The Kahlua Pig Fries at Banana Hut are not an appetizer unless you dine with a small regiment ($8.99). The platter of french fries smothered in pulled slow-roasted pork with gravy, melted cheese and green onions is the sort of dish that could only come from a culture that once worshipped volcanoes. You will need […]
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Real Men Eat Chevre
Umm, we totally ate Truffle Tremor and Lighthouse Grill burgers before they were cool. But we’re still happy to see them getting all famous. Queen Oprah has knighted Cypress Grove’s Truffle Tremor (via the PastoralArtisan.com) as one of her favorite things. You can read about her plans to put it in a “Love Sandwich” for Stedman […]
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Roll Big
You love sushi, right? And yet, now and then when everybody wants to go for rolls, you slump a little. What is that? It’s hunger. You are starving, and as much as you’d love a delicate sprinkling of tobiko over a pristine cube of tuna, you just don’t have the bank account to fill your […]
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Libation Loses Wine License, Temporarily
Libation — the Arcata Plaza purveyor of wine and beer — got dinged with a suspension by Alcoholic Beverage Control for an Oyster Fest violation, according to a sign on the shop’s door. The suspension, which forced the shop to close, began on Sept. 19 and will continue through Oct. 3. According to a homemade […]
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Fieri Bomb
A Guy Fieri sighting ranks right up there with a blurry Bigfoot photo up in these parts, and it looks like we’re due for another one in November. A Guy Fieri sighting, that is. The Humboldt Beacon reports that the Food Network host is bringing his sunny smile and dark roots up to his hometown […]
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A Moveable Feast
Tragically, the lure of delicately battered fish and chips might keep one from trying the mashed potato cone ($5) at the Lighthouse Grill. There you are at the edge of the sea, salt air, outdoor seating — can you really order a land-locked menu item? Yes. Yes, you can. This is not some state fair […]
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Gravy Train
The V & N Burger Bar in Arcata gets instant street cred for only serving chicken fried steak for breakfast ($9.25). It’s the best part of fried chicken — the crispy, salty crust! — on something like a thin Salisbury steak. What cut of beef exactly? It’s early — stop asking so many questions. Thick, […]
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Honey Cone
If you’re not going to treat yourself to an ice cream cone when it’s warm like this, you just don’t want to be happy. I went into Living the Dream Ice Cream looking for Dirty Monkey (chocolate, banana and peanut butter) but discovered instead orange blossom honey. It is the ideal end of summer flavor […]
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Oysters, Oysters, Oysters (Beer), Oysters
The $10 price tag may be strange and new, but Oyster Fest 2013 promises to make this year’s event as bivalve-filled and beer-soaked as always (maybe even a little bit more). Center stage of the fest goes to the delicious, local Kumamoto oysters, of course, but the silver and slippery shellfish will have to share […]
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Update: Oyster Fest Mess
The $10 Oyster Fest admission fee – which raised the ire of many oyster-eaters and the approval of many others – won’t line the pockets of the Arcata elite, says Arcata Main Street Executive Director Jennifer Koopman. Because of recent financial woes, Koopman said, Main Street needs money to keep Oyster Fest afloat. Not to […]