May 10, 2024 – Black China Bakery tucks into a commissary kitchen behind an unmarked door on a largely anonymous industrial street in the Harvey West neighborhood of Santa Cruz. To see its easy-going elves manage their hard-charging craft you also have to know the right weekday time to arrive. The website looks about as ... Read more The post Found Treasure: Black China Bakery and Scones appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

May 7, 2024 – What do you get for the cheese board who has everything?  A bottle of natural wine. Or maybe a craft beer.  When Lady & Larder debuted its Carmel Valley location after stomach-growling anticipation late last year, Edible noted that L&L’s landscapes of curated nibbles, combined with its earnest love of hospitality, were almost overwhelming. ... Read more The post Lady & Larder to Debut Weekend Wine Bar Marmee’s appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

May 7, 2024 – The long-awaited Aptos branch of Whale City Bakery Bar & Grill is getting ready to turn on the griddles. They held a community open house this afternoon and have set the Grand Opening for next Tuesday, May 14. Owner Jimmy Armas—who purchased the building where Burger used to be at 7941 ... Read more The post Whale City Bakery Opens 2nd Branch in Aptos appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

May 7, 2024 – Seriously, every Mom deserves something special on her day, whether it’s a gift certificate for a Sonoma or Mendocino getaway, dinner at a hot new restaurant, a month’s worth of freedom from doing the dishes, tickets to the SLH Gala on May 18, a year’s worth of massages at her favorite ... Read more The post Wines and Other Ideas for Mother’s Day  appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

May 3, 2024 – Look no further than the chile verde chilaquiles, butter-cheddar-bacon biscuits, famous Ramos fizzes, gravy-draped chicken and waffles, Baker’s Bacon croissant breakfast sandwiches or five-star Bloody Marys (with more Baker’s Bacon).  A short list of greatest hits at the Grill at Point Pinot—the big-portion, big-personality, big-flavor spot that makes a case for ... Read more The post Found Treasure: The Grill at Point Pinos Brunch appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

May 3, 2024 – When glasses blow over and empty bottles are in peril, you know the breeze is stiff. It was a tale of two cities at the Monterey Trade Tasting last week, at the Carmel Mission Inn: if you were inside, life was fine. Outside, it was a different gale-whipped tale. Guess where ... Read more The post Battling the Breeze at the Monterey County Trade Tasting appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

April 30, 2024 – The best new taqueria in the greater Monterey Bay Area has an alley as its dining room. Oh, and a pop-up tent, portable planchas and a few bins as the kitchen. If Street Side Tacos sounds like an underground operation that’s been thrown together, it’s not. Its health permit status is ... Read more The post New Street Side Tacos Wows in an Alley appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

April 30, 2024 – Sesnon House at Cabrillo College was the setting for a remarkable food and wine event last Saturday that teamed some of the well-established winemakers of the Santa Cruz Mountains with budding talent from the Cabrillo Culinary Arts & Hospitality Program.  The idea was to showcase the students’ abilities to create an ... Read more The post Cabrillo’s Perfect Pairing: A Day for Culinary Students to Shine appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

April 26, 2023 – The tri-county tri-tip capital has a capital of its own. For those not baptized in barbecue sauce, the Monterey Bay area’s tri-tip capital is Hollister.  And the tried-and-true tri-tip capital of the capital is Dunneville Market & Kitchen. This is not a recent development. DMK has been smoking and serving excellent ... Read more The post Found Treasure: Dunneville Market & Kitchen appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more

Pop quiz-by-the-sea: How many small cities in the country can claim as many restaurants per capita as Carmel?  Correct answer: zero, a fact that helped inspire Carmel-by-the-Sea Culinary Week, now entering its fourth year. Additional tasty numbers to consider: Carmel’s one-square-mile hamlet, with more than 60 restaurants, is also home to 18 wine tasting rooms, ... Read more The post Carmel Culinary Week, May 31 – June 8, Brings Curated Menus, Special Offers and Culinary Events appeared first on Edible Monterey Bay ..read more