I love an origin story... this one has a 64 Bug, a 54 trailer, a multi generation farm, a mom n pop gas station, tractors, and a roadside fruit stand!

Early in their marriage in 1971, John and Renee Linn, who lived in Kansas, decided to pursue their dreams to live out their lives on a farm. 

For years they had driven through the Midwest farmlands admiring the scenery and longing for a healthy life working together as a family. With their minds made up, these recent college graduates bundled up their newborn son Justin, packed their books and student loans into a '64 VW bug and headed for Denver.

 They were determined to make enough money to buy into their version of the American dream.

Unable to find a job in a bad national economy, John borrowed $750 to put a down payment on a service station where he not only sold gas at the height of the oil crisis but specialized in foreign car repair. There was plenty of work — often 110 hours a week! The couple began to plan in earnest for a farm by deciding that in five years they would leave Denver with their family and a nest egg.

In 1977 they got their farm on California's Central Coast (north of Morro Bay, south of San Simeon), moved a little (8' x 32') 1952 trailer onto the farm and moved in. They refurbished an old well on the property, learned to run trenchers, drive tractors, plant fruit trees, and build water systems and fences.  

Then they set up a fruit and produce stand in 1979 where they sold the olallieberry, a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry that was relatively unheard of at the time. 

The farm is now run by the 3rd generation

Renee's olallieberry pie was a hit and ultimately served as one of the reasons why the couple opened Linn's Restaurant in Cambria's East Village in 1989. 

It has a collection of cycles!

“I began the bike collection because of a man named Wesley Hatakeyama. He suggested, since I had all the upper space on our restaurant walls and since I am a lifelong cycling enthusiast, that I decorate with some bikes, the first five of which he would give me. Cycling has always been something that sets my mind straight and allows me to push my body and mind to new heights as I tackle the hardest climbs or just enjoy perfect downhill and flat rides with a good tailwind. Many people are cycling enthusiasts like me. I am creating the collection to commemorate what will soon be 100 years of cycling innovation.”

Furthermore, in no small way, Aaron has succeeded in bringing casual and serious cyclists to Cambria from places near and far.

Aaron Linn- Restaurant General Manager/Co-Owner

https://www.thetakeout.com/1941696/best-diners-pacific-coast-highway-road-trip/
https://www.linnseats.com/history

https://www.linnseats.com/the-bikes