Caliwala — Restaurant in Morro Bay

This review is going to be a little bit different, I haven't been to Caliwala in probably 4 or 5 years and back then I believe it was called 3rd street bakery. My grandma used to take us here every weekend when we would come visit her (it was part of the reason I enjoyed visiting my grandma). The owner at the time was a very nice man who was always made it a special when we would visit. After many years of visiting a few times a year my grandma invited me and my 3 best friends to visit for our 12th birthday. She had planned for us to visit the bakery and have the owner teach us how to make my favorite (focaccia). My grandma moved away and I found out that the owner had passed years later. I visited again in 2021 and when I walked in with my siblings we were greeted by a wall of pictures of us! The owner had put up many pictures of us with our grandma and of the time we visited for my birthday. The new owner had left all the original pictures and it was a very special moment for us. The bread was just as amazing as I remembered it being when I was a kid. I have plans to bring my fiancée and show her what a Saturday morning used to look like for us. Please go try this bakery, it is full of history and stories and truly fantastic bread. I think there's something magical about being able to support a business...

tl:dr - that was the single best loaf of bread I've ever eaten.

In 2020 I started baking sourdough bread with my wife and we got reasonably good at it. Good enough that people requested our bread. Even our best loaf, like the PEAK of our baking capabilities, pales in comparison to what I just ate.

The bread has presence, landing perfectly between too heavy and too light, right in the sweet spot of airy with substance. The texture is legitimately perfect. The crust is not too thick or hard that you can't cut through it easily, and not too flaky that it isn't there. Everything about the execution of the loaf is perfect.

I had the Jalapeno Cheddar loaf, and my wife bought the Everything loaf. We were not disappointed. If anything, we were shocked that bread could be elevated to this level.

If you're in Los Osos or Baywood and you're not buying this bread, please consider checking out betterhelp.com or talking to your therapist to make sure...

Our event was catered by Caliwala and we couldn't be happier. Erin walked and talked me through the process from beginning to end. Her background in putting on events was so helpful. I had never put on an event before and this memorial/celebration of life for my son was attended by at least 160 people. Erin helped us put together our casual luncheon in such a way that it beautifully presented solutions to keep people safe and also provided options for all sorts of diets with healthy food. We chose a variety of sandwiches for meat eaters and vegans alike. Gluten free options too. Everything tasted so good and looked so nice. Her vegan carrot cake was such a hit! I highly recommend you check out the market and taste the goodies in the deli. If you have an event that needs to be catered, Caliwala has solutions and will work with you to make it a...