FOOD & DRINK
Taste of Thai Fusion honors legacy of Salinas restaurant pioneer
For more than two decades, patrons enjoyed flavorful food and the warm greetings of Yang “Yangste” Tong at her restaurant, Yangste’s Taste of Thai, in Oldtown. And in early January, three years after her death, Taste of Thai Fusion opened on South Main Street where its owners aim to honor Yangste’s legacy with tasty dishes, a unique menu, and friendly service in a family-owned restaurant.
Pacific Grove awaits replies to its call to take over the Lovers Point concessions stand.
It is the classic American beach snack shack, painted red, white and blue, and serving up all the treats anyone could want for a day at the beach. The Grill at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, “home of the PG Beach Burger” as its sign once stated, currently sits empty, awaiting a new operator to fill up soft serve ice cream cones and pass out corn dogs.
Efforts to repair Luck Museum in beginning stage
As San Juan Bautista Historical Society President Wanda Guibert looked over the three dozen or so books stacked on a display case at the Luck Museum, she pointed out things the volumes had in common. The first was the wealth of small details that made them touchstones to the town’s...
One of Mexico’s Original Tequila-Producing Families to Host Seminar and Tasting at Pebble Beach Food & Wine
March 26, 2024 – Two weeks ago, I was wielding a coa (a machete-like hoe for harvesting agave piñas) in one of Casa Obsidiana’s Blue Weber agave fields in Tequila, Jalisco. I was invited there, along with several other journalists, to learn more about tequila and the brand, which was co-founded by the Beckmann González’s, one of Mexico’s oldest and most prestigious tequila-producing families.
Letters to the Editor 03.28.24
Another fantastic project with help from our friends at the Big Sur Land Trust (“A new place to play breaks ground soon in Salinas,” posted March 22). This will indeed be a huge win for the folks in Salinas. Congratulations to all those involved who have worked so hard behind the scenes to help bring this vision [for Carr Lake] to life. Bravo! Derek Dean | Monterey.
Luck Museum in need of repairs to save historic items
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (KION-TV)- Community members in San Juan Bautista are trying to repair some damages to a piece of history in town. The Luck Museum is said to be suffering from some damages that could ruin pieces of history. The Luck Museum, built in 1919 in San Juan Bautista was once a popular The post Luck Museum in need of repairs to save historic items appeared first on KION546.
Two jazz singers have been keeping their family’s local musical legacy alive.
If you take a walk through downtown Monterey, you may be tempted to snap a photo with a statue of a wide-smiling man playing an accordion on the corner of Alvarado Street and Franklin Street. The man immortalized is Mike Marotta Sr., the father of local singer Janice Perl – one of the teaching artists for the Monterey Jazz Festival. She and her daughter Miranda are living proof of the way music transcends generations beyond bronze.
Hot Picks 03.24.24
Your pooch may not sound like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson or Kevin Hart, but they can dress up like them… at least as the characters the celebrities voiced in the 2022 animated film DC League of Super-Pets. As part of the One Book, One Village project, organized by the Friends of Carmel Valley Library, four-legged family members and their human counterparts are invited to march in a parade and then settle down at the Carmel Valley Community Youth Center to watch the aforementioned film about super-powered pets saving their equally talented owners. Since January, the public has been invited to read Loving Edie: How a Dog Afraid of Everything Taught Me to Be Brave by local author Meredith May to prepare for a series of events in March. The story, available at the Carmel Valley branch of Monterey County Free Libraries, follows a fearful golden labrador puppy who grew up into a healthy adult dog. [EC]
Thanks to its garden patio, Café Guarani is a relaxing spot to sit with a mocha.
There’s a little, special cafe that leads to a lovely garden, a true oasis alongside the not-soothing environs of Central Avenue in Pacific Grove. Café Guarani has a foreign vibe and makes one think about cities of Paraguay and Argentina, about the Mediterranean or summer cafes in European capitals. On the coffee menu one finds everything from cafe au lait to many iced options. Among the coffee classics, the cafe lists Guatemalan mocha and Guatemalan spiced mocha. Either fits the mood of the place – perfect meeting of coffee and chocolate based on milk of your choice. The spice version will make your blood flow.
The XYZ Comedy Series returns to Sunset Center, as does its intimate venue.
It’s not the first time that the Sunset Center in Carmel scheduled a comedy act. But it has been a while. The facility developed a standup series in 2019 in partnership with Central Coast native-turned-Brooklyn comedy producer, Reed Kavner. It was called XYZ, drawing performers from the three generations closing out the alphabet. Then Covid hit, and the full stop also put a temporary end to something else that made the evenings unique: location.
Pebble Beach Food & Wine makes its much anticipated, better-than-ever return.
We all love a comeback story: After a four-year hiatus, the famed Pebble Beach Food & Wine is back this April and in refreshed form. Presented by the Pebble Beach Company Foundation and the Florida-based a21 (which operates the popular Whiskeys of the World tour), the year's culinary festival marks a stronger-than-ever emphasis on its charitable component—the event benefits local nonprofits in youth and education sectors—alongside all the star power foodies have come to expect of the gastronomic weekend held at one of the world's most iconic golf courses.
A group of artists moved into a studio as colleagues, and left as close friends.
Agata Popęda here with a highlight from our sizable event collection for the weekend and beyond. There will be an artist pop-up 11am-4pm Saturday, March 30 at Artworks @ Seaside, 1123 Fremont Blvd. Suite C in Seaside—entrance around the corner from Creperie Cafe, on Williams Avenue. On display and for sale will be works by painters Shagufta Khan, Andrew Jackson, painter and photographer Carly Ganley and digital artist Michelle Robertson, who had been working separately but together in the space for the last year.
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