$40 gift certificate for Katy's Place in Carmel, CA.

Remember as a kid going to your grandmother's country kitchen for those special treats, or the small hometown restaurant where all your friends gathered? Here your favorite foods were always cooked, and the same friendly faces served them up year after year.

This cozy feeling can be found at Katy's Place, which has the largest breakfast menu on the West Coast. Children who came originally with their parents now bring their own kids to perpetuate the "Carmel Tradition" — in fact, there's a box full of toys to keep the young ones happy.