Schooner’s Coastal Kitchen & Bar
400 Cannery Row, Monterey
372-2628, www.schoonersmonterey.com
You are the Patio Boss as you sip the Schooners cocktail of the same name, an authoritative meld of Patron tequila, citronage, sweet-and-sour and Grand Marnier. The salt rim on your pal’s margarita tastes like the spray misting off the Monterey Bay below your classy patio perch. And your last drink of the evening, the Lavender Skies martini, mirrors the sunset clouds over an indigo bay. Toast to the otters, and they just might wave back.