Monterey Marriott Hotel invites you to leave the cooking to Chef Josh Silva-Arias and order our Valentine's Day Dinner To-Go, available February 13 and 14.

Our take-out Valentine's dinner menu includes: salad with lettuce, heart of palm, and sprouts; a surf and turf combination plate featuring Maine lobster tail and grilled New York steak; and mascapone cheesecake. View full menu here.

Price is $60 per plate plus 9.25% tax. No pre-ordering is necessary. Available for take-out on February 13 and 14, 4:30pm-9pm at Monterey Marriott, 350 Calle Principal in Downtown Old Monterey. For more information, please call 831-649-4234.

As a gift to the community, Youth Arts Collective has started an online Art Workshop Series consisting of projects that can be done at home or in the classroom and are appropriate for all ages.

The first in the series is the Magazine Collage Workshop, led by Marcia Perry and Raven Cook. The video, which lasts approximately 20 minutes, includes finished examples, instructions, and demonstrations for collage making to create your own personal expressions, compositions, and journals using recycled magazines and calendars.

Watch for the next art video coming to YAC's YouTube channel in two weeks: “All Hearts!” in which we'll create ribbon, paper and yarn heart mobiles. YAC's mentors wish all of you happy art making!

Youth Arts Collective is based at 472 Calle Principal in Downtown Old Monterey. Do art. Be kind.

The popular Electra Loft bicycle has been hard to come by lately. But the good news is that Epicenter Cycling just got a shipment in and we want you to have first dibs!

This lightweight, durable commuter bike boasts 700c wheels and a foot-forward, upright riding position that provides optimum speed, comfort, and control.

What's more, Loft is available in Step-Over and Step-Thru frames in an array of stylish colors. Customize your Loft with a range of accessories for utility and flair.

Epicenter Cycling is located at 230 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

After 44 years of love, we're not breaking up now!

Join us for the 2021 Campbell Valentine Virtual Fun Run, February 13-21, for a heart-warming 5K.

Anytime, Anywhere, Virturally Together.

Register by Friday, February 5, to receive your Valentine Fun Run race shirt. Complete your course by February 21 to join our photo gallery.

Distance is just a test of how far love can travel!

Please abide by all current Public Health Orders when participating

Cost:

$20 Adult, $12 20 & under

In response to the COVID-19 emergency, the County of Monterey is seeking healthcare professionals and other healthy adults to meet the County's continued resource demands in critical areas of the COVID-19 emergency response efforts.

If you would like to learn more about volunteering opportunities for healthcare volunteers and general volunteers, please click here. There, you can read more information about volunteering and complete an Emergency Volunteer Form.

Please note that becoming an Emergency Volunteer is a lengthy and involved process and should only be undertaken if you can fully commit to a minimum of 16 hours per week for at least three consecutive weeks.

In response to the COVID-19 emergency, the County of Monterey is seeking healthcare professionals and other healthy adults to meet the County's continued resource demands in critical areas of the COVID-19 emergency response efforts.

If you would like to learn more about volunteering opportunities for healthcare volunteers and general volunteers, please click here. There, you can read more information about volunteering and complete an Emergency Volunteer Form.

Please note that becoming an Emergency Volunteer is a lengthy and involved process and should only be undertaken if you can fully commit to a minimum of 16 hours per week for at least three consecutive weeks.

As one of Monterey's mainstays of the community, Epsilon Fine Greek Restaurant is trying to reopen its doors at 422 Tyler Street in Downtown Old Monterey. After 30 years of serving the community authentic homemade Greek food, combined with an incredible dining experience so many have come to love, Epsilon was forced to close its doors in early November due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

To assist with our reopening efforts, we have launched a GoFundMe page to ask the community for your support. Please make a donation if you are able.

Once we raise enough funds to help with our reopening, we'll host an appreciation dinner for all our friends who supported us with donations and we'll resume serving our take-out menu. Then, when Covid restrictions are lifted, Epsilon will return to its full amazing menu and dining experience.

