Hula's Island Grill is now hiring servers, bartenders, bussers, and dishwashers. Come be part of our crew! Please apply in person at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. We're open seven days a week.

The Perfect Crumb Bakery is now offering fresh sourdough bread made in-house! We have a variety of flavors available including mocha, jalapeño cheddar, garlic rosemary, and plain. Stop by the shop and try our new sourdoughs and enjoy our usual sweet treats. We're located at 301 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey and open Thursday-Sunday, 8am-2pm.

Heading out to freedive but not yet certified? Join Bamboo Reef on June 2 or 16, 6pm-7:30pm, for our NAUI Safe Buddy Course, where we'll increase your freediver safety awareness by learning things like safety and problem management, safety signals for static, recovery breathing, buddy separation, LMC and surface blackout, and much more.

Bamboo Reef Dive Shop is located at 614 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. Course fee is $150. Please register online.

There is nothing more iconic than a beautiful silk scarf on a breezy, balmy day. Lilify's silk square scarves, designed in California by Manner Market, are a fresh take on a classic accessory. They're available in store and online in a variety of geometric stripes and polka dots. Lilify is located at 281 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Pearl Hour cocktail bar introduces our new Lemon Drop Cocktail! It all begins with California Citrus Vodka by St. George (made from California Bergamot, Valencia, and Seville oranges), shaken with Manadrincello, California Amaro Angeleno, and lemon juice.

We suggest pairing this refreshing drink with Castelvetrano olives from our new Bar Snack Menu. Visit us at 214 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Recycled Records is proud to carry recordings by local musicians! Come and check out our hometown selection, including work by El Kallpa and Sensory Sound System.

Recycled Records also carries indie store exclusives such as the new album by Lord Huron, "Long Lost" on vinyl. (It was in stock on May 24, but it may not be for long...) Visit us at 604 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Parker-Lusseau Pastries and Cafe invites you to try our lemon bichon - it's gonna blow your mind. It's layers of flaky puff pastry (feuilletage) rolled in sugar for a crisp caramelization and filled with a small amount of vanilla bean pastry cream and lemon zest. Aaaah! The simple things in life can be real treasures.

Try it here at 539 Hartnell Street in Downtown Old Monterey. And don't worry - this is not a limited-run item. We’ve been making lemon bichon for years and we're not planning on discontinuing it. We like it too much.

Haute Beauty Guide boutique, located at 71 Pearl Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is proud to carry Savon de Carmel's 150G French Utility Soap. It's a 72% plant-based bar soap, infused with lavender and inspired by the traditional Savon de Marseille soaps of France, but made nearby in Carmel Valley!

Specially designed with plant based oils and soothing shea butter, this lovely rich lavender soap cures for 4 weeks and is then washed in salt water from the Monterey Bay. After being left to dry, it is once again bathed in water to rinse the remaining salt residue.

Savon de Carmel's soap contains no palm oil or parabens and is vegan, all natural, and organic. It is available in bars (small) or cubes (large) both in the store and online for curbside pickup or shipping.

Youth Arts Collective, located at 472 Calle Principal in Downtown Old Monterey, is happy to announce that we will resume in-person mentoring and art making on June 7. During this transition period we will need to limit the number of students attending at any one time until we return to the more open studios for the members at some later date.

Each of the current YACsters have committed to two chosen days per week. We will follow all safety protocols that the state and city mandates, including masks, social distancing, air purifiers, good ventilation, hand sanitizing, and daily cleaning. We also require all members and staff to be vaccinated.

For those young artists who want to apply to YAC, please email Marcia Perry to begin the process.

YAC’s Board of Directors, staff of artist mentors, and founders Meg and Marcia are all deeply grateful to the wonderful community of individuals, businesses, and foundations that have ensured Youth Arts Collective’s survival during this time of separation (including our landlord, Nick Craft!) Thank you one and all. YAC is coming back!

Do art. Be kind.

Peter B's Brewpub, located at 2 Portola Plaza in Downtown Old Monterey behind the Portola Hotel & Spa, is thrilled to announce Natalie Mika as the new Head Brewer of the award-winning brewery. Mika has been brewing beer professionally at Peter B's since 2019. A Monterey County native, Mika is a self-proclaimed lab nerd and has worked with fermentation science since 2013.

A graduate of California Polytechnic University with a degree in Wine and Viticulture, Mika launched her career in the wine industry working for five vintages at Bodega Calle in Argentina, Scheid Vineyards in Greenfield, VinLink Winery in New Zealand, and The Wine Group in Soledad.

Mika is now brewing in time for Peter B’s planned reopening in the summer of 2021. In addition to the brews that have become so popular at Peter B’s Brewpub, Mika says, “I’d like to do some fruited Belgian style beers. Making a Belgian beer with some Riesling grapes has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and hopefully, I’ll get to do that in the late summer or fall."

Supercuts, located at 488 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is offering 20% off all gift card purchases throughout the month of June 2021. Gift cards make great gifts, never expire, and are good at most Supercuts locations (including Supercuts Monterey). You can even stock up on gift cards for yourself and save!

Click the links below to start exploring. Spaces are filling up fast! Register today to secure your spot! If the camp is already full, add your child's name to the wait list and we will contact you if a spot becomes available.

Current Openings:

Campbell Day Camp

Campbell Day Camp - Ages 4-12

July 6-9th

July 19-23rd

July 26-30th

Day Camp: Camper Cubs (4-5 YRS)

June 14-18th

June 21-25th

July 6-9th

July 19-23rd

July 26-30th

August 2-6th

Art Beat Camps

Design, Create, Build! (5-10 YRS)

Ultimate Art Camp (5-10 YRS)

Woodland Elves & Fairies Camp (5-10 YRS)

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Franklin Street Collaborative invites you to join us on Saturday, May 22, 11am-2pm, for Miss Lippe's Dumplings and Nitro Cycle Coffee. Miss Lippe's will be holding tutorials in how to make dumplings! If you preorder a pork dumpling-making mini-kit ($13) from Miss Lippe, you can pick it up from her today at the event and take it home to cook.

Franklin Street Collaborative is located at 201 West Franklin Street in Downtown Old Monterey.