While you are poking around the Lao Oriental Market (2908 E St., Eureka) on a Saturday, rooting through boxes of bitter melon and eggplants both long and golf ball sized, it’s easy to overlook the unmarked stack of a couple dozen paper-wrapped bành mí sandwiches ($5.99). Easy and tragic. Let’s appreciate for a moment the […]
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Waiting on Abruzzi’s Next Act
If your plans for an evening out at Abruzzi were halted by rumors of its closure, don’t despair entirely. Open since 1980, the Italian eatery has shut down its kitchen for renovation and relaunched itself as a jazz club — Abruzzi Lounge — at least for now. Bill Chino, who co-owns Abruzzi with Chris Smith, […]
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Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. Open in Eureka
If you’ve been driving up and down Myrtle Avenue in Eureka and wondering when that new branch of Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. is going to show up, you’re not crazy. The offshoot of the Arcata tasting room opened Aug. 15 but it’s hard to spot from the street, tucked as it is beside Boyd Sewing […]
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Taco Brothers Truck Rolls into Eureka
As you zip down Eureka’s Fifth Street, you’re bound to spot the new taco truck that just claimed a spot on Monday at the corner of O Street under the golden pawn shop orbs. The snazzy Taco Brothers truck (1415 Fifth St.), with its dancing mustachioed burrito and taco, is hard to miss. It’s owner […]
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On a Stick: Deep-fried Daredevilry at the Fair
There are plenty of innocent pleasures to be had at the fair, from riding the Ferris wheel with your sweetheart to perusing the prize-winning livestock. But if you’re not going to indulge your gastronomic id by eating something deep fried and totally unreasonable, you’re not really getting the whole experience. The Humboldt County Fair is in full […]
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Deli-ish Delish on 5th Coming to Old Town
The windows are still covered up where the Black Lightning Motorcycle Cafe once revved its engines and panini presses at Fifth and F streets, but not for long. Christine Silver, owner of Humboldt Soup Company, plans to open Delish on 5th sometime in the next couple of months. Says Silver, “It’s gonna be what I’m calling […]
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Dulce Open in Eureka
For those of you who’ve been watching the glacial transformation of the space at 415 Seventh St. in Eureka, waiting for Mity Nice, then Fat Cat to open, surprise! It’s Dulce Bistro. Dulce’s manager Antonio Lopez says there were plans to open a restaurant elsewhere when the Mity Nice/Fat Cat team decamped and this spot […]
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Crab Sandwich with a View
When the day opens up with blue skies, warm breezes and sunshine on the calm waters of Humboldt Bay, nothing could be better than heading out to King Salmon, where kayakers are paddling in the waves, and making a hard turn into the parking lot of Gill’s By the Bay (77 Halibut Ave.). There you […]
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Yaass, Kouign-amann
A few years ago, the kouign-amann (pronounced “queen ahmahn”) stumped the contestants on The Great British Baking Show, causing a dramatic series of light frowns and polite head scratching. The origami-folded bun with the buttery flakiness of a croissant and anchored by a caramelized sugar bottom that calls to mind the crunch of crème brûlée was a […]
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Jerk Chicken on the Plaza
There are those who hit the Arcata Farmers Market as the first pop-up tents are snapping into place, stuffing their canvas bags with the week’s produce and heading home to, I don’t know, cook ahead for the week or whatever it is efficient people do. The rest of us arrive late and linger, circling the […]
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Party in a Crepe
As you circle the hors d’oeuvre tables and snatch deviled eggs and skewered shrimp from passing servers at parties and openings, spare a thought for our introverted friends missing the spread. Even for the most outgoing among us, there are some people whose company is a high price to pay for a well-laid cheese platter. But […]
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Glamping at Campground
Going for woodland chic in Humboldt risks redundancy but the vibe at Campground (865 Ninth St., Arcata), the landlocked cousin of Salt, is a bit more Swedish cabin hotel, with its deconstructed forest of birch stalks separating the bar from the tables and the homey blue and white tile flooring. Blackout curtains obscure the Bret […]