The rain held off Saturday afternoon as a grateful crowd gathered by Dave Kim’s mural “Fowl” on E Street between Fourth and Fifth streets for a ribbon cutting ceremony for Charlie Moon Way. The street sign on the alley bisecting the block where Eureka’s Chinatown stood pays homage to Moon, one of the Chinese residents […]
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Chalet House of Omelettes Closes after 45 Years
On Jan. 22, Chalet House of Omelettes announced via Facebook the 45-year-old restaurant on Eureka’s Fifth Street would be closed permanently. Over the phone from the Chalet’s Cutten location, owner Bill Tuttle told the Journal his mother, Vera Johnson, opened the restaurant March 1, 1975 in the former Mr. Swiss ice cream parlor after having […]
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Lunch and Legacy at Chin’s
On a Monday afternoon, Mary Chin sits in the back corner booth of Chin’s Café, her coiffed silver hair bright against the orange vinyl. It’s been two weeks since her husband Ben Chin died on May 20 at the age of 97. Beside her sit her sons Ben Chin Jr. and Don Chin. Mary’s niece […]