Cannery Row Lures Locals With a Slew of Discounts
From parking to truffle fries to bike rentals, there is a tidal wave of both edible and inedible locals discounts rising on Cannery Row.
The Incredible Edibles: Atypical Standouts from 2011
Maybe you didn't see this flying around the Internet. It's my pick for the most incredible video of the year. And it's more than incredible. It's daring. Fun. Collaborative. The same applies for many of the following look-back-at-'11 spotlights. One thing that applies to all of them, though: They're damn ...
Lil' Nibbles: 1833's Latest Ambition, Tarpy's Tasty Drinks, Plus Half-Price Pizza and Beer
Given the Newt and Mitt mess, you’d be forgiven for not noticing there’s another type of campaign going on. The Restaurant 1833 (643-1833) team is making no secret that they would love to crack the list of nominees for James Beard New Restaurant of the Year, which would mean a ...
Fresh, Local Crab: How to Give the Best Gift on Christmas Eve
It's better to give than to receive, or so we're told. It certainly applies to crab, as long as you share in the receiving—and shop for the freshest and best at Wharf Two.
The 15 Most Memorable Epicurean Adventures of 2011
Food can take you places: It can take you back, take you home, take you out. In 2011, the endeavor of covering Monterey County food took me to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward to sip turtle soup, to Los Angeles to lick a foie gras lollipop and to Salinas to buy ...
Edible Video Highlight Reel for 2011
A look back at the best Weekly foodie videos of the past year.
Free Christmas Tamales and Other Seasonal Treats
Holiday love takes many forms. For Armando Vinegas of Mando’s Mexican Restaurant (656-9235) in Pacific Grove, it's shaped like south-of-the-border comfort food. Vinegas wants to thank locals for their support this year with a free Christmas meal 4-6pm Thursday, Dec. 22, dishing out two homemade tamales, a traditional celebratory intake ...
A Prosciutto Martini Proverb: Chef Jason Balestrieri Knows the Power of the Pig
If pressed to pick between bacon or hot sauce—just one—for the rest of my days, I might chose bacon. Given the fact that I go through Tapatío the way Tom Brady does Gatorade, that’s saying something about bacon. Put differently, long before the buzz over things like bacon-wrapped bacon and ...
First Ever Tag-A-Giant Dinner at Passionfish Makes a Tasty Splash
You know it's a seafood party when the sardines start falling from the ceiling. As it turned out, watching a staffer feed the bluefin tuna from the rafters above their tank at the Tuna Research and Conservation Center (TRCC) at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove was a wonderfully appropriate ...
Food Bank Helps Folks You Might Be Surprised to See Hungry
At Pacific Meadows Retirement Community off of Carmel Valley Road, you don’t necessarily expect to see so many sparkling new solar arrays laid on seemingly every roof. Another surprise awaits, and the news isn’t as sunny: Food Bank for Monterey County delivers to around 50 individuals here every week. The ...
Tales of the Grocery Store Shrink: How to Profile Personality By Shopping Cart
It might be the best way to pass the time waiting in line at the grocery store. It often provides insights into a stranger’s stomach, if not her soul. It certainly is one of my favorite, albeit nosiest, character tests that I can conduct without the tedious demands of a ...
The Red House Cafe: Sunday Brunch Done Religiously Well
Come Sunday morning some people like nothing more than to read the N.Y. Times. Not me. I’ll take literature like the Red House Cafe Sunday brunch menu (643-1060). There’s cinnamon raisin brioche French toast with homemade orange marmalade butter ($10.50), the grilled cheese with fontina, artichoke hearts, roasted red bell ...
Jack London's Gameday/Happy Hour Deals Include Pizza-and-a-Pitcher Package
As the NFL season adds a Thursday night game for the remainder of the season, local watering holes are expanding their football-focused deals accordingly. I ran a fly pattern into Jack London's Neighborhood Pub & Grill in Carmel (624-2336) to see how its pigskin deals develop. The Sunday-Monday-Thursday gameday discounts ...
Amir's Kabob House
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