BREAKFAST
Breakfast is served in the Parlor Room at 8:00 a.m.
until 10:00 a.m. Breakfast is hand served at your table.
We have a full time chef who prepares a different entree
everyday. The entrees are special dishes designed by
us and not available anywhere else. Along with the entree
is a fresh baked product such as a muffin, freshly squeezed
orange or apple juice, seasonal fresh fruit, coffee,
tea, milk. All of our food is hand served at your table
on fine china, silver, crystal and lace. Our service
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WINE AND HORS D'OEUVRES
Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and a vegetable tray with
dip are served in the dining room each evening from
5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Beverages served are Monterey
County white and red wines, Martinelli's Sparkling
Cider and water. Help yourself.
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OCEANVIEW
SITTING ROOMS
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are ground floor and 2nd floor sitting rooms in which
you can relax and enjoy the view. These are available
24 hours a day, so if your room does not have a view,
these rooms have spectacular views of the waves crashing
against the rocky coastline of Pacific Grove.
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HOT TUB
To maintain the peace and quiet at the Inn, the hot
tub hours are from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. We are
happy to provide bathrobes and towels for spa use.
Please be careful with wet suits, bathrobes and wet
towels. Make sure they are not set on antiques. Bathrobes
are not suitable attire at breakfast or wine and hors
d'oeuvres.
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GAME ROOM
Enjoy our 1917 nickelodeon, 1890 White Oak pool table
and antique 1930's Jennings dime slot machine. Also
view an original stained glass window from the M.G.
Factory in England, historic Mercedes Benz posters
and Don Martine's MG trophy case.
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THE
COURTYARD
The courtyard once contained 3 Oriental ponds with
an arched bridge over the center pond. One of the
daughters of the Parkes fell into one of the ponds
and they filled 2 of them for safety reasons and cemented
in a shuffle board area. It is a wonderful, quiet
area for reading or sunbathing, protected on all 4
sides from the wind. It is also the prime area for
the many weddings that take place at the Inn.
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LIBRARY
Our library is full of interesting and informative
material such as restaurant menus, awards presented
to the Inn, over 1,000 books, current magazines and
portfolios of pictures of the Inn's restoration, special
events held here, the car collection and racing photos.
You can play checkers, sit and read, lounge by the
fireplace or just people watch. The inlaid mahogany
and oak floor brings thoughts of long ago. Pictures
of the Parke family and Don and his mother and father
hang in oval frames over the fireplace and marble
mantle clock. A huge copper/brass floor lamp with
large fringed shade casts a soft glow in the room.
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ANTIQUE
SILVER COLLECTION
The use of silver in the late 1800s is one of the
major changes in lifestyle between then and now. We
have collected a very significant collection of both
flatware and hollow-ware from the 1700s, 1800s and
early 1900s. You can see spoon warmers, asparagus
trays and tongs, merry-go-round cruet sets and flatware
silver set Lancaster Rose made by Gorham and introduced
in 1896 that has 40 pieces to each placesetting and
86 serving pieces. Your breakfast table will be set
with some of these silver pieces.
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EARLY
CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE ART
Click
here to view other early landscape paintings
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Parke was the sister of James Parke - one of the original
owners' daughters and an excellent early California
landscape painter. She studied in Paris and her paintings
are highly valued today. Some are displayed at the Inn
along with many other famous artists of the Monterey
Peninsula. You can see how the Monterey Peninsula looked
through their eyes and talent almost 100 years ago and
compare that with current photos. An example is shown
here of a Culbertson painting of Carmel Point in 1930
compared to a photo of Carmel Point in 2002 with a Frank
Lloyd Wright house built upon the point. Culbertson
was a founding member of the Carmel Art Association.
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REPRODUCING
PIANO
Hear the actual style and personality of many of the
great pianists of the 1920s and 1930s on our 1923
reproducing baby grand piano. The rolls were made
by the pianist playing on a special machine that measured
volume, speed, intensity, inflection, etc. The special
rolls contain 10 more lines of information than a
normal player piano. Only the very wealthy of the
early 1900s could afford the rolls, which cost typically
more than a factory worker's day's pay.
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ENTRY
Our entry has brochures and local publications for
you to review and has coffee, tea and hot chocolate
from early morning until 9:00 pm. Afternoon snacks
are also presented in the entry area. A featured item
on the stairs' first landing is a water color painted
by Sandra Leitzinger of Martine Inn and our famous
1950 MG TD Von Neuman Special Racecar.
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ICE
If you want ice, we are happy to bring it to you.
It will be presented to you in an 1800's silver ice
bucket on a silver tray. This service is available
from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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BEVERAGES
Please ask the staff to bring you any of the beverages
on our wine
list. It will be presented to you on a silver
tray with glasses appropriate to the beverage. This
service is available from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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AQUARIUM TICKETS
Tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium are available
from our office at the same rate as at the gate. They
are "anytime" admission tickets and will allow you
admission without waiting in line. We ask you for
cash as we sell them to you at the same price we will
pay.
Photo Copyright Monterey Bay Aquarium/Rick Browne
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