Places to eat, Pinnacles East Side?

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Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 18, 2014 - 07:05am PT
where are the best spots, Hollister?
haven't been there to eat for a while...

anyway, this would be good to know for after climbing tonight... (and for other nights too)

mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Dec 18, 2014 - 07:42am PT
For the last two years we've been stopping for dinner at a little Mexican cafe in Tres Pinos. It's on the north side of town, on the east side of the highway, next to the one gas station there. I can't recall its name though.

I'm not a particular fan of Mexican food, but they've got fresh stuff (apparently an aunt provides fresh organic produce). They've got soup beans upon request instead of refried.

I enjoy it.

Whatcha gonna climb down there?
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2014 - 07:44am PT
we'll post up... not sure... but a couple of old guys will be traipsing around looking for a good day, and I suspect we'll find it (we've got the guide book!)
mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Dec 18, 2014 - 07:46am PT
Well I'm certainly used to the old guys traipsing around there part :)

Have fun.
Killer K

Boulder climber
Sacramento, CA
Dec 18, 2014 - 08:12am PT

Grillin' and Chillin' Alehouse in Hollister on McCray is good. Pub food. Craft brew if that's your thing.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Dec 18, 2014 - 08:27am PT
Have fun on the choss.
MikeL

Social climber
Seattle, WA
Dec 18, 2014 - 09:29am PT
We'd go to Mountain Mike's for a jalapeno and pineapple double cheese pizza. Good luck, Ed.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Dec 18, 2014 - 09:36am PT
There have been Santa sightings at the Pinns. You may get to sit on his lap and rattle off your wish list.
bhilden

Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
Dec 18, 2014 - 09:45am PT
Good places to eat in Hollister? That's like asking which routes at the Pinnacles don't have any loose rock?
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
Dec 18, 2014 - 11:23am PT
Hey, quit dissing Hollister and the Pinnacles! I must admit, though, Ed, that most of my east side meals have been cooked in camp. I, too, enjoyed Mexican food at Tres Pinos, but I can't remember the name of the place, either.

Back when I was a plutocrat, though, I used to fantasize about a biathlon where I'd spend a day climbing in Pinnacles, and the night and next day at Ridgemark playing golf. Sad to say, my membership in the plutocracy got revoked a couple of decades ago, so it's been back to camping.

John
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Dec 18, 2014 - 12:06pm PT

Go over to Los Banos to the Basque restaurant, Wool Growers. It's just a short jaunt. ;-) not!

Actually more seriously, I recall a good Mexican restaurant near El Teatro Campesino in San Juan Bautista. I don't remember the name.
shiro16

climber
Dec 18, 2014 - 12:19pm PT
Hollister? Couldn't say.

The 19th Hole in Tres Pinos is pretty alright though.
The short approach is great at the end of the day.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Dec 18, 2014 - 01:32pm PT
My faves: Mickey D's or Burger King at the first mall in Hollister.

For those who prefer slow (but not too slow) food: Super Taqueria
(Left at that first light after MickeyD's, then on your right after about 500' (at last mini-mall, before houses start).
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=super+taqueria,+hollister&hl=en&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=14.68748,19.753418&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A

For an adventure meal, catch a condor and BBQ it at one of the portable grills that families often trailer up to one of the east side parking lots.
Watch out for the high lead levels, though. :-)
mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Dec 18, 2014 - 01:37pm PT
JEleazarian,

bhilden was only trying to be funny, he is a regular there (which probably you knew already?). His history climbing at Pinns goes back to the mid '70s.

You may not have known though that Bruce has also partnered with Clint Cummins at PInnacles to replace over 400 bolts there in the last ten years alone (not bad for two old guys). I wonder sometimes how many injuries their efforts have prevented.

mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Dec 18, 2014 - 01:38pm PT

For an adventure meal, catch a condor and BBQ it at one of the portable grills that families often trailer up to one of the east side parking lots. Watch out for the high lead levels, though. :-)

You know Clint, you're going straight to hell for that comment :)
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