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Some of our favorite food and drink photos of 2025.
Blogs

Some of our favorite food and drink photos of 2025.

  • Daniel Dreifuss
  • Dec 31, 2025

The Weekly's staff photographer, Daniel Dreifuss, took photos at more than 100 restaurants, bars and foodie events in 2025. He selected these …

Arts Entertainment Nightlife

Best Late-Night Hangout | Best Bartender (2025)

  • Oct 9, 2025

Pearl Hour - Katie Blandin

Burning Question: What is a margarita?
Eat + Drink

Burning Question: What is a margarita?

  • Dave Faries
  • Jun 22, 2023

There was a time when you could order a margarita and leave it at that—a simple concoction of tequila, orange liqueur and fresh lime juice in …

Burning Question: Is it acceptable to go day drinking?
Eat + Drink

Burning Question: Is it acceptable to go day drinking?

  • Dave Faries
  • Apr 6, 2023

We’ve heard the stories. We’ve seen tell-tale black-and-white images. Darrin Stephens and Larry Tate downing cocktails with clients, columnist…

Burning Question: What is a martini?
Eat + Drink

Burning Question: What is a martini?

  • Dave Faries
  • Mar 2, 2023

This shouldn’t be too difficult.

Cocktails for summer: Tuyet's Elixir
Eat + Drink

Cocktails for summer: Tuyet's Elixir

  • Dave Faries
  • Jun 24, 2022

First someone decreed that bartender was a term too modest to encompass the care being devoted to cocktails. The newly dubbed mixologists—who …

Two bartenders on what they miss about the watering holes of the Before Times.
0318

Two bartenders on what they miss about the watering holes of the Before Times.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Mar 18, 2021

Remember bars? Remember crowding into low-lit spaces, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with a stranger and shouting at your friends over the din o…

State Covid-19 'strike teams' coming to Monterey County to make sure businesses are following the rules.
News

State Covid-19 'strike teams' coming to Monterey County to make sure businesses are following the rules.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 14, 2020

In the realm of fighting wildfires, a strike team is a group of highly trained firefighters who swoop into hot spots to stamp out fires before…

UPDATED: Bars and indoor dining will close July 8 for three weeks, state officials tell Monterey County.
News

UPDATED: Bars and indoor dining will close July 8 for three weeks, state officials tell Monterey County.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 7, 2020

Bars, wine tasting rooms, indoor dining and other indoor entertainment will close as of Wednesday, July 8, for a period of three weeks in an a…

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