Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill
426 Alvarado St., Monterey, (831) 655-2337 1315 Dayton St., Suite E, Salinas, (831) 800-3332 alvaradostreetbrewery.com
Slightly buzzed guests in their 20s and early 30s dominate at this bustling evening hang-out spot. What young soul wouldn’t enjoy sipping on some high-quality craft brews over community style dining tables with a TV often showing sports. The Monterey beer garden also offers a nice ambiance around warming fire pits for those with different tastes who still enjoy the scene. With a third location in the works, a bomb food menu and famously delectable beers brewed on site, Alvarado has earned a loyal following and also a number-one spot for variety in hops. In this cool, social atmosphere, sample from a long, rotating menu ranging from the “Motor Oil” Imperial Stout with chocolate and vanilla and coconut to the “Dude, Where’s My Haze?” double IPA to the Ocificap Mexican Lager to the Peninsula (German) Pilsner.