Christmas Treats at the San Ysidro Ranch

With a nine-month-old at home, it was a rare night out. So we made the most of it with dinner and drinks this Tuesday at the quietly luxurious San Ysidro Ranch. 

We started with cocktails at the bar of the timber-beamed Plow & Angel restaurant next to a crackling fireplace and historic painting of the property’s namesake Saint Isidore. Above us hung twinkling lights and what had to be more than 1,000 shining ornaments. The scene couldn’t have been cozier.

We eyed the holiday drink menu with enticing choices like “The Grinch” and the “Frosty Spritz” but opted for something more traditional. Better to save the specialties for the main event, we thought. As delicious as our negroni and rusty nail were, the real pleasure came from watching my hardworking better half breath a sigh of contentment and melt into her seat.