Calif Bill wrote:
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On Apr 24, 11:49 am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1118346.html
This looked damned good to me:

http://www.tourismpei.com/pei-dining
Damn fine seafood out there...... Especially the Clam Chowder.

Nice dining is always part of a good vacation for us. Not fancy, but nice.
Good local restaurants serving good local food. I have a list of
"favorites" around the country.

In fact, I was updating our list for a trip we're planning for 2010 to
northern California, and this one, in Monterey, near San Francisco, was
near the top of the list:

http://www.rappas.com/lunch.html

Ok place. The wharf is hurting, so they are extending the early bird
dinners almost all evening. Youngest daughter and her family were just at
Rappa's. We ate up the wharf a couple places same side. For unusual
Mexican, Chili Peppers in Pacific Grove. What is amazing is how few tourist
there are now. Economy has to be the reason. We Go to the Sunset Center in
Carmel for shows at times, and the lodgings are reasonable. Wife and her
high school pals just went for a couple days last week. Normandy Inn where
we stay at about $100 a night, they got a 2 bedroom cottage for not much
more. We ate at an Italian place we like, and maybe 2/3 the tables were
empty. Same for breakfast at the Tuck Box. Used to be waiting lines. Now
1/2 the tables empty. You could use your $250 tax cut check and spend it in
the area. Daughter and family stay at the Quality Inn in Monterey for about
$70.



I like the calamari there. Best I've ever had. Been there a half dozen
times over the years.