Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
That opening year, the restaurant was named "Restaurant of the Year" by Esquire. [8] Tony Baker serves as head chef and Anthony Vitacca is the bar manager. [3] [9] In 2010, the restaurant became one of the first in Monterey County to install an ultraviolet-treated water filter system, ending the restaurant's reliance on filtered bottled water. [6]
Frommer also called the restaurant a "family tradition" for locals, who wait in line outside to eat at the restaurant. [9] Culturel Trip named Old Fisherman's Grotto one of the top 10 restaurants in Old Monterey. [16] The restaurant has won "best calamari" in Monterey County twice and best restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf in 2018. [1]
The restaurant serves American tiki-style drinks, including Mai Tais, Dark 'n' Stormy, Zombies, and drinks served in tiki-style glassware designed by Drew Brophy for the restaurant. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] In 2018, Hula's introduced their version of a Three Dot and a Dash, a rum-based tiki drink from the post-World War II era.
In 2009, Ricardo Diaz, food critic for The Californian described the restaurant as being like something out of a French film. [6] Zagat calls the restaurant "quaint" and "charming." [17] Gayot scores the restaurant 14 out of 20. [9] Many reviewers call the restaurant "intimate." [9] [11] [17] The restaurant averages a 4.5 on Yelp.
Fisherman's Wharf is lined with seafood restaurants ranging from casual, open-air clam bars, to formal indoor dining with views of the bay. Along with Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf is one of the few areas in Monterey that sells souvenirs, so the restaurants are interspersed with gift shops, jewelry stores, art galleries, and candy shops.
Both had grown up in Monterey and together decided to convert one of the many empty canneries into a restaurant. [1] The restaurant opened October 2, 1968. [2] In 1980, The Sardine Factory was one of 50 American restaurants invited to contribute a dish (abalone bisque) to Ronald Reagan's presidential inauguration.
During the 1800s the family business included a general store and meat market. The Mandris family then bought the business and established a restaurant and a souvenir shop. Jerry Hardesty bought the property at 1968 and renamed the business into Middleton Tavern. [2] [3] [4]
A fine dining meal. Fine dining is a restaurant experience that is typically more sophisticated, special, and expensive than at a typical restaurant. The décor of such restaurants features higher-quality materials, with establishments having certain rules of dining which visitors are generally expected to follow, sometimes including a dress code.