Monterey / Pacific Grove / Carmel Recommendations?
s...@cs.berkeley.edu
Prefer seafood, vegan-enabled, or on the Niman list (which includes
Stokes Adobe, Piatti, Corkscrew Cafe, and Highlands Inn, none
of which I know anything about).
Thanks
Steve
ZaiGoat
that also has a restaurant attached...can't remember the name off
hand.
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Dave Kearns
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I've had excellent meals at Passionfish in PG - and a very nice wine
list!
-dave
K ACKRMAN
I second the Fandango recommendation.
Also, had dinner at Stokes Adobe in February (we took it over for a rather
large dinner party). Everyone was raving about the lamb shanks. My meal was
good, too, though I can't remember what I had! My impression was that the
service was very friendly and on top of things - - like an old time diner
waitress, and about that casual.
Paul Russell
If you want vegan-enabled then there is Peppers in Pacific Grove or
Tillie Gott's on Lighthouse (the latter has a very good vegan chocolate
cake, BTW).
//Paul
Mark Mellin
wrote:
> s...@cs.berkeley.edu wrote:
> >
> > Any suggestions? (Other than, I guess, the Sardine Factory...)
> >
> > Prefer seafood, vegan-enabled, or on the Niman list (which includes
> > Stokes Adobe, Piatti, Corkscrew Cafe, and Highlands Inn, none
> > of which I know anything about).
> >
>
> If you want vegan-enabled then there is Peppers in Pacific Grove
Is this the Peppers on Forest Avenue? It was Peppers MexiCali cafe on
our last visit, featuring one of my favorite dishes at home and away:
Steamed mussels and clams with mixed bell pepper medley (with tomatoes,
onion, garlic, lime juice, white wine and lots of and buttery goodness).
We've had mixed experiences with Alabonetti's on the wharf. Sometimes
it's good, sometimes not so much. Last time ( < 3 years ago) wasn't bad.
- Mark
--
Mark Mellin (rhymes with) Just down the Hill from Gene
s...@cs.berkeley.edu
Stoke's Adobe one evening, and it was very good as
far as the food was involved. Service was okay.
The place was quite empty on a Friday night. (It is,
I believe, in the same space as a restaurant named "Bindels"
occupied 15 or 20 years ago.)
We had:
Lobster and Marscapone Macaroni -- excellent
Corn chowder w/ roasted peppers -- excellent
Wood-fired Calzone -- very good, in particular the
tomato sauce was very succulent
Wood-fired clams -- very good, just three clams
somewhat over-encrusted with stuff
Seared Ahi w/ lentils -- good
A Mongeard-Mungneret village Beaune was reasonable at
about $45. I had a Banfi grappa ($10) that proved to
be a poor selection.
The rather inventive pre-dinner drinks were both excellent: a
"blood orange cosmopolitan" and a "new old fashioned".
A dessert (pear crisp w/ cinnamon icecream) was average.
The other places we ended up eating were: Rio Grille
(very good, will try again), and Phil's in Moss Landing
(overall good, a bit uneven, some things excellent like
the crab cocktail and grilled yellowtail; very reasonable
prices and popular).
Steve
Tim May
> We had:
>
> Lobster and Marscapone Macaroni -- excellent
> Corn chowder w/ roasted peppers -- excellent
> Wood-fired Calzone -- very good, in particular the
> tomato sauce was very succulent
> Wood-fired clams -- very good, just three clams
> somewhat over-encrusted with stuff
> Seared Ahi w/ lentils -- good
> The other places we ended up eating were: Rio Grille
> (very good, will try again), and Phil's in Moss Landing
> (overall good, a bit uneven, some things excellent like
> the crab cocktail and grilled yellowtail; very reasonable
> prices and popular).
What did the Vegans eat? Or did they just bring their own food from
Vega?
--Tim May
s...@cs.berkeley.edu
>What did the Vegans eat? Or did they just bring their own food from
>Vega?
No veganism on this trip. Vegan is one genre of food
in which I am interested, but it is not the only category.
Steve
Tim May
But you asked us for "preferably vegan-enabled," if I recall your
wording correctly. As you had no vegetarians on this trip, you probably
limited the range of choices folks suggested.
For example, Tarpy's Road House is a good place, with lots of
atmosphere, but it's mighty slim on main dishes for vegetarians.
--Tim May
s...@cs.berkeley.edu
> <s...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> Tim May <tc...@got.net> wrote:
>>> What did the Vegans eat? Or did they just bring their own food
>>> from Vega?
>> No veganism on this trip. Vegan is one genre of food
>> in which I am interested, but it is not the only category.
> But you asked us for "preferably vegan-enabled," if I recall your
> wording correctly. As you had no vegetarians on this trip, you
> probably limited the range of choices folks suggested.
My exact words were, "Prefer seafood, vegan-enabled, or on the
Niman list". So that's an "or", not an "and" (although perhaps
I could have been more clear).
S.
Tim May
> Tim May <tc...@got.net> wrote:
>
> > <s...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> >> Tim May <tc...@got.net> wrote:
>
> >>> What did the Vegans eat? Or did they just bring their own food
> >>> from Vega?
>
> >> No veganism on this trip. Vegan is one genre of food
> >> in which I am interested, but it is not the only category.
>
> > But you asked us for "preferably vegan-enabled," if I recall your
> > wording correctly. As you had no vegetarians on this trip, you
> > probably limited the range of choices folks suggested.
>
> My exact words were, "Prefer seafood, vegan-enabled, or on the
> Niman list". So that's an "or", not an "and" (although perhaps
> I could have been more clear).
>
It doesn't really matter to me, but why would you request
"vegan-enabled" if actually nobody in your party ate vegetarian food?
As I said, you cut off some fine options which aren't "vegan-enabled."
(By the way, for anyone, when did vegetarians become "vegans"? I
understand the pronunciation is "vee-gins," which sounds even more
ridiculous. Yeah, I have heard there are things called
"ovo-lactose-intolerant legume-centric vegans." Only in the Bay Area.)
--Tim May