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  1. Chez Noir

    Elevated Mediterranean Bistro

    Eat 92 Drink 77
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    The chefs live upstairs, which explains why this Craftsman-on-5th Avenue bistro feels less like a restaurant and more like a very good dinner party you somehow got invited to. The cooking leans Mediterranean with a California coast accent, prix fixe, and a Michelin star to its name. The canelés alone have sparked quiet obsession among regulars. A James Beard nominee, and the kind of place Carmel somehow earned.

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    The dishes from the writeups

    • Abalone

      “showcasing the bounty of the California coast with the likes of impeccably prepared abalone and skate”

      Michelin Guide

    • Skate

      “showcasing the bounty of the California coast with the likes of impeccably prepared abalone and skate”

      Michelin Guide
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    Address
    5th Ave. btw. Dolores and San Carlos Sts., Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA · Carmel
    Hours

    Open now, until 8:30 PM

    • Monday 5 PM to 8:30 PM
    • Tuesday Today 5 PM to 8:30 PM
    • Wednesday Closed
    • Thursday 5 PM to 8:30 PM
    • Friday 5 PM to 8:30 PM
    • Saturday 5 PM to 8:30 PM
    • Sunday 5 PM to 8:30 PM

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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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    Drink Score

    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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      Stay Score

      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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        Do Score

        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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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.