Stone Creek Kitchen
465 Canyon Del Rey Blvd., Monterey | (831) 393-1042 | stonecreekkitchen.com
Forget for a moment paella Fridays, wherein you can take an ample amount of the traditional Spanish seafood-and-rice dish home for the fam for only $16.99 a pound. Forget the fantastic deli counter and the salads and sandwiches (curry chicken on pecan-raisin bread, please) for purchase. Forget, even, that this is the place that spawned the meatloaf cupcake—a baseball-sized chunk of savory loaf topped by a loft of whipped mashers. But remember, if you need a kitchen tool, snazzy new plates, dish towels, glassware, a corkscrew, a coffeemaker or cups, that you can eat well and heartily here before or after you spend your cash. Um, curry chicken on raisin-pecan, please.