Spinning Wheel Restaurant
The Spinning Wheel Restaurant, is a historic commercial building in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It was built in 1952, by Monterey Peninsula Builders and designed by architect Edwin Lewis Snyder as a restaurant. It is an example of a Monterey Colonial architecture style building. The structure qualifies as an important building in the city's downtown historic district property survey and was recorded with the California Register of Historical Resources on June 5, 2006. History The Spinning Wheel Restaurant was established by Joseph and Clara Motta, in December 1952 as a Steakhouse restaurant, located on Monte Verde Street between Ocean Avenue and 7th Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It is a two-story wood-frame and concrete block building with the exterior walls made of concrete blocks covered with a cement stucco finish. The second floor is wood-framed with cement stucco and has a full-width open balcony supported by steel joists cased in wood. The roof has an intersecting hip and gable roof with exposed rafters. There is a brick chimney on the south side. The first floor has a large, angled bay with a multi paned window, topped with a copper roof. The entry door is a wood-paneled dutch door. The ground level was a