There’s nothing I love more before a day of wine tasting (or the day after wine tasting) than a solid base of greasy spoon bacon, eggs, corned beef and hash. Every wine country destination has their own greasy spoon. You just have to go searching a little. Santa Barbara has the Cajun Kitchen, Napa has Soscol Cafe, and Paso Robles has Hoover’s Beef Palace.
Situated just south of Paso, right off the 101 in the farming community of Tempelton, Hoover’s is the kind of place you would expect to see deep in the heart of America’s cattle country. Not along side central California’s wine country. While diners enjoy satisfying diner favorites, trucks go in out through the back, headed to and from the slaughter house. You’re beef doesn’t get any fresher than this.
A palace of beef. This is a must stop for any breakfast loving meat eater.
On a Sunday morning, the place is busy but not overly packed, it’s easy to find a seat at the bar. The place is buzzing with sounds of chatting dinners, clanking dishes in the kitchen, and seasoned waitresses yelling out orders. Generations upon generations of local rancher and cowboy pictures line the walls in a sort of “Hall of Fame”. Local farmers and wine country visitors alike enjoy daily specials like fresh NY strip steak and eggs, biscuits and gravy, french toast with fresh boysenberries, thick smoked bacon, country fried steak, corned beef hash, and hand made sausage patty that covers half your plate.
It’s the perfect place to take in the countryside, soak up the wine, and dine cheaply with friends, families and locals. Just try not to think about the cows while chowing on your plate of corned beef, who are awaiting their doomed fate right out back.
Well seasoned corned beef, served on hash browns, eggs, and a side of perfectly seasoned pinto beans.
Thick cut smoked bacon and perfect cakes.
Beef doesn't get any fresher than this.
Saddle on up to the bar, have a cup of joe, and get to know the locals.
Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Food, Other, Wine