Shell Cafe

Specialties

Great food, All Day Breakfast, Live Entertainment, and a wholesome family atmosphere that includes an Outdoor Patio and Beautiful Views of the Pacific Ocean (the sunsets are postcard perfect!).

Featuring our World Famous Eggs Benedict dishes, real wood BBQ Tri Tip and Ribs, and Gold Medal Award winning Draft Beer and Buffalo Wings.

Shell Café also offers Awesome Crab Cake Benedicts and Chicken Fried Steak smothered with our famous home made Gravy.

Located at the gateway to Pismo Beach at 1351 Price St Exit Hwy 1, Shell Café is easily accessible from anywhere on the Central Coast and is walking distance from the beaches, downtown Pismo Beach, and the local Hotels and campgrounds.

Shell Café is available for rehearsal dinners, banquets, parties and special events.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

History

Established in 1926.

Our story began in 1926, so Shell Café is one of the oldest continually operating restaurants in the Pismo Beach area. In our Garden Room, you can see the original outside wall of the restaurant. The abalone and Pismo clam shells on the wall are over 70 years old. Beside the original restaurant was a small gasoline station. You will also notice the little cottages around the restaurant where guests use to stay. Some of these cottages are over 90 years old. We are renovating those cottages and will be recreating the life here as it used to be. You can also see the picture of the 1929 Motorcycle Rally, of which we were one of the original sponsors.

1351 Price Street is the old El Camino Real, the main road between northern and southern California. Our restaurant was the midway between Santa Barbara and Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Hollywood Celebrity friends of William Randolph Hearst found the restaurant a perfect place to relax and have a bite to eat.

Much has changed over the years.

Meet the Business Owner

Charlie B.

Business Owner

Mr. Charlie Brunetti is a well-​seasoned business owner and management executive, with more than 20 years experience in business. His past projects have included owning and operating restaurants and cocktail lounges throughout the United States. His clients have included Darden Corporation DRI (i.e. Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze, and Olive Garden), Pepsi owned express operations such as Taco Bell & Pizza Hut Express, independent operators, major municipal construction ventures, international consulting, and broadband communications deployments throughout the United States.

Mr. Brunetti’s involvement on these projects has not been limited to just the build-​out activities, but has also included the development of sustained economic foundations via creating jobs for communities as well.