Monopoli restaurants and/or nearby day trips?

[mismirr]

Hi all, thanks to suggestions from contributors to my prior threads, I'm now following up a Puglia tour with 4 nights in Monopoli. Does anyone have any restaurant suggestions? Also, I still don't plan to have a car, so I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with cheese, olive oil, or wine masserias close enough to Monopoli that it would be possible to take public transport or just hire a car for the day to get there. Thanks!