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Old Mar 16, 2010, 4:09 am
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Tarpy's is quite good and, as you saw on their site, just next to the airport. Huge parking lot. I've had both lunch and dinner there several times and it's relaxed, good food, good wine, nice service, outdoor seating weather/season permitting. My last visit was driving up from Santa Ynez to San Jose on Valentine's Day last year, which fell on a Saturday ... I'm such a romantic I had completely forgotten it was Valentine's Day and we stopped for lunch at Tarpy's .... it was a mad-house rather than a road-house. We ended up having salads at the bar and it was fine, but really crowded and noisy with harried service at some tables and a few verbal scuffles between staff and patrons. There was also a wedding party ... so it can get busy on the weekends, though we had a lovely brunch there one April Sunday with my parents.
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