a culinary destination, which was an adjustment for us, when we first move here.  After a few years we have forgotten about white table clothes & now line up to eat Tri Tip sandwiches, just a few feet from the road.  The smoke adds ambiance & the barbecue sauce is home made.

This time last year, we stumbled across other out-of-the-way, locally owned places like The Santa Susana Grill, that was once a  
stage coach stop & now has killer breakfast.  Tio's Cafe was once
a deli, but now has is a  piled high club sandwich with home made salsa.  During the wet Covid-19 Spring I craved pho from Pho So-!, a kind of hearty Vietnamese rice noodle soup with chicken, fresh basil & bean sprouts.  I take a pass on the hot peppers.  The ambiance is airport practical, but the soup & crusty sandwiches are the main attraction..

The COVID-19 cases are increasing in our county, so I am still anxious about going to an indoor restaurant.   I need to be satisfied driving by, & remembering how much we enjoyed eating at these restaurants.
Some day....