Foodie News Direct to Your In-Box (Plus Guy Fieri - Douche or No Douche?)
In two hours, 21,253 plugged-in Weekly tastebuddies will receive their regular Wednesday serving of Wine & Dine nuggets via e-mail. The midday-humpday insights, which were originally called "In Box Lunch," include everything from local wine finds to fast updates on foodie events to sneak peeks at new restaurants. Of late ...
La Balena in Carmel Looks to Make a Splash
Local tour boats didn’t see this Tuscan whale coming, but you can rest assured the other Italian restaurants in Carmel-by-the-Sea are taking notice. Open for just over a week, La Balena (250-6295) is employing authentic muscle to create a menu and an ambience that are legitimately northwestern Italian. Owners Emanuele ...
Nine Fine Monterey County Locals Specials
Masses descend from around the world for the coastal experience, but only those with a “939” in the zipcode get two hours free parking at Fisherman’s Wharf, where there’s a hotbed of locals specials from restaurants who want to keep appetites in the seats midweek. (The Cannery Row parking garage ...
Sierra Nevada, CRBC Crush a Beer-based Guinness Record
Beverage Manager Ted Glennon of CRBC and 1833 joins CRBC General Manager Todd Tempalski in revealing how the idea came about, why it had to be Sierra Nevada and the low-down on craft brew culture.
Rocky Point Restaurant in Escrow, Potential New Owner Planning an Overhaul
Plopped on its own Pacific-rimmed peninsula just down Highway 1 from Palo Colorado Road, Rocky Point Restaurant (624-2933) has long enjoyed one of the most storied settings between Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo, and a strong enough surf-and-turf—with pork and chicken on top of lobster and steak ($95 for ...
Crash Into Dave Matthews, Monterey County "Winemaker"
Dave Matthews will surface locally to shoot promotional images for his new Monterey County-grown Chardonnay.
CRBC Joins Sierra Nevada Brewing in Capturing a Guinness World Record
There is more to a world record beer chugger technique than a gaping throat or an iron gut. Or at least you realize as much when you see how specifically he holds the soon-to-be-empty pint glass just before it goes down the hatch. There’s also surprising finesse to what would ...
Sleeping on the Sidewalk to Win Chicken Wings for a Year
There's no Star Wars prequels appearing or new iPad debuting, but folks will be lining up—maybe even camping out—on a Seaside sidewalk as early as Sunday night in hopes that they will win 312 free chicken wings. That's because Buffalo Wild Wings (394-4483), scheduled to open 11am this Monday, Nov. ...
One Word Wins 40 Vineyards' Wines and 16 Restaurants' Snacks - Among Other Fabulous Foodie Prize News
Ambrosial. Hotdaym. Inspiring. AMAZEBALLS. Orgasmic. Scrumtrulescent. Leathery. Gone. The words flowed like wine—make that a river of wine—after we asked the Weekly Facebook family to swirl up a single favorite descriptor they use to describe fermented grape juice. Splendiferous. Piquant. Intoxicating. Irresistible. Chewy! Paradise. All told there were 142 entries. ...
Notes from the Edge: Observations From Big Sur Food & Wine IV
Despite the fact that the chatty group of 20-plus foodies was on the anchor leg of a four-hour, rollicking Magic Mystery Tour, pickled in fine wine from three standout wineries and sitting in a clump on the conversation-sparking patio at Kim and Gina Weston's Wildcat Canyon complex—between an outdoor bathtub ...
Big Monday-Tuesday Values at il vecchio in Pacific Grove
For many, Monday means manic and moping and all sorts of malignant elements. At il vecchio (324-4282) it means adventure, as in L’ Avventuras in Cucina. From 5-9pm, you're in the kitchen's hands as the chef team chooses five countryside Italian courses—think antipasti, soups, fish, salads and meats that don't ...
Seven of the Biggest Brunches in the Monterey Bay Area
Eighty degrees demands a high degree of selectivity. Or at least that's how I think when November gives us spotless skies and Indian summer temps like it has the last few days: I need a standout brunch on a beautiful patio to soak it all in. Yesterday that meant I ...
Gateway to Big Sur Kicks Off BSFW With Class
The ocean view out the wall of windows at Hyatt Carmel Highlands' Pacific's Edge restaurant last night was as endless as the tastes within. The black-tie crowd worked its way through pours from 36 wineries and tastings from 16 top local chefs while the lights dimmed over the Pacific Ocean. ...
Farm-Fresh Cocktails and Dive-Bar Drinks
Over at Segovia’s, arguably the most iconic dive bar in Monterey County, one of the bartenders is so into crafty cocktails that he brings his own mint in to mix. But Porter’s the exception to the rule. When you need an antidote to the $15 unbelievable-but-unaffordable luxury drink—which the Weekly ...
75 Types of Fried Chicken at 1833 and 71 Sierra Nevada Beers at Cannery Row Brewing Company
Chef Levi Mezick was going on hour six or so of frying chicken in the kitchen at Restaurant 1833 (643-1833) when he murmured something surprising. "I've never done this before," he said, smiling and proceeding to pressure-fry a perfect breast of bird with a brand-new $250 pot with a rising ...
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