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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.

Big Marina bar/restaurant news, from new top chef to rooftop deck.
Eat + Drink

Big Marina bar/restaurant news, from new top chef to rooftop deck.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 3, 2017

It's been a diet of both good and bad news for the Marina eating scene this week, with no shortage of intrigue sprinkled on top.

Forum | Opinion

How would Socrates fight back against ‘fake news’?

  • Rashmee Roshan Lall
  • Mar 2, 2017

The imam of Mecca’s Grand Mosque has taken it upon himself to warn against a relatively piffling non-spiritual human concern that he termed “f…

The annual Banff mountain sport film festival returns with surprising depth.
Arts & Culture

The annual Banff mountain sport film festival returns with surprising depth.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Mar 2, 2017

I have some prejudices when it comes to extreme outdoor or adventure sports. It seems like a pastime of monied dudes with leisure time. NerdWa…

Quick Bites: Epic chef collection coming, po' boys and more poke (!).
Eat + Drink

Quick Bites: Epic chef collection coming, po' boys and more poke (!).

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Feb 7, 2017

In the confetti-cloud aftermath of Super Bowls like the historic one gone by, it was an annual ritual: One of the most visible stars on the wi…

A vino lover riffs on her favorite Monterey County wines.
Eat + Drink

A vino lover riffs on her favorite Monterey County wines.

  • Taryn Yudaken
  • Jan 19, 2017

While it’s no secret that wine is a huge industry in Monterey County, I don’t think there’s enough of it available to the average consumer, at…

A local ballet school carries its founder's spirit into the next generation.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

A local ballet school carries its founder's spirit into the next generation.

  • Marielle Argueza
  • Dec 15, 2016

Clumsy but almost synchronized tip-toeing gently rattles the wooden floorboards on the second level of the Pacific Grove Art Center. Children,…

Monterey County's new restaurants of 2016 (and 2015).
Eat + Drink

Monterey County's new restaurants of 2016 (and 2015).

  • Mark C. Anderson, Taryn Yudaken
  • Nov 11, 2016

Like Ferris Bueller said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Bakai Wine + Tapas is not going out without pouring a lot of great wine.
Eat + Drink

Bakai Wine + Tapas is not going out without pouring a lot of great wine.

  • Taryn Yudaken
  • Nov 10, 2016

BAKAI WINE + TAPAS 420 Tyler St., Monterey. 4-11pm Tue-Thu and Sun; 4pm-midnight Fri-Sat. (831) 233-2286, www.bakaiwinebar.com.

BREZSNY'S ASTROLOGY • Oct. 20-26, 2016
Astrology

BREZSNY'S ASTROLOGY • Oct. 20-26, 2016

  • Rob Brezsny
  • Oct 20, 2016

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1980s, two performance artists did a project entitled A Year Tied Together at the Waist. For 12 months, Lind…

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