Roscoe's Kitchen will open in just a few weeks at Santa Maria Town Center West. The restaurant's motto is "Where southern hospitality meets the California vibe." Roscoe's Kitchen will serve ...

Last Father’s Day weekend if you were near Jocko’s steakhouse in Nipomo, Calif., and wondered about the people streaming out the front door carrying gallon to-go containers of who-knows-what ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The Rotary Club of Santa Maria Breakfast awarded 18 local high school students scholarships, totaling $27,000. "We once again found that the quality of applicants we ...

In late April 2025, I had the opportunity to visit a new area along the coast: the Santa Maria Valley.In the past, I drive through it on my way north to Big Sur or the Bay Area. Oh, how wrong I ...

Maya Mexican Restaurant offers any two breakfast items (menudo not included) or two Super Lunches and two Beverages for $20.25 during the 2025 Dine Out Santa Maria Style restaurant month ...

California has its own home-grown barbecue style, but outside of the Central Coast, few know of it. It’s called Santa Maria, and it’s California through and through: no-nonsense, seemingly ...

The Santa Maria-Bonita School District will be serving free breakfast and lunch to all students at every school, as well as free fruit and vegetable snacks to 12 elementary schools, under the ...

Santa Maria-style barbecue has a rich, local history, one not too dissimilar from our own history of brisket and how it clambered to the top of Texas’s barbecue heap. Its familiar origins start ...

Rinse and sort beans. Place beans in a large, heavy pot. Cover with cold water, and soak 8 hours or up to overnight. Drain beans, and return to pot.