Best Reason to Be Lactose Tolerant (2014)

Cheese Plate at Wrath Wines

Best Coffee House to Meet a Revolutionary (2014)

Viva Espresso Organics

Best Community Organizing Effort (2014)

Coast Property Owners Association

Best UNDERAPPRECIATED (AND MODEST) Trail Run (2014)

Manzanita Park

Best Exchange of 85 Cents for 13 Inches (2014)

El Charrito

Best Almost Completely Hidden Art Gallery (2014)

Back Porch Fabrics

Best Underground Rock Headquarters (2014)

Siren Records

Best New Music Event No One Knew About (2014)

Monterey Americana Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds

Best Result of Political Gridlock (2014)

Undeveloped Fort Ord trails

Best Rock ‘N’ Roll Band Not Old Enough For Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ roll (2014)

Pipsqueak

Best Theatrical Mirror of the Surrounding Community (2014)

Bread Box Recreation Center

Best Redemption of the Eggplant (2014)

jeninni kitchen + wine bar

Best Nom Nom With a Side of Om (2014)

Café Beach

Best Ferris Wheel Combo (2014)

First City Festival

Best Cheap Drinks and Priceless Views (2014)

Elks Lodge Bar

Best 88-Second Seafood (2014)

Blackened Monterey Bay Salmon

Best Place To Embrace Your Inner Diva (2014)

Cat’s Meow

Best Use of Symphonic Stairway to Heaven (2014)

Monterey Symphony

Best Piece of Pewter (2014)

Turn 12 Bar and Grill

Best Place to Ponder (2014)

Monarch Grove Sanctuary

Best Place to Start Your Mariachi Band (2014)

Salinas Music 123

Best Place to Pick Up Free Candy (2014)

Cathy’s Confections

Best Villain With an Unlimited Budget (2014)

Sean Parker

Best Place to Reconsider the Meaning of Mexican Food (2014)

El Cantaro Vegan Mexican Restaurant

Best Rotating Street Art and Slogans (2014)

Tunnel under Highway 1 at west end of Divarty Street, Marina

BONUS Editors Picks

Best Reason for a Side Trip to Chualar

Best Political Circus (2014)

The Board of Supervisors performance reviews

Best $1 Raw Food Deal (2014)

Sushi Time

Best Sensorial SPOT for Baked Goods (2014)

Lafayette Bakery