Cibo Ristorante Italiano

301 Alvarado St., Monterey (831) 649-8151, cibo.com

We figured out why Mondays get such a bad rap. It’s the only night of the workweek you can’t swaddle yourself in jazz in this downtown treasure. The rest of the week? Live jazz over dinner, soulful lighting and (sit down for this part) no cover charge. It doesn’t get much better than this place for unwinding and adulting. On the weekends, the lights go way down and the metronome’s tempo goes way up.