Where the locals go.

An institution on Ocean Avenue — delicious, unpretentious, and unmistakably Carmel.

Jeff, Chantal and Jaydon Nelson have called the Monterey Peninsula home for more than twenty years. Jeff has been in kitchens since he was fourteen; Chantal grew up in hospitality in the Netherlands. Together they steward a Carmel institution — the only counter-service café in the village, where the vibe is friendly, open and refreshingly honest.

In our open kitchen, Chef Guillermo Garcia — with us for more than a decade — turns the peninsula's best produce into food we'd proudly serve our own family. Because that's really the whole idea.