BO22_Editors Picks

Best Burger You Definitely Don’t Want To Eat In Your Car (2022)

Bear + Flag Roadside

Best Car Show that is Not Really A Car Show (2022)

Mecum Auctions

Best Chefs You Probably Don’t Know Much About, But Should (2022)

Michael Rotondo

Best Coffee-to-Go With A Smile, If Not With A Song (2022)

Coffee Mia Brew Bar & Cafe

Best Downtown Revitalization (2022)

Oldtown Salinas

Best Drive to Play Wildlife Bingo (2022)

Carmel Valley Road between Arroyo Seco and Carmel Valley Village

Best Drive-In (2022)

Golf Cart Movie Night

Best Example of Civic Pride (2022)

Dale Byrne | Carmel Cares

Best Expression Of “Made To Order” (2022)

Dutch Door Donuts

Best Food Business Unified by Shape Only (2022)

Marina Donuts and Bagels

Best Loaded Baked Potato (2022)

Elotes Chachis

Best Local Intervention in an International Crisis (2022)

Sponsor Circle in Marina

Best Music Venue Reincarnation (2022)

Golden State Theatre

Best Pandemic Passion Project (2022)

The Sandbox

Best Place To Get Your Daily Bread (2022)

Ad Astra

Best Place To Live In The Past (2022)

Hellam’s Tobacco & Wine Shop

Best Place to Dine in a Gas Station Parking Lot (2022)

Shawarma King

Best Place to Eat Free for $500 (2022)

Motorlux

Best Place to Hike While Not Intending to Hike (2022)

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

Best Place to Raise the Bar (2022)

Bar Napoli

Best Place to Run Low on Fuel (2022)

Nick’s Highway Market

Best Place to be Schooled On Tater Tots (2022)

Shearwater Tavern

Best Punny Small Business Slogan (2022)

Current Comics

Best Reason to Carry Cash (2022)

Randy’s Sandwich Shop

Best Referendum Failure (2022)

Measure B in Del Rey Oaks

Best Resurrection Of A Pub (2022)

Bulldog Sports Pub

Best Rum That You Could Use To Make A Margarita (2022)

Whaler’s Cove Silver Rum

Best Saint Swap (2022)

Father Serra Shrine

Best Season Opener (2022)

Monterey Bay F.C.’s first home game

Best Stage Relocation (2022)

Live in the Vines at Folktale Winery

Best Thing to Happen to America’s Last Hometown (2022)

Ending Feast of Lanterns

Best Tuna Sandwich You Can eat In the Car (2022)

Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Company

Best Waffle House – Literally (2022)

L’Aubette

Best Wine Tasting Experience In An Industrial Lot (2022)

Urban Wine Row

Best conversion from politics to plants (2022)

Dirt Girl Plant Co.

Best example of If you build it, they will come (2022)

Playground at Highland Otis Park

Best restaurant expansion (2022)

El Charrito

Best vaccine outreach effort (2022)

CSUMB professors Vanessa Lopez-Littleton and John Olson