Chef Gori Igarashi wears a tall ballcap with a cannabis leaf embroidered on it and a thin towel tied around his neck as he hunches over a burner, tossing fried rice in a wok. A pair of men pinball between stations in Susukino Ramen Bar’s (1504 G St., Arcata) open kitchen, ladling out broth, checking […]
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the managing editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 Best Food Writing Award and the 2019 California News Publisher's Association award for Best Writing.
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Never Let Go‘s Tenuous Bonds
NEVER LET GO. Let me begin by opening myself up to scorn and ridicule: We need to give Halle Berry another crack at the role of Catwoman. Her action work in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and Bruised (2020), in which her fighting chops (in her damn 50s) were equaled by her portrayal of […]
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North Country Fair Turns 50
Under bright, sunny skies, the North Country Fair, an Arcata tradition created by the Same Old People organizers in 1974, featured the All Species Parade on Saturday and the Samba Parade with Samba da Alegria and Samba do Mar on Sunday. This year’s party featured 175 art and craft vendors, interactive toys and playgrounds for […]
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Burger Week, Tuluwat Plans and Local Critters
We’re digging into NCJ Burger Week offerings and their emerging trends. We’re also looking ahead to the Wiyot Tribe’s newly approved plans for Tuluwat Island. Finally, we’ve got a tour of a dead tree and all the birds, lizards and insects that make homes in them. Hit subscribe for weekly update on Humboldt stories.
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Speak No Evil‘s Toxic Traits
SPEAK NO EVIL. It was only after seeing this English language remake — a softer version than the 2022 original Danish film of the same title, I’m told — that I realized the Danes must be a good deal tougher and take their drama bleaker than I do (“Hell is Visiting Other People,” Sept. 22, […]
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Dam Removal, a Food Hub and Nuclear Energy
This week we’ve got an update on Klamath Dam removal and restoration, as well as the story of how a kitchen and a lot aim to boost small food businesses. Finally, we’re looking at an upcoming discussion of bringing power a from far-flung nuclear plant to Humboldt. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
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Tasty Hub Makes Room for Newcomers
On Monday afternoon, Gaby Long, owner of A Taste of Bim (613 Third St., Eureka) and its auxiliary food truck, is still recovering from a long day and night of selling chicken curry and jerk wings at Cannifest. “I can’t feel my feet,” she says with a laugh. But even with a leg brace for […]
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Afraid is More Artificial Than Intelligent
AFRAID. The previews for Afraid held a little campy promise — the premise of a family cowering before its power-drunk Alexa has plenty of scary/funny potential — especially under the Blumhouse imprint. In our current climate, it shouldn’t be terribly hard to sketch out an AI villain. If the Google Gemini instructions for adding glue […]
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What’s Good?
Arcata to Get Wild Hare Tavern The darkened windows of the Jam may not be dark for too much longer. Her purchase of the business from owner Mike Munson is still pending, but longtime bartender Angela Robershotte has plans to open Wild Hare Tavern in the plaza-adjacent spot. Robershotte is keeping the specifics of the […]
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Plaza Grill to Make Way for Havana
After 35 years, Arcata’s Plaza Grill is closing at the end of September. According to a press release from the restaurant, owners Bill Chino and Chris Smith will give the space over to a new California-Cuban restaurant called Havana, owned by Shona Baum and William González Martí. Chino and Smith will lease the space to […]
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CCC’s Chili Champs
A drizzly day isn’t great for fair attendance but it does lend itself to sampling steaming cups of chili. Five competing teams that had been cooking under tents by the grandstands ladled out their wares to hardy chili fans who, like the judges gathered behind the Humboldt County Fair offices (myself among them), tasted, compared […]
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Opera Alley Bistro Closes
Opera Alley Bistro, which opened in December of 2020 and won the Journal‘s Best of Humboldt Best New Restaurant in 2021, has closed. Co-owner Kyall Widmier, who also runs the Madrone Taphouse across the parking lot, declined to comment on the closure beyond that plans for the space are still up in the air. The […]