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Quick Look: Restaurant 1833, Monterey CA

  • May 29, 2012
  • Brad A. Johnson
1833 Restaurant in Monterey California (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
1833 Restaurant in Monterey California (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
1833 Restaurant in Monterey California (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
1833 Restaurant in Monterey California (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
1833 Restaurant in Monterey California (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)

Restaurant 1833 seemed unlikely to become a standard-bearer for today’s savvy yet casual approach to fine dining. It was beset by long delays, and two chefs came and went before it finally opened last summer in the Stokes Adobe, a historic landmark amid the curio shops on California’s Monterey Peninsula.

But when it did, it had a stunning interior design and chef Levi Mezick (a veteran of Per Se and Daniel) in the kitchen. It soon came into its own as a true destination restaurant—a temple not to hoity-toity gastronomy but to the deep pleasures of eating and drinking with good friends, and the more the merrier. Whole lobes of foie gras are roasted in a wood oven and served family style. Truffled chickens and massive bone-in ribeye steaks are roasted whole and carved for the table to share. The bar barrel-ages its own craft beers and signature cocktails. Ted Glennon, already gaining accolades as one of the nation’s top sommeliers, delves deep into the nearby Santa Lucia Highlands, and rounds out the wine list with European selections from private cellars.

This article was originally published in Robb Report. For more travel inspiration and photos, I invite you to follow me and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Brad A. Johnson is a writer and photographer specializing in food and travel. His work has been honored repeatedly by the James Beard Awards, the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, the pdn Food Photography Awards and many others. Based in Southern California, Brad currently serves as restaurant critic for the Orange County Register.

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