Entering the vermillion and yellow interior of Ethiopian International Café (210 Fourth St., Eureka) is like being wrapped in a flag at a soccer match. On a recent rainy afternoon, following a tip about the restaurant’s outpost at the Arcata Farmers Market, we grabbed a random-couch-adjacent window table at the brick and mortar location and […]
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Angels and Morsels
The parking lot of Siam Orchid (427 V St., Eureka) is packed enough to simultaneously irritate and inspire hope, given the number of businesses that have moved in and out of the spot. Don’t fret; there’s more room in the bright dining room, where a photo of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit preside over twinkling […]
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#TasteofMain 2016
We hate to eat and run … wait, that’s not true. We love walking around Old Town grabbing a bite here and there. But last night we were on a mission to eat our way through all 26 stops in the Taste of Main Street pass book. We were focused and we were swift, working […]
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The Case Against DIY
There are some items on a menu that you move right past because damn, you could just throw that together at home. Where’s the sous vide? The duck fat fryer? In what world are you going to pay someone to make you a bowl of black beans with avocado slices? That would be the world […]
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Greek Drama
I am told by a reliable Greek co-worker that everything is Greek. Everything. And yet when I swung into the office with a paper bag from Humboldt Soup Company (1019 Myrtle Ave., Eureka), there was some panic — from the Greek Panikos, incidentally — as to whether its gyro ($8.29) would be Greek enough. The […]
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The Belly and the Bird
It’s not that you thought you were done with burgers, but you really did intend to take a break. Have a salad. OK, you were going to get the fried chicken sandwich, but then someone said the words “pork belly burger.” Let’s be frank: If somebody puts a handful of roasted, glistening pork on top […]
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Heal Thyself
How’s your cold? Just kidding. No one cares. You missed getting sick when everyone else was coughing and sneezing, and now that your friends and co-workers are healed up, they have no sympathy for you. Fine. You can drown your sorrows in more canned soup and cough syrup or you can drag yourself to a […]
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Pile On
If the wall-to-wall Betty Boop décor (down to a tacked-up pair of socks) doesn’t give it away, the sign exclaiming that pizza fries with meatballs and cheese are back should clue you in that Deb’s Great American Hamburger Company (3340 Redwood Drive, Redway) is not about subtlety. Good thing, too. You will be grateful for […]
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Breakfast for the Born-again
So, after the holiday decadence you’ve resolved to eat healthy foods, to treat your body like a sustainably built temple instead of the shameless altar of Bacchus it’s been for the last two months. But do you have to be a monk? Because that bowl of cold grains you’re starting off with is a little […]
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A Fine Mess
Trinidad’s reputation as “a drinking town with a fishing problem” means it’s also a town that needs a solid recovery breakfast. Lucky the place is small enough that the Trinidad Bay Eatery (607 Parker St.) is only a short stumble away. A plate of fluffy cut-out buttermilk biscuits split and blanketed with white bacon gravy […]
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Sauced at Breakfast
The sprouting crop of man buns around the room at the Woodrose Café (911 Redwood Drive, Garberville) might lead you to worry about trendiness encroaching on your breakfast, but fear not. A copy of Sunset Magazine‘s Eating up the West Coast, into which the house recipe for cheese sauce found its way, is propped up […]
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We Blew it up at El Pueblo
With the start of Dia de los Muertos starts this weekend, folks are picking up pan de muerto (dead bread) to pile onto altars among photos, sugar skulls and candles for their lost loved ones. Don’t risk losing control of your sweet tooth and swiping a bun from the dearly departed. Get your own. El […]