Carmel Plaza Wellness Series

Join Us Weekly For Fresh Air, Movement & Community!

Every Thursday from 11:30am – 12:30pm, Carmel Plaza, in partnership with Seaside Yoga Sanctuary and Pure Barre, is bringing a FREE Wellness Series to Devendorf Park.

The Carmel Plaza Wellness Series is kicking off with a one hour yoga session with Seaside Yoga Sanctuary on Thursday, March 3, 2o22. The following week, March 10th, Pure Barre will be teaching a one hour class in the park. Each week, the two wellness studios will alternate offering FREE classes to the community. Davendorf Park is located directly across from Carmel Plaza on Ocean Ave. We ask that everyone brings their own mat to each class. If you do not have an exercise mat there will be a limited supply available for use.

Before or after your sweat sesh enjoy the Carmel Farmers Market which runs every Thursday from 10:00am – 2:00pm on Sixth Avenue between Junipero and Mission Streets. The Market features local certified organic fresh farm produce, eggs, plants, fresh cut flowers, and specialty items such as olive oil, hummus, pizza and bread.

Seaside Yoga Sanctuary (First class is on 3/3/2022):

Enjoy mindful movement and community as we practice self-care to optimize our own wellness. Each class offers meditation, breathing practices, yoga postures, and relaxation. Everyone is welcome, no experience necessary! Don’t forget to bring your mat.

Sign up for the class online

Pure Barre (First class is on 3/10/2022):

Pure Barre is a total-body barre workout that transforms you physically and mentally. Their musically driven group classes focus on low-impact, high-intensity movements that strengthen and tone your body in 50 minutes or less. Don’t forget to bring your mat.

No need to pre-register for this class.

We look forward to seeing you at the Park on Thursdays!

March 2nd, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Sugar Farms Marketplace Open House

Local Artisans, Local Wine, Local Food, Local Non-Profits… Let’s get together and show some love for our locals!

Join us in celebrating the talented local artisans that make up Sugar Farms Marketplace with an Open House Celebration. But wait, there’s not going to be just ONE Open House Celebration at Sugar Farms Marketplace… There’s going to be THREE!

Sugar Farms is an artisanal marketplace that offers primarily locally sourced gifts that are handmade and/or one-of-a-kind. They offer products for the keen buyer wanting something that is not only unique but also of high-quality. The marketplace, located in the courtyard of Carmel Plaza, features various vendor stalls focusing on each artisan’s creation telling a small story about not just the product but also the creator of the product. This unique shopping experience allows buyers see exactly how the product came to be and by whose hands it was created.

On Friday, February 11th, February 25th and March 11th, from 5PM – 8PM we invite you to meet the artisans, see their creations up close, ask questions, experience the wonder and enjoy yourself while supporting local artisans, sipping local wine from Hahn Family Winery and enjoying tasty small bites from various locations including local favorite, The Cheese Shop. There will also be opportunities to enter fun raffles and giveaways as well as to learn more about a few local non-profits. Details for each night are below:

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Friday, February 11th (5PM – 8PM): Artisans Who Pamper! Celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend & the one-year anniversary of Sugar Farms Marketplace by attending a spa event featuring local artisans who uniquely create top of the line wellness and beauty products, often by hand.

Featured Non-Profit: Carmel Youth Center. CYC provides services and leadership to meet the emerging needs of young people and their families in our community, so all young people acquire the skills, self-confidence, and opportunities to realize their full potential. We strive to meet kids where they are, to take kids where they need to go, and to treat everyone with respect and dignity, regardless of their differences and backgrounds.

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Friday, February 25th (5PM – 8PM): Function Art! You don’t just put art on display… You can wear it or use it too. From jewelry to home goods the artisans of Sugar Farms Marketplace make everyday items not only functional but beautiful and unique.

Featured Non-Profit: Harmony at Home . Harmony at Home is a Non-profit agency whose mission is to end the cycles of violence and abuse by empowering children and young adults with the knowledge, skills and confidence to lead healthy and productive lives.

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Friday, March 11th (5PM – 8PM): Art Walk! Sip, admire and hopefully shop the beautiful and unique art adorning the walls throughout Sugar Farms Marketplace.

Featured Non-profit: Tatum’s Treehouse. The Tatum’s Garden Foundation exists to cultivate accessible, inclusive play. Inspiring communities to foster abundant play for children of every ability. Tatum’s Treehouse is their next project to bring a second fully inclusive and accessible playground to our community… this time in Carmel Valley.

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Mark your calendars for one or all three Fridays and come prepared to have a fun time and to support local!

February 4th, 2022|Uncategorized|1 Comment

New Year… New at Carmel Plaza!

Happy 2022!

2021… Where do we begin. Although complicated, at times, what a wonderful year you were. We must to take a moment to look back on all the good, no, more like FANTASTIC, new businesses that we welcomed to Carmel Plaza last year as well as celebrate what’s to come in 2022.

