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Want to make your 2021 Christmas or New Year's meal even more special? Order your pie, cheesecake, dinner rolls, or quiche from The Perfect Crumb. We are a boutique bakery at 301B Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, creating every item from scratch on a daily basis.

HOLIDAY ORDER DEADLINES
Call us at 831-241-6269 or e-mail us to place your order

Christmas 2021
order by Sunday, 12/21
pick up by 12/24 at 12pm

New Year's 2021
order by Friday, 12/29
pick up by 12/31 at 12pm

MENU

PIES
Apple 9" - $25
Pumpkin 9" - $25
White Sweet Potato 9" - $25
Pecan 9" - $27
Mixed Berry 9" - $27
(dessert pies - add $3 for gluten free crust)

Turkey Pot Pie 4" - $10
Turkey Pot Pie 9" - $35

Quiche 10" - $35
quiche includes cheese and one topping

CHEESECAKES
Original Flavor
Pumpkin Flavor
Carrot Cake Flavor

Cheesecake Sizes:
8" - $35
9" - $45
10" - $55
12" - $65
(add $5 for mixed berry topping)

DINNER ROLLS
Half-Dozen Rolls - $10
Dozen Rolls - $20

It's that time of year again: pumpkin cheesecake is back on the menu at The Perfect Crumb Bakery! As with everything here, it's made from scratch with love in-house. Visit us Wednesday - Sunday, 7:30am-3:30pm, at 301B Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Have a delicious dessert in mind for the holidays? Pies, cakes, or cookies? Place your order now! Give us a call at 831-241-6269 or send us an e-mail.

Cypress Boutique is pleased to introduce our vegan felt Panama hats and wide brim wool felt Panama hats. These are chic, sophisticated, but casual. Visit us at 800 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite C in Monterey, or view them on our website.

Vegan Felt Panama Hats
These stiff brim hats in fall colors contain an adjustable inner drawstring for the perfect fit. Brim is 2.75 inches.

Wool Felt Panama Hat
This hat offers a sleek silhouette with a flat 4-inch brim and a vegan leather band.

Are you ready to blast into winter? On The Beach Surf Shop has new snowboards in stock from Lib Technologies, including Orcas, Golden Orcas, and T.Rice Pros in a variety of sizes. The cosmic new graphics will make you king/queen of the hill or a predator in the terrain park.

Several Tahoe resorts are already open. Come see us at 693 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey to help you kickstart shred season.

Lilify's signature silhouettes, including capes, aprons, and jackets, are always available in gorgeous shades of linen. Now, they're also available in caramel cotton canvas and indigo denim!

Hand sewn in Monterey, our garments are timeless and effortlessly refined. We designed these pieces to be elevated staples and we really love how they translate to these new fibers.

Caramel canvas is a heavy textile made from cotton. The compact, firm weave is hearty and structured. Our canvas is U.S. sourced.

Indigo denim is a textile made from cotton. The weave creates a fabric that is sturdy and offers a soft structure. Our denim is U.S. sourced.

We can’t wait for you to explore our stunning new fabrics. Visit our shops at 281 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey or peruse them on our website.

The New Monterey Business Association would like to congratulate the 15 Lighthouse District businesses that won Monterey County Weekly’s Best of Monterey County 2021. Click the links below to read what the Weekly’s writers and editors had to say about each business.

Crystal Fish
Best Japanese / Sushi Restaurant

Escape Room 831
Best Place for a Birthday Party

First Awakenings
Best Breakfast
Best Huevos Rancheros

Gianni's Pizza
Best Pizza

Gold Coast Tattoo
Best Tattoo Parlor

Goodwill
Best Thrift Shop

Hula's Island Grill
Best Bartender (Maddie Malmo)
Best Happy Hour
Best Restaurant - Monterey
Best Appetizers / Small Plates

International Market and Deli
Best International Market

Monterey Bay Aquarium
...Read More

This stunning cocktail midi dress from Cypress Boutique Monterey is the go-to outfit for any formal event or evening date night, and it's amazingly comfortable and stretchy. We love how it accentuates your beautiful body shape.

Now available online and in the store at 800 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite C in Monterey. Cypress Boutique is a small, locally-owned shop that's dedicated to helping you look your best.

The only way to get better is to show up for yourself one class at a time. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu's Gracie Combatives program for beginning adults consists of 23 one-hour classes covering 36 essential techniques to be safe in a street fight. All classes can be completed in any order because no previous experience is necessary to participate.

Gracie Combatives is taught Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm; Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm; and Saturdays, 11am-12pm. To opt into our 10-day free trial, contact Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in Monterey through our website or phone 831-332-9876. We're located at 636 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Plato's Closet is starting walk-in buys on October 15 and we are in need of your gently used denim! Stop by the shop at 402 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Plato’s Closet buys and sells gently used teen and young adult clothing and accessories.

Are you still washing your hands? Good. Now you can do it in style with the sweet and spicy scent of autumn! Lilify is selling beautiful, natural soap handmade in small batches in Monterey by Connie Mardon.

The copaiba and clove scented bar soap pictured here offers a creamy, balsamic caramel with a sweet, spicy top note that's perfect for fall. Weighing in at 4oz., it contains olive oil, rice bran oil, and coconut oil as well as shea butter and cocoa butter.

All of Lilify's handmade soaps are available online and in our store at 281 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Catalyst Consignment has a wide selection of jackets and coats for fall! Whether you prefer leather, wool, tweed, or corduroy, we have a little of everything for men and women, including top name brands.

Catalyst Consignment is open Tuesday - Saturday, 11am-5pm, and Sunday, 12pm-4pm, at 801 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite A in Monterey.

Poppleton's Fine Furnishings and Interior Design is hosting a charity silent auction featuring this beautiful, handmade rocking chair donated by fine furniture artisan John Bassette.

All funds from the auction will go to the First Responder Help Foundation's Afghan Refugee Extraction program (run by domestically based Special Operations veterans, intelligence personnel, and logistical specialists), which is raising money to rescue Afghan allies and their families.

The silent auction runs until 4pm on October 16, 2021. For more details, visit Poppleton's showroom at 299 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, call them at 831-649-3083, or DM them through Facebook or Instagram. You can donate directly to the Afghan Refugee Extraction campaign here.