The Choke Coach in Castroville

Wide variety of specialty items (oil, jam spreads, baked goods, etc) many of which have some relationship to artichokes as well as beautiful fresh produce. Fresh artichokes are plump and amazing. Don't forget to take home the frozen fried artichokes! EZ-on, EZ off.

Great variety of Artichokes and other fresh produce.

A hidden little gem off the road. Pezzini farms blew me away with their extensive selection of almost all things artichoke. I suppose located in the capital of artichoke land in the world, I shouldn’t have been surprised. We bought an adorable cheese platter with artichokes designed on it to remind us of our adventures in artichoke land. They have hands down the best and freshest selection around and we enjoyed buying a few for the next couple of days. They also have local organic coffee to keep you up on your drive if you’re going long distances. Will come back here and buy an adorable tote bag and maybe some fun pasta and sauce as my aunt did for her gifts back home.

A must stop! The artichoke food truck there also!!!

Decent stop to get some snacks and goodies on the way home from Monterey. There is also a food truck on the side with the main theme being, what else, but artichokes of course.

, never passed through this part of California without getting a steamed a fried and some fresh artichokes. I just become a family tradition.

Great place for various artichoke product.

Great stop!!! Loved big chair for pictures!

Love this place. Always friendly and always has what I'm looking for.

A must visit on the coast. Some awesome treasures here along with lots of local produce and condiments. Not to mention the choke coach outside what sells fried artichoke.

Delicious trip tip sandwich & as always, the pies are to die for. Two thumbs up.

The artichokes roll was awesome!!!

Amazing artichokes from food truck, plus killer artichoke cupcakes

A nice little shop for farm fresh veggies in season. They sell what they grow. Great place to stop for lunch. The food truck sells great tacos and veggies. Or, stop on the way home and pick up farm fresh veggies for dinner. Good prices and friendly service. It will become one of your favorite places to visit.

This is one of unique store full of interesting kitchen novelty and ingredients. Don’t forget to stop by if you are in Castroville.

Fresh artichokes don't come in from the field until after 11am. Don't visit till 1 in you want today's pick. Great fresh fruit.

This is a great place to take the edge off when driving back home north from Carmel or Monterey Bay. Pull off and chillaxe here with some deep fried artichokes (choose your favorite dip) from the roadside van .or grab your favorite fruit inside...only a few hundred yards off the freeway and why not? You aren't going to miss the traffic anyway!

There's a really nice Airbnb here (white house). The fried artichokes at the food truck are a must have. There's also a shop with a few local artichoke based foods like pasta sauce and spreads.

Love the artichokes have never been dissatisfied in the last 15 years, in fact have my second shipment of 5 chokes.This time I ordered the Artichoke Chardonnay Salsa, it was so good I’m ordering more, the family I had with me could not believe the flavor, the texture the hint of the artichoke it was absolutely the BEST and I Mean the BEST Salsa I’ve had!! Compliments to your staff and chief!

Great service good product 👍

Can see the white building from highway 1. Quick stop for some fresh fried artichoke snack at the Choke truck and take some fresh vegetables.

The Choke Coach has the best fried artichokes period. The store is equally as great!

Great location with a large selection of artichokes of different sizes.

Artichoke cupcake: fantastic! Not sure what artichokes have to do with it, but it was moist cake with super yum buttercream frosting. Worth stopping for.

We never miss an opportunity to visit Pezzini Farms when we are visiting the Monterrey area! We love the Fresh Produce, lots of gift ideas, and the Friendly staff and owners go out of their way to show hospitality!!! It's a Great store, and we only WISH it we're closer to where we live!!!

Love their produce stand and the food truck. The fried artichokes are so yummy.

If you enjoy great fruit and produce.. especially artichokes, you'll like Pezzini's. They also have specialty gastronomic items. Enjoy!

From the " original fried artichoke" baskets, to anything choke related..it has just about anything to enhance your culinary wants ..to take home....or eat there, family style picnic tables, easy access of hwy 1...and I mean EASY!IF YOU HAVENT BEEN THERE, everyone should go try a fried artichoke , from the choke coach( it's on the property.) At least once in their life. They also have chips, jams , dried fruit, etc.

Immaculate home, and an excellent place to stay!

Fresh fruit and vegetables. Fried artichoke hearts available. Baked cookies. Truly a family roadside fruit stand.

A clean farm stand with a nice selection of produce and friendly staff. Also some other locally produced goods such as jams and baked goods that are very high quality.

Great place to get fresh artichoke and other produce. I stop every time I come to Monterey. Also you can get deep fried artichokes. From the choke coach.

best and only place i know where to get artichoke cupcakes and bread. which are out of this world good. you need to try them.

Great little stop if you’re in the mood for delicious artichokes and some fresh, home grown veggies, garlic, etc. Lots of great, local food items if you’re looking to build a gift basket or something similar, plus, you can stop in at the Choke Coach for a nice snack... there’s nothing like fresh, fried artichoke hearts and they have a lot of varied dipping sauces to try as well as other ‘taco truck’ fare. FYI; the veggie lumpia are delicious (and I’m Filipina).

Great cute stop on the way home from Monterey. Fresh and delicious artichokes, produce, and gourmet goodies. Also, super clean restroom if needed.

Love customer service

Great place to stop on the way back home from a weekend in Monterey. Fresh artichokes and their delicious bottled Artichoke Parmesan pasta sauce. So many other goodies to choose from too

Very rude customer service..employees are biased. Was attended differently due to my nationality. Attended upperclass customers better.

they have more than just farm fresh fruits and veggies, they also have preserves and my family's favorite artichoke bread.

Love this place, great produce and they just added some fun corn hole and giant connect four games which makes visiting there even better.

Between the great produce and "The Choke Coach" (which you need to show up hungry for) it's the greatest! If you have not already been, you have to go to Pezzini Frarms.

Pezzini Farms carries a wide variety of fresh produce (including artichokes galore) and has friendly and courteous staff on hand to assist customers. The deep fried artichokes from the food truck parked outside are great, too!

Simply the best Artichokes anywhere. Great selection in there store for things to eat.

Must visit place if you're on the way...and try some of their delicious artichokes

Fresh produce and outstanding customer service.

We love this place and frequently stop by when we make it out to the area unfortunately with our last trip we made it 15 minutes before their posted closing time and they had already locked up and were closed we were super disappointed had even called before going out of our way to stop to verify hours. We will catch them next time hopefully

Friendly staff. Solid produce. Amazing artichokes.

Convenient stop along the freeway. The choke coach has such good fried artichokes!

Staff was wonderful. Found what I was looking for right away

Very nice place to stop by and grab some deep fried artichokes and snacks!