Thanks for the explanation, definitely hope individuals recover their health and businesses can start to flourish again. There are a few bright spots already in place, for dinner and for coffee, and looking forward to more on the next visit for an overall experience that will keep folks coming back. A number of places were closing shortly after noon when the farmer's market was finishing. Looking good with a new sign, perhaps a few more open businesses would draw more more folks.

Very nicely restored old town, lots of places to eat and drink. There are also a few independent stores .

It's always so nice to get away from home go some where different .. quinceanera photoshoot in the works ..

Variety of interest like thrift/antique shopping, movie theater, bars restaurants, live music at night, Thai, Japanese, Mexican, and American dining. Good way to spend an afternoon.

Beautiful place, very busy, but worth it due to being full of tons of amazing local shops and resturaunts. I went to Bagel Corner for lunch and enjoyed the area greatly

Nice historic old tow to walk around. Farmers’ market with lots of visitors & shoppers.

We walk downtown frequently for exercise. There are some great shops, coffee houses & restaurants that range from Italian, American, Thai, Mexican, Japanese & so on cuisine. All have good to great food. People are friendly. Old town feels & looks like a hometown from a Hallmark movie.

May be we were late (9 pm) or it was wrong time (Christmas holiday) to visit this place, No people at all in the street and everything was closed. But, I liked the quietness on that night. Hope will be able to see the live city in the next trip.

So many great little shops and restaurants! Always something new to explore. Shop small, shop local, shop Salinas!

Our old town is slowly but surely coming together. The revitalization is coming along with who businesses restaurants and the like don't forget the farmers market Saturdays. Now let's 222 old Main there is a cache of beautiful sweaters on a terrific sale from a Carmel business that closed after 35 years there are still several hundred sweaters Cardigans and vests. they're from Italy Spain Australia and Canada $60 will get you a $300 beautiful article of clothing !!