Michael’s Grill and Taqueria
1124 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, (831) 647-8654 265 Reservation Road, Marina (831) 884-2568 321 Main St., Salinas, (831) 754-8917
Michael’s is a perennial crowd-pleaser for a simple reason: They keep it simple with fresh, quality ingredients – like farm-raised jumbo prawns – and housemade salsas, sauces and chips, all for an outstanding value. Favorites are blackened chicken or shrimp dishes, wet burritos, as well as the handwritten signs on the wall: “No griping or whining allowed,” one reads. “Exceptions are my mom, your mom and any father alone with the kids.”