There’s something wonderfully ridiculous about driving two hours for a steak, but that’s exactly what people do for the Hitching Post in Casmalia, California—a tiny dot on the map that’s become a carnivore’s pilgrimage site.
When you first pull up to the rustic red building with its unassuming facade, you might wonder if your GPS has played a cruel joke on you.
But that’s the magic of truly great food destinations—they don’t need to shout from rooftops or erect neon billboards visible from space.
They just need to cook something so magnificent that people will navigate through winding country roads, past fields and farmland, until they arrive at what might be the best steak experience in California…