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Best Appetizers/Small Plates, Best Restaurant For Vegetarians, Best Restaurant For Gluten-Free options

Hula’s Island Grill

Best Bakery

Paris Bakery

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First Awakenings

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Crema

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Chopstix

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Tim Wood

Best Dog-Friendly Dining

Forge in the Forest

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Rosine’s Restaurant

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Big Sur Taco

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Bistro Moulin

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Aabha Indian Cuisine

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Il Vecchio

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Crystal Fish

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Nak Won Korean BBQ

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Fandango

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Peppers

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Alta Bakery & Cafe

Best Of 2020 - Restaurants

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Schooners Coastal Kitchen

Best Place For A Business Lunch

Tarpy’s Roadhouse

Best Restaurant For A Special Occasion

Lucia

Best Restaurant For Romantic Dining

California Market at Pacific’s Edge

Best Restaurant For Take, Out Best Chinese

Tommy’s Wok

Best Restaurant In A Shopping Center, Best Sommelier

Rio Grill

Best Restaurant In Monterey County /Best Restaurant – Pacific Grove

Passionfish

Best Restaurant More Than 10 Years Old / Best Restaurant – Cannery Row / Best Wine List

The Sardine Factory

Best Restaurant On A Golf Course Best Restaurant – Pebble Beach

The Bench

Best Restaurant – Big Sur

Sur House

Best Restaurant – Carmel

Grasing’s Restaurant

Best Restaurant – Carmel Valley

Cafe Rustica

Best Restaurant – Fisherman’s Wharf

Old Fisherman’s Grotto

Best Restaurant – Marina

Salt Wood Kitchen & Oysterette

Best Restaurant – Monterey

Montrio Bistro

Best Restaurant – North County

Phil’s Fish Market

Best Restaurant – Salinas

Gino’s

Best Restaurant – Sand City

Sweet Elena’s

Best Restaurant – Seaside

Gusto Handcrafted Pasta & Pizza

Best Restaurant – South County

Luigi’s

Best Seafood Restaurant

Monterey’s Fish House

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Kiersten Hawbaker

Best Steakhouse

Whaling Station Steakhouse

Best Taqueria

Mi Tierra

Best Thai

Pacific Thai

Best Vietnamese

Noodle Bar

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