Guidebook for Carmel by the Sea

Lise & Tim
Guidebook for Carmel by the Sea

Drinks & Nightlife

If you know anyone with a dog, this is a great dog friendly restaurant, bar, lounge and outdoor patio with live music. Enjoy mingling with locals and tourists and you may even see a celebrity or two!
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Cypress Inn
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If you know anyone with a dog, this is a great dog friendly restaurant, bar, lounge and outdoor patio with live music. Enjoy mingling with locals and tourists and you may even see a celebrity or two!
The restaurant is excellent. But for fun and a great happy hour... on a nice evening, the rooftop patio upstairs above the restaurant can't be missed. They have a large variety of food and drinks on their happy hour menu. All to be enjoyed in comfy chairs next to gas fire pits and heaters.
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Vesuvio Restaurant
Junipero Street
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The restaurant is excellent. But for fun and a great happy hour... on a nice evening, the rooftop patio upstairs above the restaurant can't be missed. They have a large variety of food and drinks on their happy hour menu. All to be enjoyed in comfy chairs next to gas fire pits and heaters.
Very casual atmosphere with a beer can collection on the wall. Tv's for watching games and the best burger in town! Get the Brophy's burger with burrata salad. you will not be disappointed. yum!
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Brophy's Tavern
4th Avenue
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Very casual atmosphere with a beer can collection on the wall. Tv's for watching games and the best burger in town! Get the Brophy's burger with burrata salad. you will not be disappointed. yum!
Sometimes they have live music. Best Guacamole!
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Barmel
Carmel Way
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Sometimes they have live music. Best Guacamole!
This lounge is inside the Cypress Inn Hotel. It is a little swanky, but only in a olde tyme way. And I hope you like dogs because its dog friendly!
Terry's Lounge
7th Avenue
This lounge is inside the Cypress Inn Hotel. It is a little swanky, but only in a olde tyme way. And I hope you like dogs because its dog friendly!
A great Happy hour and also an excellent restaurant
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Rio Grill
Crossroads Boulevard
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A great Happy hour and also an excellent restaurant

Food Scene

Best Italian food and best service and it also has an outdoor patio. You can also enjoy the wine bar next door owned by the same family, Pepe's is a casual place to enjoy their Arancini (risotto balls) or share some of their mushroom pizza with a glass of wine by the fire.
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Little Napoli
Dolores Street
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Best Italian food and best service and it also has an outdoor patio. You can also enjoy the wine bar next door owned by the same family, Pepe's is a casual place to enjoy their Arancini (risotto balls) or share some of their mushroom pizza with a glass of wine by the fire.
Yummy breakfast and the best swiss pancakes ever!
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The Little Swiss Café
Dolores Street
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Yummy breakfast and the best swiss pancakes ever!
Best Eggs Benedict!
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Katy's Place
Mission Street
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Best Eggs Benedict!
Breakfast up the street and around the corner
Cottage Restaurant
5 Lincoln St
Breakfast up the street and around the corner
Gourmet Pizza
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La Bicyclette Restaurant
7th Avenue
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Gourmet Pizza
Clint Eastwood's place
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Em Le's Old Carmel Restaurant
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Clint Eastwood's place
Excellent restaurant... and must try the Truffle Fries!
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Grasings
6th Avenue
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Excellent restaurant... and must try the Truffle Fries!
Best restaurant, best service and best entertainment when they sing, dance and play music on most weekends.
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Dametra Kávézó
Lincoln Street
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Best restaurant, best service and best entertainment when they sing, dance and play music on most weekends.
Delicious Food and Great service
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Portabella
Ocean Avenue
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Delicious Food and Great service
It seems farther than it is, but its only a mile away walking down Monte Verde and then turning on 14th street one block down. They have a great weekend brunch and eat all you want and walk home!
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Mission Ranch Restaurant
26270 Dolores St
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It seems farther than it is, but its only a mile away walking down Monte Verde and then turning on 14th street one block down. They have a great weekend brunch and eat all you want and walk home!
Great Service, Great Food!
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Flying Fish Grill
7th Avenue
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Great Service, Great Food!
5 Star Gourmet Cuisine... and its right across the street on Monte Verde.
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Aubergine the restaurant at L'Auberge Carmel
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5 Star Gourmet Cuisine... and its right across the street on Monte Verde.
Yummy bakery items and very authentically French! Original French owner from 1960. They also have many other scrumptious items to eat on their regular restaurant menu.
Patisserie Boissiere Restaurant
Mission Street
Yummy bakery items and very authentically French! Original French owner from 1960. They also have many other scrumptious items to eat on their regular restaurant menu.

