Best View Of The Monterey Peninsula (2024)

Mescal Heights

Best Proof Of Concept That You Create Your Own Future (2024)

Rancho Cielo Youth Campus

Best Farm To Shaker (2024)

Colleen Kelly

Best Life-Saving Repurpose of a Decommissioned Newspaper Rack (2024)

Narcan dispensers in Monterey

Best Retirement By A Former Professional Athlete (2024)

Scott Fujita

Best Business Name That Could Have Been Crafted By Dr. Suess (2024)

Mix Stix Asian Fusion

Best Political Drama (2024)

Monterey County Democratic Party Ousting Chairperson Two Months Before Election Day

Best Transformation From Burgers to Bulgogi (2024)

JeJu Kitchen

Best Animatronic That Skirts the Edge of the Uncanny Valley (2024)

Shark Bait Sam at Treasure Hunt: The Ride

Best Place To Experience A Midwestern Winter In The Middle Of A California Summer (2024)

Cardinale Stadium

Best Blast of Fun in Pacific Grove (2024)

Pop & Hiss

Best Way To Dare Your Friends (2024)

Heatwaves

Best Worst Kept Secret (2024)

Trader Joe’s opening in Marina

Best Prix Fixe-Only Restaurants That Also Have World-Class Chefs (2024)

Chez Noir

Best Bright Flame Snuffed Out Too Soon (2024)

Rebels and Renegades Festival

Best Car Unveiled at a Monterey Auction That No One Could Bid on at a Monterey Auction (2024)

1970 Porsche 917K

Best Picnic Table to Hike To (2024)

On top of Ollason Peak in Toro County Park

Best Reason to Anxiously Scroll Instagram for Months (2024)

Arroyo Seco Reopening

Best Rock Climbing Wall For Kids (2024)

Esselen-Ohlone Park in Sand City

Best Reason To Visit Sand City That Isn’t Target or Costco or Esselen-Ohlone Park (2024)

West End Celebration

Best Festival That Did Not Involve Music (Other Than Ambience) (2024)

Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Best Block Party (2024)

Monterey Museum of Art

Best Way to Make Sure Your Million-Dollar Car Doesn’t Catch on Fire When Transporting it (2024)

Don’t Use Cheap Trailers

Best Community Organizing Effort (2024)

Rent Stabilization in Salinas

Best Scheduling Change That At First Was Thought To Be A Bad Idea (2024)

Moving The Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey To June

Best Way to Eat Your Vegetables (2024)

Brighter Bites

Best Tour of places where vaqueros, cowboys, outlaws and lawmen actually walked… or rode (2024)

South County Walking Tours

Best Bar For Folks Wanting a Dark, Moody Bar Plus a Stunning Sunset (2024)

Bud’s at La Playa