Mission Ranch
26270 Dolores St., Carmel, (831) 625‑9040, missionranchcarmel.com
The bar at Mission Ranch has it all – pastoral views of sheep grazing, with Point Lobos and the Pacific Ocean beyond. A wine list featuring a range of local wines. A menu of small bites for when you start to feel peckish after that second glass (there are so many good wines to choose from). Nightly piano music sets the mood, so settle in and order a Jack Rose – it’s what Steinbeck would do.