Paso - A Great Little Hometown

When Amy and I moved to Paso in the summer of 1997, our friends in Arizona said “you’re moving to where?” Our friends in California said “but Paso is so hot!” Of course, compared to our old hometown, the little metropolis of Phoenix, Paso is cool — even at the peak of summer. When we moved here there were many empty store fronts downtown, about the only place you could eat after 8:00pm was Denny’s and we did not know a soul. [more below]

Several months earlier, to convince Amy that Paso was really where we should move our young family, I took her to McPhee’s Grill in Templeton. The next day we toured Eberle Winery. Inspired by the grass-covered hills, the great food, the refreshing wine, the total lack of all things metropolitan and (perhaps) a few days away from our two young boys, Amy quickly shared my enthusiasm for the area.

Paso Robles is a great little hometown — even today when it’s harder to find a parking space downtown after 8:00pm than it is to find a place to get dinner.