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    A tasting menu restaurant tucked inside a Carmel inn, Aubergine holds two Michelin stars and a Forbes Five Star, and the room earns all the quiet confidence that implies. Chef Justin Cogley's cooking is rooted in place, the coast and its ingredients showing up in precise, unhurried courses. The sommeliers seem to genuinely enjoy their job, which, given the wine list, makes sense. Dress nicely; the other guests certainly did.

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    One number, weighted & current 95

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    The dishes from the writeups

    • Triple-seared dry-aged ribeye

      “the triple-seared dry-aged ribeye brushed in wagyu XO”

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    L'Auberge Carmel, Monte Verde at 7th Ave., Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA · Carmel
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    • Monday Not listed
    • Tuesday Not listed
    • Wednesday Today 5 PM to 8 PM
    • Thursday 5 PM to 8 PM
    • Friday 5 PM to 8 PM
    • Saturday 5 PM to 8 PM
    • Sunday 5 PM to 8 PM
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    8316248578
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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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