Quick Bites: First ever 'culinary getaway,' barbecue pop-up and 'badass ballers' too.

Pebble Beach Company has been around since United States lawmakers thought Prohibition was a good idea.

But its first-ever Pebble Beach Culinary Getaway had to wait nearly a century for its debut.

The highlights for a more flavorful and less controversial type of inaugural event include a five-course "Five Senses" dinner, a choice of cooking demos, lunch at Péppoli and more. It's a fully programmed weekend of indulgence and learn-by-doing, with lodging, for a cool…$2,600 a couple.

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• Temple Beth El Salinas (424-9151) has its epic kosher-style lunch and bake sale benefit Thursday, Feb. 2 (9am-6pm or until sold out) with added pick-up spots in Monterey for the classic pastrami or corned beef sandwich with coleslaw, dill pickle and cake ($13). 

• Another superlative pop-up from jeninni kitchen + wine bar (920-2662) features Rob Baker of Me and the Hound Memphis Barbecue Monday, Jan. 30, with pork slow smoked for 24 hours starring as part of the three-course dinner ($36++).

• Best recruitment ad of 2017 so far goes to Carmel Belle (624-1600: "What's up hustler?! We're looking for a few BAD ASS BALLERS to fill some part-time shifts at Carmel Belle. Experienced servers, baristas, juicers & people pleasers step to the front. If you think you're the s*** then send me your resume."

• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am approaches quickly, Feb. 9-12, with the biggest weekend for Peninsula restaurants all year.

• Over at Rio Grill (625-5436), its superlative 11:30am-3pm weekend brunch now features a range of juices to go with bottomless mimosas for $15.

• Reduce trash, boost your garden: Free composting workshops 10am Saturday, Jan. 28, at Monterey Regional Waste Management District, www.mrwmd.org.

• Grasing's in Carmel does a paired wine dinner Friday, Jan. 27, with Miura owner and master sommelier Emmanuel Kemji ($145, 624-6562).

• American Legion Post 41 in Monterey (375-9015) holds its annual crab feed Saturday, Jan. 28. The $50 sticker price looks like a deal ($25/12 and under) for salad, Old Fisherman's Grotto clam chowder, chilled-and-cracked Dungeness crab, dessert and coffee.

• Paging Sara Rubin: Boardwalk Sub Shop’s (264-1171) rotating sandwich of the week Jan. 26-Feb. 1 is pastrami reuben with steak and melted provolone, raw or fried onions and homemade pizza sauce ($11.49). BSS does a mean meatball-sausage-pepperoni calzone ($10.59) too. 

• On Thursday, Jan. 26, from 4:30-6:30pm Ratel Cider is having a tasting party at the Wharf Marketplace in Monterey (649-1116).

• The remodeling of Jacks Lounge at Portola Hotel (649-2698)—doubling the size of the bar and extending restaurant seating into the lobby—is on track to open in March in concert with the debut of the redone Monterey Conference Center.

• Stone Brewing Co. only serves its new Tangerine Express IPA on Amtrak. Apparently Stone's founder loves riding rails in his native San Diego area.