A ‘WORLD OF FLAVORS’ KIT AWAITS YOU IN CARMEL
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The increasing diversity of the restaurant scene in Carmel inspired the city to create the World of Flavors campaign, with the goal of highlighting the wide variety of culinary options available from around the globe. As more and more people from different cultural backgrounds move to Carmel to live and work, the more the city’s restaurants reflect this growing diversity. In the Arts & Design District alone, there are restaurants reflecting Thai, Irish, Italian, Mexican and Mediterranean cultures, as well as a variety of American cuisines from the Hawaiian Islands to the southeastern coast. Throughout the rest of the city, diners can dig into generational family recipes from Jamaica, Venezuela, Korea, Japan, China and India, among others. On any warm evening, you can drive down Main Street and see patios buzzing with satisfied patrons who opted to savor al fresco. A modest white house with a beautifully pergolacovered patio is home to Juniper on Main, a unique eatery serving southern “low country” coastal
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cuisine. Owners Kevin Keltner and Diane Cannon have created a menu that includes two varieties of shrimp and grits, one made with grains from the Geechie Boy Mill in Edisto, South Carolina, the oldest grist mill in the nation. Start off with an appetizer of fried green tomatoes with a green tomato jam and a bowl of Savannah crab stew to get transported to the southern coast.
SOUTHERN STYLE: Juniper on Main is the place for low country coastal cuisine. CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Grilled salmon with chili lime butter served over coconut rice with citrus black beans, asparagus and plantains; The inviting patio; and quaint front counter.
