Foothill neighborhood walk and Lincoln Deli
Foothill neighborhood has narrow tree-lined streets with historic homes (some like gingerbread houses) and views of Cerro San Luis and Bishop Peak. At the southern end is a sweet deli, Lincoln Market & Deli. Two of the best streets to walk along are Broad Street and Chorro Street, starting at Meinecke Ave and heading south. Make sure you take the side street, Murray Ave, which has a sidewalk in the middle of the road! The sidewalk has a tree canopy over it, with varying trees, such as canary palms and other gorgeous trees. The scenery varies continually on these streets, making for an interesting walk. There are houses of many different architectural styles, with different gardens. The trees look like North California, the desert, and South California, sometimes even Hawaii! It's blissful to walk along on a sunny day, enjoying the colors all around you. Broad Street has the most car noise. For some wonderful, quiet streets head over to Lincoln Street, and its adorable side streets with 1930s cottages and views of Madonna Mountain: Mission, Venable, Center, and Mountain View streets. There is also an adorable park here on Mission Street that is enchanting to kids, called Anholm Park.
Take a break from your walk at Lincoln Deli where you can order a sandwich on delicious Dutch Crunch bread, the famous bread from Back Porch Bakery. Their sandwiches are big, but you can order a half sandwich if you'd like. You can enjoy your sandwich on their outdoor patio under yellow umbrellas with views of the creek and a gorgeous mural. If the sound of cars is too much, they also have nice indoor seating on a very long table, on stools by the window, and at wooden booths, and good music playing from excellent speakers. In the morning you can get a chocolate croissant and hot tea. Their gift shop has toys, kids arts, cards, candles, notebooks, and other great presents! If someone is playing the arcade games, the sound can ruin the vibe.
Walk diagonally across the street to a cute little playground on the creek at North Broad Street Park (533 Broad Street). It has good views of Madonna Mountain and lush vegetation, but freeway noise. There is a rope climby, spinner, and picnic tables, plus a community garden area.
You can also check out the many cafes, coffee shops, and natural grocery stores nearby on Foothill Blvd. The best is Scout Coffee, at University Square Shopping Center, with a huge space with large windows. The decor is lovely and the people are friendly. There are two healthy grocery stores: Lassens Natural Foods (my favorite) and California Fresh Market. Many cafes and snack places are waiting to be tried, including SloDoCo for donuts (it is dark inside and the clientele are grumpy, but there are many flavors of donuts), and Milk In It which has good boba tea and a photo booth.
Because of its proximity to Cal Poly SLO, this neighborhood is full of young people and a happy atmosphere.
Halloween decorations at a house with Caribbean blue shutters.
Ghosts hanging from trees on Murray Ave, at Halloween.
The Villages, with Cerro San Luis mountain behind.
Camellia flowers along the sidewalk.
House with blue door and jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.
Brazil House, built in 1933.
Vine with sweet flowers, along a fence.
Pink flowers in a garden.
Lovely historic house.
Turkeys on a hillside along Broad Street in the morning.
Sunny hillside with turkeys, along Broad Street.
The mountain views are wonderful on this walk.
Archway in front of a historic home.
Vine growing on a trellis.
Bright bougainvillea along a fence.
Banana tree and Norfolk pine.
Arched plants over the sidewalk, near Lincoln Deli.
Purple morning glory along the sidewalk.
Lincoln Deli is nice on a sunny morning.
Outside Lincoln Deli.
Lincoln Deli is a pleasant place to sit.
Cactus garden on Broad Street.
House with turret on Chorro Street.
Banana tree, green lawn, and mountains behind.
Murray Ave and historic house.
Berries on a tree on Murray Ave.
Berries galore and blue sky.
Lovely house on Chorro Street.
Bishop Peak behind California Fresh Market, where you can get a yogurt after your walk.
A little fairy garden with bridge, water well, stepping stones, and structure with fairy door.
Purple flower.
A pretty garden.
Murray Ave has rows of trees.
Fall leaves.
Dark pink bougainvillea that is very happy!
On Lincoln Street, flowers and a magnolia tree.
A house with flowers leading up to it.
A cute house on Chorro Street.
Rose cactus in a garden.
Flowers.
A circular stone decoration.
Looking toward Cerro San Luis is a joy.
Red flowers.
Brazilian coral plant.
Variety of donuts at SloDoCo. I like to pick up a plain cake donut before or after my walk!
Looking down Murray Ave.
A sweet house.
Blue house with yellow door.
A brick house, canary palm, and mountain behind.
Pincushion flowers in a garden.
Yellow roses.
Brightest purple flowers.
Abundance of flowers.
Cactus garden.
Like a bouquet of daisies.
The colorful mural at Lincoln Deli.
A flower planter with lavendar.
Flower planter with many colors.
Arch of flowers.
A turret.
Yellow flowers, sage, and elm tree in the distance, on Chorro Street.
Purple sage, a Spanish house, and Cerro San Luis with a patch of sunlight.
An elm tree.
A strange cactus.
Lemon tree in the garden of a Spanish house.
Rock and daisies.
Mountain meadow in the distance.
Bird of Paradise flowers and puffy grass.
It's pleasant sitting inside at the long table in Lincoln Deli in the afternoon.
North Broad Street Neighborhood Park has nice views, picnic tables, and a climbey.
Garden planters at North Broad Street Neighborhood Park.
The rope climbey at North Broad Street Neighborhood Park.
Creek at North Broad Street Neighborhood Park.
Views of Madonna Mountain from North Broad Street Neighborhood Park.
Spinner and picnic tables with shade canopy at North Broad Street Neighborhood Park.
North Broad Street Neighborhood Park is an attractive park, though right by the freeway.
Flowers on Chorro Street in November.
Puffy flowers in April!
Lighthouse decoration and bright purple ice plant!
Poppies in April!
Wisteria in April!
Poppies in April.
Pink flowers, Italian cypress, and Bishop Peak.
Tasmanian flowers, in violet.
The leaves of poppies are a lovely blue-green.
Poppies along a fence, in front of historic houses. What a wonderful sight!
Arch of yellow flowers, and Italian cypress.
South African plants that are drought tolerant.
Cluster of daisies. So pretty!
Poppies and bougainvillea.
Bishop Peak looking magnificent, from Meinecke Ave.
You can park on Benton Way, or any other street that doesn't have no parking signs. Walk south on Broad Street or Chorro Street, making sure to walk across Murray Ave on the way.
Lincoln Market & Deli, 496 Broad St, San Luis Obispo. Open Mon-Sat 9-5.
Ellen Crowe
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
Always very interesting! Thank you !
Last Updated: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:22:45 GMT
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