Old Monterey District Blog

East Village Cafe invites you to try our Zen Energy Balls, made in-house in small batches with organic ingredients. These delicious, healthy snacks include flax seed, chia seed, chocolate, coconut, vanilla, and honey. Come and try one at 498 Washington Street in Downtown Old Monterey - we're locally owned and operated.

Knitters rejoice - it's a yarn sale! Now through May 17, 2021, all yarns on Slowfiber's website - including new, organic, and recycled yarns - are marked at 20% off. You can pick-up your purchase at the store at 517B Hartnell Street in Downtown Old Monterey or have it shipped to you. Slowfiber is a locally owned small business.

Great news! Monterey County Youth Museum (MY Museum), located at 425 Washington Street in Downtown Old Monterey, will be reopening for members on June 17, 2021 and reopening to the general public on July 1, 2021. Online reservations are required - tickets will be available on our website for members on June 1 and for the general public on June 15. We have missed you sooooo much!

Did you have a MY Museum membership when the pandemic closed everything down in 2020? Your membership was frozen the day we closed and will be reactivated on June 16, 2021.

Please know that at MY Museum, we're playing it safe! See our full list of safety measures here.

*Visitors are required to wear a face covering at all times.

*All staff members will maintain a 6-foot distance from visitors and other employees.

*We have changed our business hours to allow for more frequent deep cleaning between groups of visitors.

*We are conducting routine cleaning of high touch area, common spaces, and exhibits. We use hospital-grace disinfectants along with other products used in our industry as best practices.

*We've added more hand sanitizing stations.

*The HVAC system will be at full capacity during business hours and new MERV filters have been added to each unit in addition to 6 air purifying units throughout the building that will accommodate the appropriate number of square footage.

*We've reduced the number of objects and toys throughout the Museum.

Sazon Express Cocina Mexicana is now serving up quesabirrias and three types of agua fresca: horchata, jamaica, and tamarindo. Come and get it at 431 Tyler Street in Downtown Old Monterey - you won't be sorry.

What is a quesabirria, you may ask? It's the Bay Area's hottest taco trend! At Sazon Express, we create them using homemade soft tortillas dipped in consomme sauce and cooked on the grill, where the shell gets a little crispy. Each taco contains beef and cheese. Yum!

Do you want to have a little fun? Share a laugh? Spread some smiles? You're in luck because The Feral Market has new stickers in stock! We've got the ridiculous and the sublime. Your water bottle won't know what happened. The Feral Market is located at 261 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

Now through May 31, 2021, Supercuts Monterey is offering 50% off our Tea Tree Experience (reg. $12). And with the purchase of a Tea Tree Experience, you'll also save 10% off all of our Paul Mitchell tea tree products.

What is Supercuts' Tea Tree Experience? An invigorating shampoo and conditioning treatment using Paul Mitchell tea tree products, a relaxing scalp massage, and a hot steam towel for your face featuring a minty tea tree fragrance.

Supercuts, located at 488 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is open Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm, and Sunday, 10am-5pm.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a photo from Alta Bakery and Cafe of flourless chocolate cake with rose petals and raspberries. We believe it may be perfect, but we will need your help in testing our hypothesis. Alta Bakery and Cafe is located 502 Munras Avenue in Downtown Old Monterey. That is all.

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Rosine's Restaurant is offering 10% off for teachers who work for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, May 2-8, with proof of employment. Just bring a pay stub, your badge, or e-mail signature with DL or other picture ID. Rosine's is located at 434 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

The new Turbo Como Super Light from Specialized, now available at Workhorse Bicycles, will have you riding in style. It’ll also carry your goodies and leave you with enough energy to make dinner when you get home! Sweet!

Carry it down stairs, zip across town, pack it full of groceries, it’s ready to take flight. The Super Light System motor gives a natural assist to every ride. Start pedaling and the assist kicks in. Climb every steep hill that comes your way without breaking a sweat and enjoy a motor that will never weigh you down.

Visit Workhorse Bicycles at 486 Washington Street in Downtown Old Monterey, a locally owned business.

Revival Ice Cream is happy to announce our newest signature flavor: banana caramel ice cream! Our house made ice cream is infused with sweet bananas and combined with thick, rich ribbons of chewy caramel. (It's sooooo good!)

As with all our other treats, our new flavor is gluten-free and free of any artificial ingredients. It's just pure goodness. Come into the shop at 463 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey to get a taste of our new flavor today, or order it online and have it shipped to your door.

In honor of Mother's Day, Puma Road at Portola Plaza is offering our 2019 Rose of Grenache for $10 per bottle, now through Monday, May 10. Our wine tasting room is now open for indoor and outdoor wine tasting and retail sales, Monday and Thursday, 2pm-7pm, and Friday - Sunday, 2pm-8pm, at 281 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

Jamba, located at 398 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey, has launched new fuel-good menu items including their take on the classic breakfast sandwich, the Handwich, designed to fit in one hand for easy eating on-the-go.

For a limited time, order any one of the new items listed below and pair it with your favorite smoothie to save $1*.

Impossible™ Handwich
Featuring Impossible™ Sausage made from plants, each Impossible Handwich is layered with melty white cheddar cheese between toasted sprouted grain buns, boasting 12 grams of protein and only 220 calories.

Classic Sausage, Egg & Cheese Handwich
Made with all-natural pork sausage, egg, and melty white cheddar cheese layered between toasted sprouted grain buns. Packed with 12 grams of protein and containing 320 calories.

Spring Veggie Egg Bake
Light, fluffy, and bursting with red bell peppers, spring leeks, and artichoke hearts. Under 200 calories and free of ingredients containing gluten, it’s a good source of protein and calcium to help you stay on track and it's entirely portable.

*When placing an online or app order, guest must purchase the ”Smoothie Bestie” pack to save $1. Online or app orders subject to $0.35 service fee.