Parks & Nature

Breathtaking!
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Carmel City Beach
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Breathtaking!
Beautiful! Can't be missed... and watch for otters, tons of water wildlife and spouting whales! Most people avoid the entry fee by parking outside the gate on Highway 1 and walking in and enjoying all the many beautiful hikes in the park. they are all relatively easy to moderate level hiking
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Point Lobos Állami Természetvédelmi Terület
62 CA-1
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Beautiful! Can't be missed... and watch for otters, tons of water wildlife and spouting whales! Most people avoid the entry fee by parking outside the gate on Highway 1 and walking in and enjoying all the many beautiful hikes in the park. they are all relatively easy to moderate level hiking

Arts & Culture

A variety of artists work is displayed here. Most of them are local artists.
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Carmel Art Association
6th Avenue
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A variety of artists work is displayed here. Most of them are local artists.
Enjoy a musical Event here. Check out their website: www.sunsetcenter.org
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Sunset Center
San Carlos Street
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Enjoy a musical Event here. Check out their website: www.sunsetcenter.org
Live Theater. There is an outdoor theater that has newly reopened and also a small indoor theater
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Forest Theater, Carmel
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Live Theater. There is an outdoor theater that has newly reopened and also a small indoor theater

Shopping

A variety of many shops in this plaza like The Cheese Shop, Anthropologie, Kate Spade, J. Crew, and you can also enjoy yummy food and a beer or wine from Yeast of Eden and then wander through the beautiful gardens and resting areas.
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Carmel Plaza
Mission Street
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A variety of many shops in this plaza like The Cheese Shop, Anthropologie, Kate Spade, J. Crew, and you can also enjoy yummy food and a beer or wine from Yeast of Eden and then wander through the beautiful gardens and resting areas.
Lots of shops and some really good restaurants also. Our favorite is Sur. Enjoy their happy hour or come for the romantic ambiance yet casual environment with incredible tasty food by a locally owned restaurateur Billy Quon and well known Chef Herman
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The Barnyard
The Barnyard
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Lots of shops and some really good restaurants also. Our favorite is Sur. Enjoy their happy hour or come for the romantic ambiance yet casual environment with incredible tasty food by a locally owned restaurateur Billy Quon and well known Chef Herman
Crossroads Shopping Center Park & Ride
Rio Road
Great shops, restaurants and cafes
Carmel Rancho Shopping Center
26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd
Great shops, restaurants and cafes

Essentials

Stock the fridge with groceries and specialty items just a few blocks away.
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Nielsen Brothers Market
San Carlos Street
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Stock the fridge with groceries and specialty items just a few blocks away.
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Safeway
815 Canyon Del Rey Blvd
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Bruno's Market & Deli
Junipero Street
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This has general convenient items for personal use and it is also a pharmacy
Carmel Drug Store
San Carlos Street
This has general convenient items for personal use and it is also a pharmacy
Carmel Office Supply & Business Center

Getting Around

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
1178 Del Monte Ave
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THe SF Airport is 2 hours away
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San Francisco International Airport Station
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THe SF Airport is 2 hours away
The SJ Airport is 1 hour away
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San Jose Airport - Terminal A station
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The SJ Airport is 1 hour away
The Monterey Airbus can drive you from the SF Airport, the San Jose Airport or the Monterey Airport. Check their schedule at montereyairbus.com
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Monterey Airbus Shuttle
438 Calle Principal
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The Monterey Airbus can drive you from the SF Airport, the San Jose Airport or the Monterey Airport. Check their schedule at montereyairbus.com
The Monterey Airport is approximately a 15 minute drive away.
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Monterey Regionális Repülőtér
200 Fred Kane Dr
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The Monterey Airport is approximately a 15 minute drive away.