Giant Artichoke Restaurant

Family tradition for over 50 yrs coming to Castroville for the fried artichokes at the Giant Artichoke. Today's visit did not disappoint!! Fried artichokes as tasty and crispy as remembered....

I've been going here for decades every time I visit Monterey. I always get the french fried artichoke hearts to go. This time, they felt and tasted different. They were really too crispy to be...

You know we had to make a pitstop at the world's largest artichoke in the artichoke center of the world! For all the artichoke lovers out there, it really is a cute little rest stop to stretch...

June 6, 2025 and we detoured from 101 N. and stopped in to buy some artichokes to take home. Wow were we disappointed, the selections were few and they all looked old (dried cracked stems with...

How can you not like a restaurant with a giant artichoke next to the front door? Actually, going inside I was worried -- looks kind of rundown and like you're stepping back in time to a coffee...