The 2019 La Merienda is sold out. Please call (831) 372-2311 to be added to the Waiting List. La Merienda celebrates the City of Monterey’s 249th birthday with a very special BARBECUE BUFFET EXTRAVAGANZA, a five-star culinary experience created by the OLD FISHERMAN’S GROTTO CHEFS and the VIP Merienda Barbecue Committee, with entertainment by Mike Marotta, Jr. & special guests, […]

The 89th Annual La Merienda will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Memory Garden off of the Custom House Plaza. Sorry, we are sold out.  A waiting list is available. Please call call (831) 372-2311 or email LaMerienda2020@gmail.com for information. All proceeds above the cost of La Merienda itself go to Monterey History & […]

The City’s oldest annual event was held on Saturday, June 4, 2022, in the Memory Garden on Custom House Plaza. For the past 90 years, the Monterey History & Art Association has hosted this community fiesta to commemorate the 1770 founding of the City of Monterey when Father Junipero Serra and Captain Gaspar de Portola celebrated […]