We thank you for your tremendous support all these years and thank you in advance for your help in getting our 30-year-old restaurant back open to serve you once again.

Christos Hix
Owner, Epsilon Fine Greek Restaurant

Puma Road at Portola Plaza presents a February Rose Special! This month only, we're offering our 2018 rose at $10 per bottle or $100 per case.

Located at 281 Alvarado Street, Puma Road's wine tasting room is currently open for outdoor wine tasting and wine sales Thursday - Sunday, 1pm-6pm.

Monterey County Youth Museum misses all of you a lot and we want to try something... Please have your kid(s) decorate a heart (or five or ten) with marker, crayons, or paint and then write something they love on it. When you're done, drop it off at MY Museum at 425 Washington Street in Downtown Old Monterey and stick it in between our doors.

Our staff will collect the hearts and hang them on the front window of the museum. We want to cover the windows with all that love. It would make us and everyone that walks by so happy! Keep in mind: you can write anything your kid loves, but *extra credit* if it happens to be something about MY Museum.

The Super Bowl is happening this Sunday, February 7, and Crown and Anchor has some to-go specials perfect for you and your family to enjoy as you watch the big game!

They're offering 20 chicken wings (your choice of hot buffalo or BBQ sauce with ranch dressing) for $20. They're also offering one rack of baby back pork ribs (2-3 servings) along with 12 oz. bowl of chili beans and a 12 oz bowl of mac and cheese with bacon bits for $35.

Please call to place your order by Friday, February 5, 831-649-6496. Pick up after 1pm on Sunday. Gratuity and service will be added. Crown and Anchor is located at 150 West Franklin Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart on the patio of Esteban Restaurant or take your meal to-go and enjoy an evening of romance in the setting of your choice on Sunday, February 14, 4pm-9pm. Esteban's three course, prix fixe dinner menu showcases thoughtfully prepared and locally sourced dishes. $60 per person.

VALENTINE'S DINNER MENU

Salt Roasted Red Beet Salad
local garden greens, feta, caramelized spiced walnuts, pickled red onion, ginger-cranberry vinaigrette

Grilled Mishima 5-Star American Wagyu Butcher’s Steak & Seared Wild Sea Scallops
with crispy Yukon potatoes, roasted heirloom carrots, chimichurri, brava sauce

Chocolate & Caramel Pot de Creme
with candy cap streusel, port Chantilly creme

Esteban Restaurant is located at 700 Munras Avenue adjacent to Casa Munras Garden Hotel & Spa in Downtown Old Monterey. Please call 831-375-0176 to secure your table on the patio or pre-order dinner for curbside pick-up. (Selections from our curbside menu will also be available for to-go orders.)

Need food assistance? Reservations are now available for the February 2021 Drive Thru Produce Distribution for Families and Seniors offered by the City of Monterey Recreation and the Monterey County Food Bank. This is now a contact-free drive-thru program and reservations are required.

In August, there's extra room in the schedule to accommodate more families. Pick-up times are on Mondays - February 1, 8, and 22, 10am-1pm - by appointment only at Dennis the Menace Parking Lot, 777 Pearl Street in Monterey.

All produce is pre-packaged and the same for everyone. Please read the official flyer which contains all the details. Questions? Please call 831-646-3866 or e-mail Monterey Recreation.

Fleet Feet Monterey is happy to announce that Diadora shoes are officially here! We're excited to carry them in our store. Come check out all the fun styles and colors we have in stock at 472 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

Is your Monterey County restaurant resuming outdoor dining? Chic Event Rentals can get you covered! We carry a wide variety of tents for every outdoor space. Give us a call today to get something started, 831-375-1055.

The Monterey showroom of Chic Event Rentals, a locally-owned small business, is located at 485 Lighthouse Avenue.

Chic Event Rentals officially began in 2009 with 1 employee in a 3,000 sq ft warehouse and has quickly grown to be the premier event rental company in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, with a virtually limitless inventory in a 60,000 sq ft warehouse.