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CARMEL PLAZA
High fashion and a community gathering place
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DISCOVER
CARMEL
PLAZA
CarmelPlaza.com
Facebook.com/ShopCarmelPlaza
EASY ACCESS AND DOG-FRIENDLY
Carmel Plaza, above; the Courtyard
provides a good place to meet
friends, below.
IN THE HEART of Carmel-by-the-Sea,
Carmel Plaza offers the village’s largest con-
centration of luxury and name brand
retailers. Fine stores and boutiques stand
within three levels, including Tiffany & Co.,
Bottega Veneta and Anthropologie. Specialty
retailers include Cos Bar, a luxury cosmetics
and skin care boutique, and popular Janie
and Jack for upscale children’s apparel. For
Bohemian style, check out Roller Rabbit’s
travel clothing and home goods.
Carmel Plaza’s newest boutiques include
Sugarfarm Marketplace for artisan crafts,
Cariloha, for ultra-soft, comfortable bamboo
clothing and bedding, and Seabags, for totes
and accessories crafted from recycled sails.
Within House of Cardoon’s color-splashed
world of global art and interiors, discover
accessories and furniture, textiles and
leather goods in an exclusive range of ten
colors. Lovers of the links can supply them-
selves with golf apparel and accessories at
Land and Sea Golf or experience an upscale
golf simulation at Links Club.
And in dog-friendly Carmel, shops often
set out water bowls for pups; stop at The
Dog House for toys and custom-made
doggie outfits.
Courtyard Gathering Place
In The Courtyard, locals and visitors alike
gather around several custom fire pits on
comfortable furnishings amid landscaping
to relax between shopping and dining. Or
take in a California moment during a class
at the Seaside Yoga Sanctuary.
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In food-centric Carmel Plaza, sample
fine, rare cheeses in the internationally
renowned The Cheese Shop or enjoy
breakfast or lunch at Café Luna. There’s
pizza at Rise & Roam, a Roman-style
pizzeria, and French bistro fare at
the Patisserie Boissiere, which offers
lunch and dinner inside an inspired cot-
tage. Also, a Zagat-rated dinner house, The
Flying Fish Grill, features Asian-influ-
enced fresh fish fare.
Carmel’s only restaurant and micro-
brewery, Yeast of Eden, purveys
terroir-driven beers paired with a global,
street food-inspired menu. Take a (wine)
break at the Hahn Family Wines Tasting
Room to sip California’s best, one of three
Carmel Plaza wine-tasting rooms. Finally,
catch a cooking class at the state-of-the-art
cooking school at Sur La Table.
Great Customer Service
Since visitors come to Carmel Plaza from
the world over, many store employees
speak other languages, use phone apps for
translation or subscribe to We Chat (the
Chinese payment system).
To learn about seasonal sales, promo-
tions, new store openings and special
events, such as Carmel Plaza’s annual
Summer Live Music Series, check out the
center’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/
ShopCarmelPlaza. Parking is convenient in
space-deficient downtown Carmel; enter
the center’s parking garage at Mission Street
and 7th Avenue.
CARMEL PLAZA