Arroyo Grande Village

San Luis Obispo, CA Print   Leave a comment

Description

Arroyo Grande Village is a nice little main street with a park and a swinging bridge. The buildings along Branch Street, the main strip, are kept up beautifully. Some cafes you can try are: Humdinger Brewing, Sidewalk Cafe, Jaffa Cafe, and Tasty Thai. There is a park square where an art market and a farmer's market are held. The farmer's and art market is held each Saturday from 12-2:30pm at the square (300 E. Branch Street). At the park square there are benches and flowerbeds and a delightful swinging bridge that extends high above a creek and some parkland. On the other side of the bridge is a pleasant neighborhood with Heritage Square Park (a bandstand, toddler playground with horse bouncies, and a large lawn), South County Historical house with roses and a gazebo, a barn with a red tractor that kids can climb, and an old belltower school house that is now a museum. It's a fun walk into the past. Summer concerts are held at the rotary bandstand on every other Sunday at 1-3pm from early June to early September. Here is the 2023 schedule for summer concerts.
If you're hungry, there are an assortment of restaurants and cafes on Branch Street.

Photo Gallery

Branch Street, as taken from Short Street.	Swinging bridge, looking back toward "the village."	Creek and vegetation, seen from the swinging bridge.
Rotary bandstand and lawn.	Historical museum and gazebo.	Barn and red tractor.

Directions

Exit Highway 101 southbound at Highway 227/ Grand Ave and turn left, or if northbound turn right. You are now on Branch Street. Park along the street. The swinging bridge is at Short Street.
The farmer's market is at 300 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande CA 93420.

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Overall Visitor Rating:

Adrienne 12/01/2011 11:27	I liked it, Arroyo Grande is very beautiful and charming...
Melissa 11/05/2009 21:12	Fantastic! Congrats for all the SLO info!