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Half Moon Bay, California
A volunteer-run nonprofit in Zaballa Square, the Coastal Arts League shows original painting, photography and mixed media at accessible prices. It has staged four juried shows a year drawing California artists since 1980.
Best for Affordable original art
Half Moon Bay, California
Next to La Nebbia Winery on San Mateo Road, this glassblowing studio runs hands-on classes where visitors shape, blow and color their own pieces. Seasonal projects include hand-blown holiday ornaments and pumpkins.
Best for Glassblowing classes and handmade pieces
Half Moon Bay, California
Half Moon Bay Coffee Co. has served this Stone Pine Center storefront since 1995, becoming a family-owned fixture near the town's Main Street entrance about a mile from the ocean. The kitchen turns out all-day breakfast and lunch -- omelettes, egg dishes, breakfast wraps, griddles and sandwiches -- alongside a full espresso program and bakery case. Online ordering and e-gift cards are available.
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Half Moon Bay Coffee Co. has operated on the town's Main Street corridor since 1995 and was formally incorporated as a family-owned business in 2004. The cafe sits in Stone Pine Center, about a mile from the Pacific shoreline, and keeps kitchen hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside a longer 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. counter schedule. Rather than a stripped-down espresso bar, the menu is built around a full breakfast-and-lunch service: all-day omelettes and egg dishes, breakfast wraps, griddle plates and sandwiches, backed by a bakery case and an espresso program. Online ordering and e-gift cards extend the counter past walk-in hours for regulars picking up on the way to work. The shop has held its spot at the town's main entrance through three decades of turnover on the surrounding block, making it one of downtown Half Moon Bay's longest-running food-and-drink addresses. It suits travelers who want a sit-down breakfast or lunch with their coffee rather than a fast espresso shot -- a kitchen-backed neighborhood cafe rather than a single-focus specialty-roast bar.
Half Moon Bay, California
This coastside distillery makes an 80-proof vodka from organic wheat and a 90-proof gin built on a blend of twelve botanicals. Its small-batch spirits are produced near the Pacific shore in Half Moon Bay.
Best for Small-batch vodka and gin
Half Moon Bay, California
Family-run since 1957, this San Mateo Road nursery grows annuals and perennials suited to the foggy coastside climate, including homegrown dahlias, begonias and hydrangeas. Hanging baskets, seasonal decorations and gift cards are also stocked.
Best for Coastside plants and flowers
Half Moon Bay, California
This European-style bakery at 604 Main Street makes danishes, tarts, cakes and pies along with its own bread. A fast-casual kitchen adds wood-fired pizza, waffles and sandwiches built on that bread.
Best for Pastries and fresh-baked bread
Half Moon Bay, California
This Main Street collective shows work by more than twenty local artists, spanning oil and watercolor painting, photography, stained and fused glass, and sculpture. Exhibitions rotate seasonally and the gallery stays open late for the town's first-Thursday art walks.
Best for Local coastal art and glass
Half Moon Bay, California
A Swiss-trained chocolatier makes filled chocolates, truffles and confections at this Half Moon Bay shop, plus a counter in Palo Alto. Custom chocolate work and gift boxes fill out the offering.
Best for Swiss-style chocolates and gifts
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