The following businesses opened at Carmel Plaza in 2021:

Cariloha: The only retailer selling exclusively apparel, bedding and bath goods made of Viscose from bamboo. You have to feel it to truly understand how soft and cozy this fabric is.
Dutch Door Donuts:Made to order donuts served and enjoyed warm… Seriously the freshest donut you will ever try. Don’t forget to grab a cup of coffee to go with it.
Links Club: High-end virtual golf simulation experience revolutionizing how the game can be played indoors. Over 80 internationally-famous courses (including Pebble Beach) appear in simply stunning detail delivering all club and ball data with unerring, pinpoint accuracy.
Lula’s Chocolates: If you know you know and if you don’t know then you are missing out and need to experience their famous sea salt caramels, truffles, nut clusters, and everything in between soon.
Sugar Farms Marketplace: Bringing community and qaulity to one place. An artisanal marketplace that offers primarily locally sourced gifts that are handmade, high-quality and/or one-of-a-kind.

In 2022 we are thrilled to share that two new restaurants, Carmel Burger Bar and Nicolás Cocina de Herencia will be joining the Carmel Plaza family as well as Monterey Design Center.

Nicolás Cocina de Herencia is the latest creation from the owners of the popular Villa Azteca in Salinas. They will be opening in Carmel Plaza in spring 2022 with 5,000-square-ft of indoor and outdoor dining as well as bar seating. The family will be serving specialty Michoacán dishes as well as other Mexican favorites. They will be located on the Plaza Level next door to Alvarado Street Brewery & Bistro.

Carmel Burger Bar is also slated to be opening their doors this spring. They will be serving up creative and renovated hand-packed, grass fed, artisan beef burgers and more. With recipes comprised of both seasonal and locally sourced ingredients… Comfort food done right. They will be located on the Plaza Level in between Arhaus and Wrath Wines.

Monterey Design Center is the region’s leading designer/builder. From kitchen/bath remodels to entire complexes, single-family condos to multi-generation forever estates. Visit their website to explore their impressive portfolio and to learn more. They will be located on the third level.

Thank you, to everyone who visited Carmel Plaza and supported our several retailers, wine tasting rooms, restaurants and gourmet shops, wellness studios and more this last year. We are excited to see you all at Carmel Plaza in 2022.

January 4th, 2022|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Happy Holidays!

December 20th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Check out Carmel Plaza’s 2019 Holiday Commercial!

December 2nd, 2019|Uncategorized|2 Comments

Summer Live Music Series 2019

The Summer Live Music Series is Back

& Better Than Ever!

For event details and updates follow our event on Facebook!

Tag @CarmelPlaza in all of your Summer Live Music pictures on Instagram and use #SummerLiveMusic2019 for a chance to be featured on our social media.

June 19th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Finding a Healthier You at Carmel Plaza

Carmel Plaza is known for its variety of shops, several dining opportunities and wine tasting selection but what you may not know is Carmel Plaza is also home to two fitness and wellness studios, Seaside Yoga Sanctuary and Pure Barre Carmel-By-The-Sea, both located on the third level.

Learn more about the fitness and wellness studios at Carmel Plaza below.

Pure Barre Carmel-By-The-Sea

OPENING MAY 2019

Pure Barre is a 50 minute, low-impact, high-intensity, full-body workout. Using small isometric movements, they target and work every hard-to-reach muscle to fatigue, causing them to shake and change. They then stretch and lengthen those muscles out, creating long, lean muscles and increased flexibility. Every age, level of physical fitness, every person- can participate in Pure Barre. Their unbeatable technique and empowering instructors will create your strongest self yet. Pure Barre is more than just a workout; it’s a lifestyle. At Pure Barre, women and men of all ages share a sense of community in which they are inspired and empowered by each others’ fitness and lifestyle goals. In addition to classes, Pure Barre also offers exercise apparel and accessories.

Classes begin in early May, schedule can be found at purebarre.com/ca-carmelbythesea, along with founders membership specials of 20% off for life! Follow along on Instagram: @purebarre_carmelbythesea

Seaside Yoga Sanctuary

Yoga keeps the body fit through healthy movement patterns and builds strength, stability, and flexibility. A well balanced practice of postures supports the suppleness of the spine, proper breathing, increased circulation, better sleep, and balance of the nervous system. Yoga also supports stress reduction and a calm and steady mind through meditation and breath awareness.

Yoga can be practiced by anyone. Seaside Yoga Sanctuary, is an instructional based studio to foster a learning environment and support the need of the individual student. Their team of skillful and experienced teachers encourage compassionate self- study and the guidance for a strong and safe practice.

Classes offered range from Gentle, Beginners, and Restorative Yoga, to Hatha, Flow & Level 2/3 classes, and include Prenatal Yoga, Mommy & Me, Kids and Teen yoga classes. They also offer private instruction for individuals and small groups, and yoga for corporate events.

Throughout the year students can deepen their practice and study of yoga through a variety of special events, workshops, and teacher trainings.

For the whole month of April Seaside Yoga Sanctuary is offering a $9 drop-in special. Click Here For Details.

Follow along on Instagram: @SeasideYogaSanctuary

Underground parking is conveniently located on the property between Ocean Ave. and 7th Ave. on Mission St.

