March 4, 2021 Monterey Coastal Cuisine, a seafood-forward restaurant, is slated to open in Carmel s Sophia Square Building on April 3. (Image courtesy Paul Eldridge)
A taste of the coast is coming to Carmel.
Longtime homebuilder Paul Estridge Jr. announced his retirement from Carmel-based Estridge Homes LLC earlier this month and wasted no time moving on to his next project: a seafood restaurant at 110 W. Main St. called
Monterey Coastal Cuisine. The former Scotty’s Brewhouse on the ground floor of Carmel’s Sophia Square building has been reworked so that both the décor and the menu evoke Carmel-by-the-sea, California. When it opens on April 3, Monterey’s lunch and dinner menus will offer fresh seafood, sushi, steak, sandwiches, flatbreads and more.
Blue Mind Coffee Roasting
Ask anyone in the coffee business here who’s roasting the best beans, and Blue Mind gets a name-check quite an achievement for a coffee roasted in a Broad Ripple backyard since 2014. It works because owners Sarah and Andy Hassler don’t want to become a massive enterprise. Blue Mind doesn’t have more than five roasts available at a time, and this allows them to dial into each one and ensure customers are getting the bean at its absolute best. Blue Mind chooses coffee shops and owners to partner with based on genuine connection, because they believe in making good coffee for good people, a mantra you can buy on a T-shirt on their website.