Patisserie Boissiere is a french bistro restaurant in Mission Street, Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A pastry from the case; the savoury menu waits if you sit.
Tip: Weekends open at 08:30 for pastry and coffee; midweek the kitchen shifts to lunch, and Wednesday to Sunday it runs through dinner.
Address: Mission St between Ocean & 7th Ave, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Brophy's Tavern runs Carmel's Irish pub and sports bar at 4th and San Carlos, plating Monterey Bay calamari and fish and chips under seven screens.
Signature: Monterey Bay calamari
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.
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.
