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Monterey County Weekly
June 4, 2009
Spanish Chic: Mundaka gives Carmel style previously unseen in these parts
As I sat down to a meal with three friends at Carmel’s new restuarant Mundaka, I was driven to distraction by the interior design. Formerly Gem Restaurant, Mundaka has gone beyond the merely sustainable to using a treasure trove of reclaimed materials in its remodel.… website | PDF
The Monterey County Herald
April 9, 2009
Mundaka raises eyebrows in sleepy Carmel
Walk out of a Carmel restaurant after dinner and the lifelessness chills you like a drippy fog. Sleepy doesn't begin to describe this town; we're talking Stage 4 coma with zero brain activity. That's why it seemed so strange to witness actual revelry after 10p.m. (with people much younger than 40!) inside Carmel's newest restaurant Mundaka… website | PDF
Monterey County Weekly
April 9 2009
Little Mundaka makes a big splash
I ’d wondered why the guy was glowing. But as he poured our group great glasses of wine from Beaujolais and Valdepeñas, in upscale paisano glasses, on a 1,600-pound slab of rescued Big Sur, for as little as $5 a healthy pour, my diagnosis took shape. After a couple of tapas at the thick redwood bar – $2 per halibut-and-potato-stuffed pepper or chicken paté on baguette – and rollicking rounds of Spanish tortillas and sunchoke soup, paella and papas, rich Marcona almonds and thin lamb chops, I had it a little more figured out… website | PDF
The Californian
March 27, 2009
Spywear, intrigue at hospitality event in Monterey
Carmel's new Spanish tapas restaurant, Mundaka, on San Carlos between Ocean and Seventh avenues, debuts tonight. Executive Chef Brandon Miller and restaurateur Gabe Georis are only offering dinner for now, but will open for lunch by April 15. Featuring authentic Spanish cuisine, the 46-seat eatery is made of sustainable materials from floor to ceiling… website | PDF
The Carmel Pine Cone
March 27, 2099
Monterey County Herald
March 19, 2009
Food Bites: Georis, Miller to open Mundaka on March 27
He's either a shrewd, innovative visionary or a madman. Perhaps both. But Gabe Georis is not short on gumption, opening a new Carmel restaurant in the middle of the most dire economic climate in our country's history.
It's called Mundaka, a Spanish-style, tapas-centric restaurant in downtown Carmel, and Georis hopes the family's restaurant magic (Casanova, La Bicyclette, Corkscrew Cafe) continues. It's easily the most anticipated restaurant opening on the Peninsula in at least four years, and that in itself gives Mundaka a fighting chance… website | PDF