Why Locals Fill This Popular Restaurant & Bar Behind The Portola Hotel You don't even have to walk into Peter B's Brewpub to know this is a popular place among locals in Monterey, CA. It's evident from the people sitting around the outside fire pits, all with craft beers in front of them. And once you get one of those beers – or perhaps some Monterey … [Read more...]
Whaling Station Monterey Review: Great Steaks In A Seafood Town
Top-Notch Cannery Row Restaurant Also Makes 'The World's Best Caesar Salad' Table Side In an area where seafood is the predominant style of restaurants, there is one place where steaks are the king of the menu. It's the Whaling Station Steakhouse in Monterey, CA. Just steps from the famous Aquarium of the Pacific behind Cannery Row - where seafood restaurants are … [Read more...]
Haute Enchilada Cafe Moss Landing Food & Cocktails
Restaurant & Bar An Oasis Off Highway 101 In Monterey Bay For many travelers, it's a potential distraction on the way to a destination. A small cluster of restaurants by a seemingly small harbor along busy US 1 between Monterey and Santa Cruz. For others, tho, Moss Landing is a destination. And after spending an evening eating and drinking like a Spanish conqueror at … [Read more...]
Monterey CA Wine Tasting Rooms Locations & Reviews
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger One of the biggest drawbacks to wine tasting is either having to find a designated driver (good luck!) or join a tour or hire a driver, both of which can be expensive ($100 and up, per person). But in Monterey, CA, you can go wine tasting while walking. Sampling while strolling. And while not only being within the width of a … [Read more...]
Monterey Restaurants Tarpy’s Roadhouse Review – A Great Dining Destination Restaurant
Why This Traditional Spot Is One Of The Area's Top Dining Destinations Great meals, much like wine tastings, are about more than the flavor of the food or beverages. They are about the flavor of the experience. And as any local or long-time visitor to Monterey, CA knows, Tarpy's Roadhouse restaurant excels in both areas. Tarpy's is as much a part of the landscape of … [Read more...]
Holman Ranch Carmel A Top Wedding & Events Location
Reviewing This Luxury Family-Run Private Venue In an area this beautiful and romantic, there are dozens of locations to host a wedding (or a private function or corporate event) that people will be talking about for years, almost as much as the event itself. One of those places is Holman Ranch in Carmel Valley. Situated on sunny, rolling hills overlooking the valley, this … [Read more...]
Vendange Inn Carmel Features Rooms Decorated By Monterey Wineries
Monterey B&B Highlights Monterey County Wines There is a place in Carmel, CA, where the hotel is as much of a destination as the area. It's called Vendange Inn & Suites and it's more than just a place to stay, it's a thrilling adventure. In the subdued Carmel kind of way. Vendange is unique in that it has taken what is all around it – namely, several wineries of … [Read more...]
Twisted Roots Winery Carmel Village Tasting Room Review
A Perfect Pairing Of Wines, Hospitality – And Great Pizza With a dozen tasting rooms within a three-block walking area, the Carmel Valley Village is a wine drinker's paradise. One area you don't want to overlook is Del Fino Place, a small road behind the Shell Station (it's a U-turn if you are coming from Carmel) that has a few tasting rooms, a couple of … [Read more...]
10 Reasons To Visit The Beach House Pacific Grove (Especially #5)
Great Food & Drink At Lover's Point In Monterey Bay There are a lot of great restaurants in Monterey Bay. You can find them in Cannery Row, clingling like coral on Fisherman's Wharf, all over Carmel and tucked into cute neighborhoods in Pacific Grove in the manner of San Francisco. Some have great food and some have fantastic views. A few have both, and one of the best … [Read more...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Has Monterey’s Best Dinner Bargain
Delicious Buffalo Chili By Fisherman's Wharf If we were to tell you that you could eat dinner in Monterey for $9, you would probably curl up your nose, give us one of those football stiff arms to establish your distance and protest by saying "no I don't want to hear it,"' figuring we're about to send you to some seedy place where a bartender named Moe pours out … [Read more...]
Portola Hotel Teams Up With Sea Car Tours For Monterey Travel Package
A Fun Ride & Accommodations By Fisherman's Wharf There are a lot of fun things to do in Monterey, CA, and the creative folks at the fine and friendly Portola Hotel & Spa seem to have a package for every one of them. The latest involves buzzing around in a tiny convertible of sorts – perhaps the ultimate way to see Monterey Bay. It's the Sea Car Tours Package and it … [Read more...]
Dawn’s Dream Winery Carmel Tasting Room Thursday Happy Hour
Tasting Room Wines & A Bathtub Selfie The best selfie spot of the Carmel, CA, wine tasting rooms has come up with another way to draw in visitors: a Happy Hour! On the third Thursday of every month, Dawn's Dream Winery features $5 wines-by-the-glass and small bites of food, from 5-7 p.m. Dawn's Dream, which is part of the Carmel Wine Walk, is one of the more … [Read more...]
A Complete Guide To The Carmel Wine Walk Passport Tasting Rooms
Visiting Monterey County's Wineries Without Leaving Town Wine tasting rooms have become a big trend for wineries and towns in California. In quaint Carmel, there are 15 places people can go wine tasting. To put some order to this, the city of Carmel By-The-Sea has created the Wine Walk Passport. It involves nine tasting rooms for $65. With most tasting rooms … [Read more...]