Brophy's Tavern is an american restaurant in San Carlos Street, Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Monterey Bay calamari
Must order: Monterey Bay calamari, then the Brophy's burger.
Tip: Next door to Hotel Carmel with a shuffleboard game room in back; this is the village's default screen for a big match.
Address: 4th Ave & San Carlos St, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Hog's Breath Inn, the Carmel courtyard restaurant Clint Eastwood founded in 1970, reopened in August 2025 restored with steaks and clam chowder.
Signature: Clam chowder, Grilled Castroville artichoke
Order: Grilled Castroville artichokes, then the Plains Drifter prime rib French dip.
Tip: New operator Lee Morcus calls the 2025 restoration a tribute, not a reinvention; the sunken courtyard fireplaces survived the remodel.
Tree House Cafe sets a second-storey terrace among the oaks on San Carlos Street in Carmel, serving Mediterranean plates from late morning nightly.
Order: A terrace table under the oaks; order mezze to share.
Tip: The upstairs terrace has heaters and cover, which makes it one of the village's most dependable outdoor tables in fog season.
Hog's Breath Inn, the Carmel courtyard restaurant Clint Eastwood founded in 1970, reopened in August 2025 restored with steaks and clam chowder.
Signature: Clam chowder, Grilled Castroville artichoke
Order: Grilled Castroville artichokes, then the Plains Drifter prime rib French dip.
Tip: New operator Lee Morcus calls the 2025 restoration a tribute, not a reinvention; the sunken courtyard fireplaces survived the remodel.
Tree House Cafe sets a second-storey terrace among the oaks on San Carlos Street in Carmel, serving Mediterranean plates from late morning nightly.
Order: A terrace table under the oaks; order mezze to share.
Tip: The upstairs terrace has heaters and cover, which makes it one of the village's most dependable outdoor tables in fog season.
Toro Sushi rolls creative Japanese plates on Dolores Street in Carmel, running long all-day hours that the village's older sushi counters do not.
Order: The day's nigiri selection, with a hot plate for the table.
Tip: This is the rare Carmel kitchen serving straight through the afternoon, useful when the 14:30 lunch window has closed everywhere else.
Rise + Roam Bakery and Pizzeria bakes organic-flour breads and pastries in Carmel Plaza, then turns out pizzas, soups and salads through the day.
Order: A morning pastry, then a pizza once the oven switches to lunch service.
Tip: It doubles as one of the village's few casual daytime sit-downs, and Revival Ice Cream at the counter handles dessert.
The Tuck Box serves scones and Welsh rarebit inside a 1927 Hugh Comstock fairy-tale cottage in Carmel, a tearoom trade running since the 1940s.
Signature: Scones with olallieberry preserves
Order: House scones with olallieberry preserves and a pot of tea.
Tip: No reservations, first come first served; mid-morning on a weekday is the calm window between breakfast and the tea crowd.
Katy's Place has cooked breakfast on Mission Street in Carmel since 1982 and calls itself the Capital of Eggs Benedict, listing over 20 versions.
Signature: Eggs Benedict
Order: Any of the twenty-plus eggs Benedicts; the classic sets the baseline.
Tip: Owner Randall Bernett's menu is huge but the room is not; arrive before 09:00 on weekends or expect a queue under the redwoods.
