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Big changes at Portola/Peter B's include chef exit, new brewmaster.
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Big changes at Portola/Peter B's include chef exit, new brewmaster.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • May 24, 2016

The new chef of the year has entered the building. 

Bill Lee’s last project opens in Carmel’s Barnyard.
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Bill Lee’s last project opens in Carmel’s Barnyard.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 24, 2016

A brand new restaurant debuts in Carmel’s Barnyard Shopping Center this week. For being so new, there’s something eerily familiar about it.

Quick Bites: In-N-Out insider report, new dinner spot, a closure, a departure and more.
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Quick Bites: In-N-Out insider report, new dinner spot, a closure, a departure and more.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 21, 2016

My dreams of becoming an international spy haven't materialized (yet), so I'll have to be content trying to cloak-and-dagger my way to uncover…

Top 10 new restaurants in Monterey County.
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Top 10 new restaurants in Monterey County.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 24, 2015

First they came to fish. Then they moved into business and real estate. At some point they taught us the passion of pasta and the joy of calam…

Quick Bites: Surprises with tacos and a chef move.
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Quick Bites: Surprises with tacos and a chef move.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 22, 2015

You wouldn’t expect one of the best tacos in town to come from an upscale epicurean spot like Restaurant 1833 (643-1833), where the focus is m…

EDIBLE: Both Co. aquaponics does smart farming with the hope of slowing thirst and hunger.
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EDIBLE: Both Co. aquaponics does smart farming with the hope of slowing thirst and hunger.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jul 16, 2015

When Will Suh’s friends found out he was into aquaponics, they stopped being his friends. He could commit career suicide on his own.

Quick Bites: River Road Wine Trail improves, new Salinas spot, Bill Lee's new business, ?uestlove to party with David Bernahl.
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Quick Bites: River Road Wine Trail improves, new Salinas spot, Bill Lee's new business, ?uestlove to party with David Bernahl.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Updated Jul 15, 2015

This would qualify as an embarrassment of riches. 

Where good beer is going and why
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Where good beer is going and why

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 4, 2015

The Soviet Union may have been the first to put a human in space, but the United States is dominating the only Space Race that matters…

Different spots start putting beer or wine in mixed drinks, with tasty results.
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Different spots start putting beer or wine in mixed drinks, with tasty results.

  • Shiho Fukushima
  • Feb 26, 2015

First, I was afraid. I was petrified.

Monterey Beer Garden curates the region's best craft brews for your face hole.
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Monterey Beer Garden curates the region's best craft brews for your face hole.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Sep 24, 2014

Just a taste of the brand-new, as-of-yet unreleased grapefruit IPA collaboration between Peter B's BrewPub and Alvarado Street Brewing Company…

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