Best Restaurant - Big Sur
Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn, 48865 Highway 1, Big Sur
(831) 667-2377, deetjens.org
The candlelight and classical music set a proper mood. There are fireplaces for charm and trees outside tall enough for a circus diver to plunge into a tub of water. But the attraction here is really the cooking. Seasonal vegetables, freshly caught seafood, beef from a nearby ranch – all prepared just right. And the breakfasts are worthy of an award, as well.