If it got real in the Whole Foods Parking Lot, it's about to get graphic in Trader Joe's.
A quality destination is about to squeeze into 520 Munras St., tucked between Peet's Coffee and the Molera Adobe.
Understanding there are few activities more stressful than finding a spot at the downtown Monterey TJ's lot, this should be interesting.
But there is good news: Fieldwork Brewing out of Berkeley will give Monterey another top craft taproom, and great beer to temper parking lot panic attacks.
And Monterey-Salinas Transit's main travel hub sits across the street and just got significantly easier to use via the app Transit, which furnishes real-time updates.
An opening date has yet to be set, as Fieldworks doesn't take possession of the property until some time in July.
The list of beers will simulate what flows at the main brewery-taproom in Berkeley (where the beer will be made) and satellite taprooms in Napa, Sacramento and San Mateo. Special release beers will all end up on tap and available in cans in Monterey too.
The draft list in Berkeley, updated May 23, includes Bloomsday IPA, Calypso Farmhouse Ale, Daypack Pale Ale, Eliza New Orleans Iced Coffee Imperial Milk Stout, Farmhouse Wheat Saison, Power Glove Double IPA, Stereotypical West Coast IPA and Supercell Double IPA.