We hope to see you at Carmel Plaza soon!

Namaste

April 7th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Spend National Drink Wine Day At Carmel Plaza

Every year, on February 18th, wine lovers across the nation celebrate the social media buzz worthy holiday referred to as #NationalDrinkWineDay which also happens to be, unofficially anyway, everyday in the village of Carmel-By-The-Sea.

Carmel Plaza is fortunate to be home to the tasting rooms of three wonderful local wineries, Blair Estates, Hahn Family Wines and Wrath Winery. Although all three are Monterey County wines and offer a pinot noir and chardonnay to write home about they possess very distinctive characteristics from one another.

From the diverse palates and aromas of the wines to the different ambiances in which to enjoy them in, each tasting room offers its guest a unique experience… both locals and visitors will enjoy.

Below is a little more about each tasting room.

Wrath Wines

Wrath produces site-driven Pinor Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah, and Sauvignon Blanc from its estate vineyard and respected properties in the Santa Lucia Highlands. Its production is small, its distribution is limited and its wines reveal a passion and an inherent respect for what a vineyard can give us. Wrath’s viticulture and wine-making methods are designed to showcase the topography, geology and climate of a finite, naturally redefined piece of land. While all of Wrath wines posses accurate varietal characteristics, their real strength is their ability to deliver the unique aromatics, flavors and textures of a specific terrain.

Hahn Family Wines

Producer of award-winning handcrafted wines from the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County for more than 30 years. Focusing on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay & Rhone varietals to pair with amazing foods. Today, Hahn Family Wines owns one of the largest shares of planted vines in the region, equaling more than 650 SLH vineyard acres that range in elevation from 200 to 1,200 feet. The vineyards offer a diverse selection of terroir for growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and other grape varieties. The brands of Hahn Family Wines include Hahn SLH, Hahn, Lucienne, Smith & Hook and Boneshaker.

Hahn Family Wines is currently offering a special Valentine’s Day – Presidents’ Day tasting, Love at First Flight; CLICK HERE for details.

Blair Estate

Blair is a small Artisan Winery situated in the Arroyo Seco AVA of Monterey County California. They operate as a tribute to their Grandmother, Delfina Robasciotti Sciaroni, who immigrated to this special place in 1923. She was 18 years old and following a dream when she left her home in Switzerland and traveled to France to board a ship and cross the Atlantic to Ellis Island, unsure of what lay ahead. She left Ellis Island and arrived in what later would become her home for 72 years. She would give us, her Grandchildren, a passion for great food and fine wine as she told us to always follow our dreams, regardless of how big they might be. 5 generations later we are following those dreams and producing great traditional Burgundian Style Pinot Noir from our own vineyards.

Visit any, or all three, of the Carmel Plaza wine tasting rooms on plaza level. We hope to see you at Carmel Plaza soon.

Cheers!

February 16th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

New Year… New Restaurant!

After opening quietly last month we would like to make a lot of noise and officially welcome Yeast of Eden to Carmel Plaza.

Join us this coming Thursday, January 17, 2019, for their official opening and Carmel Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting. The evening will kick off around 4:30pm.

UPDATE: Due to the recent weather the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony has been changed to Wednesday, January 23rd at 4:30pm.

For their grand opening, Yeast of Eden is partnering with the Food Bank For Monterey County by donating 100% of the proceeds from sales that evening.

If you have not already we encourage you to stop into the restaurant & brewery, located on the south side of Carmel Plaza, find your spot amongst the 120 restaurant (plus 40 outdoor patio) seats and enjoy one of their popular mixed fermentations paired with mouthwatering selections from their global, street food-inspired menu. We suggest trying the crispy battered Saigon wings tossed in a spicy fish sauce caramel as well as the kobe grind “Publican” burger with rosemary & sage frites… but, rumor has it you cannot go wrong with whatever you order.

Yeast of Eden, which started as a side project for Alvarado Street Brewery, has a small, on-site brewery to produce limited batch, terroir-driven beers. The brewery, considered “nano” in scale, will produce just 150 gallons at a time and feature malt and hops grown in California. Although recognized for their beer, Yeast of Eden offers a full bar and are slowly building out a promising cocktail program.

Starting January 17, 2019 Yeast of Eden will be open from 11:30 am to 10 pm, Sunday through Wednesday, with kitchen hours extended until 11 pm and the bar open until midnight, Thursday through Saturday.

January 11th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

See You at the Plaza in 2019!

As 2018 comes to an end we cannot help but look back on what a year it has been. For starters, we unveiled our revitalized and refreshed courtyard and could not be happier with the fresh new look. And if that was not exciting enough we welcomed a fantastic group of new merchants including the following:

Be sure to stay tuned because there are even more opening in 2019!

Thank you, to everyone who visited us in 2018. Whether it was for shopping, dining or maybe it was the Summer Live Music Series; whatever it was that brought you to Carmel Plaza in 2018 we thank you and we look forward to seeing you again in the New Year!

Cheers and we will see you at the Plaza in 2019!

December 28th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments