San Luis Obispo

In the area for a friend's wedding and checked into the Hampton Inn & Suites San Luis Obispo. Appears to be a relatively new hotel for the area, the hotel is easily accessible from the freeway but still a five to ten minute drive to downtown SLO. On the weekends, this area must get really busy. After coming back from the wedding, the front desk staff was busy with people trying to find rooms and I overhead the staff telling someone that normal rates for a one night stay was 30% more than my reservation. Yikes! I already thought what I had booked was outrageous for a Hampton Inn. I spent more in the Hampton Inn on this trip than the Westin in Chicago on a one night comparison!
Hampton Inn San Luis Obispo


Went to Jack House and Garden for the wedding venue. It isn't a staffed venue so the wedding was more like a house party where everyone helped with the serving and cleaning.

The next morning, had breakfast at the Madonna Inn Copper Café. I had stopped by this Café previously on a road trip but only bought some slices of cake. The wedding had the cake from the Madonna Inn, the toffee crunch cake. The "toffee" was actually Violet Crumble or Crunchies that was caramelized. Either the bakery buys the candy bar or knows how to make their own version. It was good but I found it a bit too sweet for my taste. I wasn't sure what kind of reception I would have this time around but the service was friendly enough. I ordered the Belgium waffle because the description said it was "really Belgium" and there were a differentiation on the menu between ordering waffles and Belgium waffles. In the end, I ended up with a waffle. So I don't know if the waitress didn't know the difference or if the cook didn't.

 

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