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In Bloom (Paso Robles)

GETAWAYS • Paso Robles

It’s only about 530p and the bar at Paso Robles’ In Bloom is rammed. Someone just dropped a needle on a 45” of Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life. Second and third rounds are being poured, with nearly every table, stool, and square of floor space are mostly fully occupied. In one hand, I was holding a Fernet and Coke, recommended by the bartender over the barrel-aged Negroni because it was “fun and new.” It definitely was. But that quickly turned into a few ice cubes rattling around a glass of their own water. Next, one of Paso’s signature full-bodied, fruit-forward reds.