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Modern punk chaos at Salinas Sports Tavern.
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Modern punk chaos at Salinas Sports Tavern.

  • Sarah Kenoyer
  • Jan 7, 2016

Too hungover to cook, bent on take-out dining, you roll through lonesome, abandoned streets, passing dark storefronts and closed restaurants. …

Midnight Thieves rise up in Salinas.
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Midnight Thieves rise up in Salinas.

  • Marcos Cabrera
  • Oct 1, 2015

After going through five drummers in two years, Midnight Thieves guitarist Frank Perez channeled Winston Churchill.

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. 

EDIBLE: The top ten happy hours in Monterey County.
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EDIBLE: The top ten happy hours in Monterey County.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Updated Jul 9, 2015

[Update: For the 20 Best Happy Hours in Monterey County, plus 13 honorable mentions (and counting), check out the follow-up food blog.]

Best 20 Happy Hours in Monterey County, plus 13 honorable mentions.
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Best 20 Happy Hours in Monterey County, plus 13 honorable mentions.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jul 3, 2015

Nizan Mosery, aka “Baba,” aka “Bud,” aka “Ravi,” wanted to know something about Monterey County.

EDIBLE - The 13 strangest and truest food stories in Monterey County for 2014.
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EDIBLE - The 13 strangest and truest food stories in Monterey County for 2014.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jan 1, 2015

Everybody eats. Only nobody can predict the stunners the restaurant world will reveal.

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