The Hitching Post and The Hitching Post II are upscale American
steakhouse restaurants located in
Santa Barbara County, California
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, in California's
Central Coast region. They are best known for their
Santa Maria-style barbecue
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restaurants popular in the area.
[Christine Delsol]
"Santa Maria, Calif.-style barbecue"
''San Francisco Chronicle
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'', October 3, 2010.
History
The original Hitching Post was purchased in 1952 by the Ostini family in
Casmalia, California, in a building that was previously the Casmalia Hotel before it was converted into a restaurant in the 1940s.
Its sister restaurant The Hitching Post II was opened in 1986 in
Buellton, California.
The restaurant also makes its own brand of wines under the Hartley Ostini brand.
In popular culture
The Hitching Post II is known for being featured in the
Rex Pickett novel ''
Sideways
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'' and the
Academy Award
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winning 2004
Alexander Payne
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film adaptation
of the same name.
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Gallery
Hitching Post II - Sarah Stierch 04.jpg, Famous grilled artichokes
Hitching Post II - Sarah Stierch 05.jpg, Mussels
References
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Restaurants in California
Steakhouses in the United States
Restaurants established in 1952
1952 establishments in California
Santa Barbara County, California