Where a casino’s doors have (temporarily) closed, a new craft brewery has opened. Housed within the Blue Lake Casino — which recently shut down for the second time due to the pandemic — Powers Creek Brewery, which remains open, has started serving craft beer in the outdoor seating area for Alice’s restaurant. Owned by the Blue Lake Rancheria […]
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Mad River Brewing Co.’s New Native Swag
In October, when the Yurok Tribe bought the Mad River Brewing Co., it became one of only a handful of breweries owned and run by a Native American tribe. Now, with the unveiling of the brewery’s new logo, the statement of Native ownership is right on the label. According to a press release from Mad […]
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Yurok Tribe to Buy Mad River Brewing
Hold onto your Steelhead. The Yurok Agricultural Corporation, which is owned by the Yurok Tribe, announced today it’s in the process of purchasing the 30-year-old Mad River Brewing and its taproom and restaurant. This will make the Yurok Tribe one of the few tribes in the U.S. to own and/or operate a brewing company, along […]
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Photos from Shuck Yeah
Did the out-of-town beer at Oyster Fest leave you with a bitter taste? If it did (or if you just didn’t want to drive up to Arcata) there was Shuck Yeah, an alternative celebration with local suds and oysters at the Eel River Brewing Co. this past weekend. The multi-brewery collaboration featured music by The […]
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Local Breweries Plan a Beer and Oyster Event on the Same Day as Oyster Fest
Six Rivers Brewery, Mad River Brewing Co. and Tap Room, Redwood Curtain Brewing Co., Lost Coast Brewery and The Booth Brewing Co. are getting together for a local beer showcase with oysters at Eel River Brewing Co. in Fortuna. They’re calling it Schuck Yeah and it’s set for June 15, the same day as the […]
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Rico’s Tacos Loses Liquor Licenses after August Cocaine Bust
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has revoked an Arcata taco shop’s liquor license, effective immediately. According to a press release, Rico’s Tacos Taqueria has not contested the revocation, which comes about six months after its owner Ariel Arguellas-Sosa was arrested on suspicion of possession and sales of cocaine and methamphetamine. Agents with the […]
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Pour One Out: No Humboldt Beer at Oyster Fest
Less than two months out from the Arcata Bay Oyster Festival, controversy is again bubbling up over beer at Arcata Main Street’s fundraiser. The previously local-brew-centric event drew fire last year for requiring donations rather than purchasing from local beverage companies and only pouring Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. beer alongside out-of-towners Lagunitas and SeaQuake at the […]
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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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Beware of Snowshoers (and Getting High in the Backcountry)
With the national legalization of recreational cannabis looming, one of Canada’s largest search and rescue outfits is warning that weed and the backcountry are a dangerous combination. “We regularly respond to calls for those who are well prepared, do everything right, are completely sober and still get into trouble,” Curtis Jones wrote on Vancouver’s North […]
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On Tap
Ah summer, when us coastal elites celebrate several hours of partial afternoon clearing by staggering around in a sweaty haze. Heading inland to our innumerable, magical swimming hole is, of course, a Humboldt County custom that must be observed annually. (Before I go any further, I must urge every single person reading this to be […]
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Drinks On The Waterfront
The unassuming bar, located at the corner of Commercial and Waterfront streets south of Old Town Eureka, is tucked between commercial fish packing plants, facing away from an unremarkable part of Humboldt Bay. But despite the name, you’re not here for the view. Step inside and you’re welcomed to a cozy space that feels like […]
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Down for Bottles at Dead Reckoning Cellar
Arcata’s beer world just got a little deeper. Dead Reckoning Cellar, an offshoot of owner Theo Brown’s Dead Reckoning Tavern, is open for business. Located at 815 J St. in Arcata, between the Dead Reckoning Tavern and the newly opened Burger Joint, the Cellar’s hole-in-the-wall entrance makes stepping inside feel like stumbling across a secret. […]