Eat+Drink 2025

Whaling Station Beef Wellington If your appetite isn’t up to the USDA Prime grade 26-ounce bone-in Cowboy ribeye, order the beef wellington, featuring a prosciutto wrapped filet mignon, baked in puff pastry with Perigourdine sauce. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, bacon-spiked sauteed spinach and fried onions. 763 Wave St, Monterey, (831) 3733778, TheWhalingStation.com Winston’s Lemon Ricotta Pancakes Brunch in Pacific Grove is abundant and delicious. Winston’s, on Lighthouse Ave, offers up some of the finest. For pancake lovers, look no further than a stack of buttermilk pancakes folded with ricotta and then topped with lemon curd and blueberry compote and dusted in powdered sugar. Rich and fluffy with the right tang make for a sure treat. 602 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, (831) 324-4162 Woodward Marine Market Crispy Artichoke and Prosciutto Sandwich This sandwich is stop number 14 on Monterey County’s Artichoke Trail and with good reason. Artichokes are fried crispy, paired with prosciutto and then set in the sandwich with fontina cheese, arugula, meyer lemon marmalade and garlic aioli. Served with a garden salad. 10932 Clam Way, Moss Landing, (831) 632-0857, woodwardmarinemarket.com Woody’s Sautéed Sand Dabs Chef Tim Wood has created a welcoming restaurant and bar with the unique spectacle of planes taking off and landing at the Monterey Regional Airport. Consider the sand dabs: dusted in herbed flour, and cooked in a caper beurre blanc with Swank Farms vegetables, rice pilaf and a housemade tartar sauce. A great place to grab a drink and a bite as you wait for your flight or simply to watch the planes. 200 Fred Kane Dr #201, Monterey, 500 Del Mesa Dr, Carmel, (831) 373-1232, woodysmontereyairport.com SIGNATURE DISHES PROMOTIONAL SECTION 54 THE BEST OF MONTEREY BAY ® EAT + DRINK 2025-2026 ’21-’23 The Whaling Station Steakhouse proudly features The World’s Best USDA PRIME Steaks Aged to OUR Specifications, Prepared to YOURS Plus an Award Winning Wine List, Hand-Crafted Cocktails, Monterey’s Favorite Bar Menu, Happy Hour Daily 4:30-6:30pm and a private Banquet room with seating up to 50. Thank You Monterey County Weekly Readers For Voting Us BEST STEAKHOUSE 28 Times! & BEST MARTINI Three years in a row! ’24 We have a STEAK and MARTINI in your future OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 4:30pm for Dinner 763 Wave Street, Monterey, (831) 373-3778 (Just Above Steinbeck’s Cannery Row) www.thewhalingstation.com WhalingStation_2-3v_ED25_GK.indd 1 4/4/25 11:20 AM

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