Slow down on Myrtle Avenue, both in the name of safety and so you don’t miss the little red El Fogón Costeño truck — decorated with a pastoral image of burrito-eating bears — tucked in the Chevron station (1679 Myrtle Ave.). Enrique Buenrostro, who originally hails from Acapulco, Mexico, has run his truck out of […]
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Watch These Spaces
Curry Leaf to sprout at the former Gonsea Years of sitting empty have left the exterior of Gonsea run down and graffiti covered, a grim greeting upon entering Eureka from the north. Before its closure by the health department for refrigeration, storage and sanitation violations in 2017, the spacious Chinese restaurant at 2335 Fourth St. […]
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Fat Anne’s and Manzanilla Pop Up and Hit the Road
Tevyn Fisher had only been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner at Fat Anne’s Bakery & Bistro for three months at her then new Ferndale location when lockdown hit. She shifted to takeout family dinners of fried chicken and seafood boils, which were popular, and happily transitioned back to dine-in, both in the dining room and […]
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NCJ Preview: Land Trust Goals and Soul Food on Wheels
Can a land trust fix what ails Humboldt? The Wiyot Tribe and Cooperation Humboldt are going to find out. We’re looking Wiyot-led Dishgamu Humboldt and its plans to address housing, job training and returning land to Indigenous ownership. We’re also talking about the Razz-Ma-Tazz soul food truck bringing African American home cooking traditions to Eureka. […]
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NCJ Preview
With a new batch of ugly messages between members of a Eureka police unit revealing a culture of misogyny and cruel and violent attitudes toward homeless and mentally ill people, the department faces a reckoning. We’ll go over how the police officers’ extensive workplace protections affect the impact and secrecy of that reckoning. And Eureka […]
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Some Pig
Opening the county’s first cannabis consumption lounge without food would have been an opportunity missed. And so the upscale Pig and Leaf truck is installed at Papa & Barkley Social’s patio (4325 Broadway, Eureka), complete with heat lamps and fire pits, on the site of the old Kmart that, I’m told, opened with the fanfare […]
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South G Kitchen’s Gastropub Fare on Wheels
After a soft opening April 29, Danny Emmenecker’s fledgling food truck South G Kitchen has settled into the spot behind the Arcata Redwood Curtain Brewery (550 S. G St., Arcata), serving “pub fusion,” food that’s “familiar but elevated,” with elements like kale slaw for the fish and chips and homemade pickles. “The beer at the […]
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Laissez le Shanty Truck Rouler
No shade on the long-ago Shanty hot dogs but the solid food offerings have leveled up recently. A peek at the Shanty’s (213 Third St., Eureka) adjacent lot finds a lit patio built by a friend of the bar and a red truck with a sandwich board menu that will allow the bar to stay […]
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NCJ Preview: Klamath Dam Turning Point and New Food Trucks
The agreement to remove the Klamath dams has never seemed so promising but it’s taken generations of Native activists and organizers to get here. We’re talking about the behind-the-scenes moves, protests and a showdown on the river with Berkshire Hathaway executives, and how they impacted the fight. Also, a trio of new food trucks are […]
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Truck Stops
A person could get the idea the only new food in town is the KFC luring cars into its Broadway drive-thru like sailors onto the rocks. Not so. A trio of trucks have made their debuts this month, navigating pandemic restrictions and appetites with grab-and-go and outdoor seating options. Laissez le Shanty Truck rouler No […]
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Taqueria Martinez Pulls Up
While the pandemic has robbed us of so many simple pleasures, getting a burrito from a truck parked at a gas station and eating it in your car in blissful solitude is not one of them. A week ago, Taqueria Martinez parked at the Texaco station on the Eureka side of the Samoa Bridge and […]
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Under the Table
A year ago, the Especiales Meals and Catering Facebook page was flush with photos of stacked tamales and rows of enchiladas in foil trays. Co-owner Sherrie Bazan was taking business classes at College of the Redwoods, securing a business license and hunting around for a food truck and a commercial kitchen. And in the meantime, […]