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Quick Bites: Bakai's reboot, false alarm and updates on openings.
Eat + Drink

Quick Bites: Bakai's reboot, false alarm and updates on openings.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Sep 5, 2017

After a change in management and an ownership buyout and several months dark, Bakai Wine + Tapas is back with a new chef, menu and wine list a…

Quick Bites: update on new Salt Wood, plus wine and music everywhere.
Eat + Drink

Quick Bites: update on new Salt Wood, plus wine and music everywhere.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jun 20, 2017

With apologies to Bruce Delgado, Marina has a new spirit animal.

The gig economy has taken over many full-time jobs, but the biggest changes are yet to come.
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The gig economy has taken over many full-time jobs, but the biggest changes are yet to come.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Nov 23, 2016

Driving his Mazda 3 through the streets of Salinas, Mark Gurley, a 54-year-old fond of Hawaiian shirts, watches his smartphone chirp as he is …

Dali17 Museum opens with a splash at Stanton Center.
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Dali17 Museum opens with a splash at Stanton Center.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jul 8, 2016

Dali17 has finally arrived. 

Belgian beer is coming to Monterey, and about to go native.
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Belgian beer is coming to Monterey, and about to go native.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 2, 2016

It began with two Belgian expats-turned-local-residents, Fabrice Rondia and Damien Georis, who wanted to share Belgian beer with the Monterey …

Fear and Panic
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Fear and Panic

  • Rob Rogers
  • Mar 25, 2016
Radical Islam
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Radical Islam

  • Rob Rogers
  • Mar 24, 2016
Bonus Quick Bites: Big new brewery news, off-menu pizza, winery concerts.
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Bonus Quick Bites: Big new brewery news, off-menu pizza, winery concerts.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 9, 2015

The two very best places in the world for beer are Belgium and California.

Battle for the Best Restaurant Block in Monterey County, Part IV: Downtown Monterey.
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Battle for the Best Restaurant Block in Monterey County, Part IV: Downtown Monterey.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jul 23, 2015

In a battle built around quantity and quality, it helps when you can bring to bear twice the quantity of any other competitor.

Casanova
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Casanova

  • Daniel DeCamp
  • Apr 16, 2015

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