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The sun is setting on parklets in Pacific Grove by Oct. 31.
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The sun is setting on parklets in Pacific Grove by Oct. 31.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 4, 2025

The pandemic parklets that saved a number of Pacific Grove restaurants from closure as well as kept sales taxes flowing into city coffers, wil…

More sidewalk dining in Pacific Grove? The council is set to consider its options.
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More sidewalk dining in Pacific Grove? The council is set to consider its options.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 2, 2025

Pam Marino here, a few days after Sunday brunch in downtown Pacific Grove, where my friends and I contemplated sitting outside in one of the n…

Pacific Grove moves quickly to replace three parklets with sidewalk dining.
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Pacific Grove moves quickly to replace three parklets with sidewalk dining.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 21, 2024

Four years ago, Liz and Kelvin Jacobs of Wild Fish restaurant in Pacific Grove were leaders in the early days of the pandemic, investing $50,0…

Pacific Grove City Council votes to replace three parklets with sidewalk dining.
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Pacific Grove City Council votes to replace three parklets with sidewalk dining.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 21, 2024

One of the most popular outdoor dining parklets in Pacific Grove and two of its neighbors will be dismantled later this year, to be replaced b…

Pacific Grove's parklets days are numbered after a council vote to replace with sidewalk dining.
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Pacific Grove's parklets days are numbered after a council vote to replace with sidewalk dining.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 22, 2024

Two of the most popular parklets in Pacific Grove could be demolished by the end of this year, replaced with extended sidewalks creating a sma…

Due to popular demand, Pacific Grove's parklets are safe, but will face new regulations.
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Due to popular demand, Pacific Grove's parklets are safe, but will face new regulations.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 22, 2022

The emails have been flowing into the Pacific Grove City Council for more than a month, over 100 of them, nearly all of them urging councilmem…

Outdoor dining is at risk in Pacific Grove after the Planning Commission suggests strict rules.
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Outdoor dining is at risk in Pacific Grove after the Planning Commission suggests strict rules.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 15, 2022

For a sliver of time almost nine years ago, Pacific Grove had a pilot outdoor dining parklet program. Jordan Champagne, co-owner of Happy Girl…

Pacific Grove City Council votes unanimously to extend restaurant parklets by one year.
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Pacific Grove City Council votes unanimously to extend restaurant parklets by one year.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 16, 2022

The very popular and successful restaurant parklets that put Pacific Grove on the map as a dining destination during the Covid-19 pandemic wil…

Carmel’s temporary parklets will end April 20, but a path to permanency is possible.
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Carmel’s temporary parklets will end April 20, but a path to permanency is possible.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 6, 2022

Carmel restaurant owners suspected that a loud minority was behind the push to end the village’s temporary parklets, so they gathered their ow…

Carmel Council votes to end temporary parklets in favor of a long term solution.
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Carmel Council votes to end temporary parklets in favor of a long term solution.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 6, 2022

While other California cities are embracing one of the biggest trends of the Covid-19 pandemic, outdoor dining parklets, tiny Carmel-by-the-Se…

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