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Dine Local Guide: Mentone

Indoor dining only in winter

Open W–M 5–9pm. Lunch Sa–Su noon–2:30pm

831.708.4040

174 Aptos Village Way

Mentone

A fun twist on the cuisine of the Riviera, Mentone is a casual restaurant and cocktail bar from David Kinch—one of the country’s most acclaimed fine dining chefs. Kinch loves the Mediterranean coast where France meets Italy, and Mentone brings some of those flavors to California with appetizers like duck rillettes and stracciatella with olive oil produced just down the road. There are house made pastas and a handful of bistro-style entrées like pan roasted black cod and steak frites, but the main draw is pizza—pulled bubbling hot from the Valoriani wood-fired oven and loaded with Italian toppings.