Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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Order The $285 tasting is the only menu; add the wine pairing when you book.
Aubergine holds two Michelin stars inside L'Auberge Carmel at Monte Verde and 7th, where Justin Cogley cooks an eight-course coastal tasting menu.
Order The $165 prix fixe; bar seats are the walk-in route when the room is booked.
Chez Noir keeps its Michelin star on 5th Avenue in Carmel, where Jonny and Monique Black cook a seafood-led prix fixe from Monterey Peninsula boats.
Order A dry-aged cut from the board, split between two people.
Seventh & Dolores Steakhouse brings a modern American steakhouse to its namesake Carmel corner, one of the village's few kitchens open until 22:00.
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Order A window table over the fountain court matters as much as the menu.
Anton & Michel faces the Court of the Fountains in Carmel with white-tablecloth European dining, open daily for both lunch and dinner services.
Order Dinner beside the Van Gogh table from the Auberge Ravoux.
Casanova candlelights a Carmel cottage at 5th and Mission for French-Italian dinners, seating guests around the Van Gogh table when it is booked.
Nothing matches.
Editor picks in Carmel-by-the-Sea include Aubergine, Chez Noir, Seventh & Dolores Steakhouse, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.
