This Remote Restaurant Near San Francisco Will Make You Feel A Million Miles Away From Everything

When the urban hustle and bustle starts to drive you a little mad, it's time to take a trip out of the city to sit back and enjoy a big, fat burger (or kale salad!) amongst towering redwoods. That experience is very much a reality at this remote restaurant near San Francisco that will make you feel a million miles away from everything.

From San Francisco, head south on Highway 280, then take Highway 92 until you reach the peak, where you’ll arrive at Skyline Boulevard. This road winds through lush mountain forests and offers scenic overlooks of the Pacific. But what we're here for is to take a pit stop at the rustic biker diner known as Alice’s Restaurant.

At 17288 Skyline Boulevard, Alice's is located in the first commercial building at Sky Londa (an unincorporated community referring to its main crossroads of Skyline Boulevard and La Honda Road)—which included a general store that served the local logging community until the 1950s.

In the 1960s, Alice Taylor turned it into a restaurant, naming it after herself, as well as getting some inspiration from the 1967 Arlo Guthrie song "Alice's Restaurant."

Alice's quickly became (and still is) a favorite spot for motorcyclists, hikers, and tourists. And though it has changed ownership over the years, the name has never changed.

Outside, there's even a "Group W Bench," a direct reference to the Guthrie song, in which he depicts the bench at the army recruiting center that men were sent to if they were found to have committed a crime—it was how Guthrie evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.

Today, Alice's Restaurant strives to support local businesses with fresh-baked bread, locally sourced produce, and locally handcrafted microbrews and wine.

And this ain't your typical diner food: Their beef is 100% grass-fed and their fountain sodas are sweetened with organic sugars and California honey.

And you can even get a kale salad!

Best time to go? Head here the first Wednesday of every month for a killer breakfast buffet deal.

Whatever you order, do try to nab a spot on the sunny patio to breathe in the fresh redwoods air.

For more cool spots to explore outside the city, check out these 11 unique day trips from San Francisco.