Santa Maria Style Barbecue RecipesAuthentic Santa Maria Tri-Tip RecipeSanta Maria Style Pinquito Beans RecipeSimple Santa Maria Green SaladSanta Maria Salsa Recipe Book A Room Print Santa Maria Style Pinquito Beans Pinquito beans can be finicky and time consuming to make. But we promise, they’re well worth the effort. Prep Time 20 minutesCook Time 3 hoursTotal Time 11 hours Ingredients1 lb Pinquito beans1 strip Bacon diced1/2 cup Ham diced1 clove Garlic minced1/4 cup Tomato Puree1/4 cup Red Chile Sauce1 tbsp Dry Mustard1 tsp Salt1 tbsp Sugar InstructionsPlace the dry beans in a strainer and remove any stones. Rinse beans and place them in a pot. Fill with water, and allow beans to soak overnight. Drain beans through a strainer, then place back in a pot with fresh water. Simmer over low-medium heat for 2 hours or until tender. In a separate pan, saute bacon and ham until lightly browned. Add garlic to ham and bacon; sauté 1 to 2 minutes longer. Add tomato puree, chile sauce, sugar, mustard and salt to pan with ham and bacon. Stir and let combine for 2-3 minutes over low-medium heat. Remove from heat. Drain most of the liquid off beans and then stir in the sauce. Simmer all together for 30 minutes. Keep warm until ready to serve.
La Purisima Mission Historic State Park Perhaps the crown jewel of the region’s historic structures is La Purisima Mission Historic State Park, the most fully restored of the three completely preserved missions within the California State Park system. Also boasting the most authentic looking setting of all the missions, La Purisima takes visitors back to its 1820 heyday and features livestock […]
Santa Maria Country Club The Santa Maria Country Club private golf course winds its way over 120 acres of magnificently landscaped grounds. The many stately Monterey pines, Cypress treats, ornamental plants, waterfalls, and lakes add to the challenge and scenic beauty of the course, which holds numerous statewide competitions throughout the year. Santa Maria Country Club is one of […]
Paradise via Point Sal Trail This popular, hard, 10-mile backpacking trail takes hikers to Point Sal beach. It’s an out and back trail also near Casmalia. This trail features beautiful wild flowers and views of the ocean, Sea Lion Rock and cliffside views. Dogs are also able to use this trail but be aware that this trail is long.
January 23 Great American Melodrama - Pump Boys And Dinettes The ‘Pump Boys’ sell high octane on Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country and the ‘Dinettes’, Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, run the Double Cupp diner next door. Together they fashion an evening of terrific music comedy that received unanimous raves on and off-Broadway. The talented actors sing, play guitars, piano, bass and, yes, kitchen […]
February 13 PCPA: Brighton Beach Memoirs The heart-warming and witty memoir from Neil Simon, Brighton Beach Memoirs is the first of Simon’s autobiographical trilogy of plays (with Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound). Eugene is dreaming of baseball and girls while coping with life in Depression-era Brooklyn with a formidable mother, an overworked father, and a worldly older brother. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche, […]
February 21 Comedy Night at Cubanissimo FRIDAY Feb 21st Cubanissimo COMEDY NIGHT Fri 2/21/2020 from 7:30 – 9:00 pm TICKETS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE: Get your tickets in the cafe or by calling (805) 934-2771 – Show Sells Out (ADULT content show. Any guest under 18 years or age must be accompanied by a parent, children under 16 highly discouraged from attending) […]
February 22 Costa De Oro: Fat Sat Party Come join us for our play off of Fat Tuesday! We will be extending our hours and having live music from 5 pm – 8 pm. Our live music is “Sweet T and Mr. G” which is Gary the winemaker on guitar and vocals, and the legendary Terry Lawless on keyboard and saxophone. We will […]