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McClintocks restaurant in Pismo Beach goes up for auction

March 18, 2026

By JOSH FRIEDMAN

The closed F. McClintocks restaurant in Pismo Beach will go up for foreclosure auction next week.

Potential buyers can only place bids on the property at 750 Mattie Road, where F. McClintocks Saloon and Dining operated its Shell Beach steakhouse. Other restaurant assets will not be auctioned off.

The auction is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. on March 24 beside the San Luis Obispo County Central Services Building located at 1087 Santa Rosa Street.

F. McClintocks Saloon and Dining once operated four restaurants in San Luis Obispo County, with the Shell Beach steakhouse being the original location. It opened in 1973.

McClintocks closed its Paso Robles restaurant in 2020 and its Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach locations in 2024. Among other reasons, F. McClintocks cited COVID-19 closures and rising costs — such as food and insurance — when closing the restaurants. 

The last remaining McClintocks, located in downtown San Luis Obispo, has temporarily closed and reopened several times. In 2023, the San Luis Obispo McClintocks temporarily closed after the state of California suspended its liquor license. It was closed from Jan. 19, 2023 through Feb. 17, 2023.

This January, officers busted the SLO McClintocks for selling alcohol to underage patrons during an undercover operation conducted by SLOPD and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The current status of the San Luis Obispo location is unclear.

Also in January, F. McClintocks owner Toney Breault died unexpectedly at the age of 54.

 


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Whoever buys it, just open the doors and serve honest food the McClintocks way. Real steak, real ‘taters, real beer, real wine, real atmosphere, and bring back the live music.


‘Ol Pete out front, would be proud of ya!


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I think the demographics have changed, as in too many skinny people with vanity addictions. They’d do better in red-neck costumes and serve Mediterranean food.


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I can see the condos coming already !


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California’s impossible business climate claims another one. Only cockroaches and public employees survive here.


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In this case, I think it’s more a case of the recently deceased son not having the business acumen of his dad and Tunny. McLintock’s was a gold mine for decades, but those two had a touch. It’s unfortunate but people die, and businesses go away. I miss Gottschalk’s as well, but they ain’t coming back either.


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They had the touch of “good food, at good prices, and make people happy”.


The sons? Not so much.


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When SLO used to be fun..Monty Mills Band and a few brawls at night, and the hangover cure a breakfast burrito the morning afterwards……good times.. good memories.


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Have there been any updates as to the death of Toney? Is the PD still investigating? Have there been any arrests? It looks like the Buffalo Bar is still closed.


This Reddit post has a lot of info but much of it reads like gossip:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SLO/comments/1qpr6qy/san_luis_business_owner_found_dead/


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