Issues / 1998 / Mar 19
Best Of 98--restaurants 03/19/98
Best Restaurant in Monterey County/Best Restaurant in Pacific Grove Fandango 223 17th St., Pacific Grove, 372-3456 Captain Best-Of, the majordomo of MoCo''s crusade for culinary greatness salutes the Mediterranean charms of Fandango. From the several ...
Best Of 98--arts&Entertainment
Best Community Event of 1997 First Night Monterey Dozens of performers and thousands of audience members flood downtown Monterey on New Year's Eve for a one-night celebration of the arts. And, try as he might, ...
Best Of 98--around Town
Best Local Politician Leon Panetta OK, so Monterey County's favorite son (and perennial "Best Of" winner) Leon Panetta decided not to run for the state's highest office. Surely it wasn't the fault of CW readers, ...
Full Speed Ahead
Who Cares What Those Idiots Recommended? Last month, our wise county supervisors approved Rancho Chualar II, 3-2 (Tom Perkins, Edith Johnson and Simon Salinas voted for; Dave Potter, Judy Pennycook against). They overruled their own ...
Labor unrest, child labor characterizes Dole''s dealings in the Philippines
For the past two months, the banana groves in four of Dole Corp.''s principal Philippine plantations have been uncharacteristically silent. In place of the normal cacophony of harvesters cutting the huge bunches, men and women ...
Oinkers United--Truce called in KPIG mud fight, roots wrap up.
At least for the time being, KPIG disc jockey Mr. Hedge can continue describing the station as "the best damn radio station in the whole world." Charles Cohn, president of New Wave Broadcasting, parent company ...
Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a less-than-Titanic performance as the King of France
He may have captured the hearts...and purse strings...of filmgoers in the billion dollar box-office behemoth Titanic, but Hollywood''s reigning crown prince Leonardo DiCaprio comes across as a dramatic pauper in his latest star vehicle, The ...
Best Of 98--arts & Entertainment
Best Community Event of 1997 First Night Monterey Dozens of performers and thousands of audience members flood downtown Monterey on New Year's Eve for a one-night celebration of the arts. And, try as he might, ...
Best Of 98--specialty Foods
Best Caesar Salad Allegro Gourmet Pizzeria 3770 The Barnyard, Carmel, 626-5454 1184 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, 373-5656 OK, so they won't tell you what it is that makes the Caesar dressing so good, but the ...
Best Of98--services&Home Supplies
Best Dry Cleaners Rainbow Cleaners 269 Bonifacio Pl., Monterey, 372-6743 Captain Best-Of is sure to dry-clean his cape here as CW readers voted Rainbow, once again, the best. The trained, knowledgeable staff will greet you ...
Farmland or LA County?
Everyone in Monterey County has an opportunity to make a real difference, right now. Do you want our county to become another San Jose or Los Angeles with sprawling development and no county identity? If ...
Whaling Station
If your thing is menus--reading menus, collecting menus, comparing menus--you notice how every menu tells its own story; you get an idea about who the chef is, what his or her background is. It identifies ...
Room For 'shrooms
For some people, it can get sort of scary when they get started on something. Take mushrooms, for instance. You really love mushrooms, especially the wild, woodsy ones that seem to pop out all over ...
Peninsula Outreach soup kitchen must find a new home
Unless a good Samaritan is found at the 11th hour, the Peninsula Outreach soup kitchen will find itself homeless as of March 31. In 1985, the Rev. Sam Gaskins founded the Peninsula Outreach soup kitchen, ...
McGarrett's bets there's an electronica revolution ready to overcome Monterey County
DElectronica. In these urban settings, whether one goes to a rave, which is a gathering held in non-established nightclub settings, such as a warehouse, or goes to a club, attendance easily hits maximum capacity, flooding ...
Best Of 98--shopping
Best Place To Buy a Flower Arrangement Swenson & Silacci 432 Alvarado St., Monterey, 375-2725 90 West Alisal St., Salinas, 424-2725 When Captain Best-Of has some 'splainin' to do, he knows he can count on ...
Rock Saga--Plans for Modern Rock Festival; Uninvited return to Doc''s.
Dan Miller called my office on Monday informing me that he and Jenny McPhee plan to produce the Monterey Modern Rock Festival on July 17-18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Miller and McPhee had originally considered ...
Letters
Keep It Grea$y Oh, I know KPIG is a treasure (What's Up, Chuck? March 12). It's a one-of-a-kind find in Radio Land and it should have been purchased for its unique and special attributes. But ...
Class size reduction results in lack of space, teacher shortages.
While educators generally agree that Governor Pete Wilson''s initiative to reduce class size is a positive move toward better education, the step from concept to reality has been painful for local school districts. In an ...
The Envelope, Please...
The Oscars are approaching, palms are sweaty and temperatures are running high. Another week and Hollywood''s best will be carrying little, gold statuettes back to their vulgar estates. So, what do Monterey County residents think ...
Best Of98--services & Home Supplies
Best Dry Cleaners Rainbow Cleaners 269 Bonifacio Pl., Monterey, 372-6743 Captain Best-Of is sure to dry-clean his cape here as CW readers voted Rainbow, once again, the best. The trained, knowledgeable staff will greet you ...
Context Trouble--Andras Schiff does out-of-context Scarlatti.
Did I miss something? I thought Scarlatti was an early 18th-century, expatriate Italian living in Spain, a Baroque contemporary of Handel and Bach who set his visionary sights on the fledgling classical style. But, in ...
From The Editorial Desk
There were times we thought our fingers would fall off and our eyes would go blind but we made it through our ninth-annual Best-Of readers' poll. It's always a daunting project, taking up a big ...
