Castroville ★ 4.2
Castroville, the self-styled Artichoke Center of the World near Carmel, now hosts Phil's Fish Market and its Mama Nina cioppino on Merritt Street.
Big Sur is a food day trips in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Castroville, the self-styled Artichoke Center of the World near Carmel, now hosts Phil's Fish Market and its Mama Nina cioppino on Merritt Street.
Carmel Valley Village is where the grapes behind Carmel's tasting rooms grow, reached by a valley road lined with winery patios such as Folktale's estate.
Monterey pairs its aquarium with a working seafood town near Carmel: chowder samples down Old Fisherman's Wharf and Cannery Row a stroll north.
Pacific Grove earns Carmel's dinner drive with Passionfish, the Lighthouse Avenue room that made sustainable seafood a Peninsula institution.