This week we’re talking about the workers scrambling for unpaid checks in the wake of Mazzotti’s closing, and the pattern of unreliable pay staff say went back years. Also, we’re still following the mystery of who is behind the purchase of the Jacobs property from Eureka City Schools. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt […]
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Mazzotti’s Shuts its Doors
On Thursday, Jan. 11, Joe Mazzotti says he had nobody to cook at Mazzotti’s, so he didn’t open the iconic Arcata Plaza restaurant. “December was probably one of the toughest financial Decembers I’ve had to face,” he says, explaining the restaurant was only pulling in about half of its usual $5,000 per night. “My money […]
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Anybody Want to Buy a Restaurant?
Local real estate listings are offering a broad menu these days with a bevy of restaurants and food businesses up for sale. After its sudden closure early this year, Fernbridge’s Angelina Inn is available for $1.9 million and the up-and-running Gill’s by the Bay has a price tag of $2.5 million for the property and […]
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NCJ Preview: Vax Efforts as COVID-19 Spreads and Restaurant Transformations
Humboldt’s COVID-19 numbers are climbing. We’re talking about how vaccination, the Delta variant are impacting people in our county. On a hopeful note, we’ve got a cover story on vaccination fairs and True North’s efforts to reach out to the local Latinx community, sometimes one person at a time. And we’ve got the story of […]
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Relocation and Reinvention
Gallagher’s makes a move Kelly Erben is about to start a seating, serving and dishwashing shift at Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, as she has for 16 years, “the last original staffer,” as she says, and owner since 2017. But she’s not heading through the corner-facing glass double doors of the Historic Eagle House, built […]
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Mazzotti’s Shutters in Response to Statewide Closures
Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order today shutting down indoor restaurants and other indoor businesses in 19 California counties due to rising COVID-19 infection rates, Mazzotti’s on the Plaza owner Joseph Mazzotti has closed the Italian eatery, at least for now. In a Facebook post, Mazzotti wrote the closure would be until further notice. “Our staff, […]
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‘Not Like it Used to Be’: Why Mazzoti’s Eureka Shut Down
Peer through the darkened windows of Mazzotti’s in Old Town and you’ll see the chairs have been upside down on the tables long enough to gather yellowed leaves from the hanging plants. Eventually the furniture will come out and the sign will go down, but Mazzotti’s isn’t coming back — at least not here and […]
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Equinox Dinner Canceled Due to Five Eleven Fire
Untie your bibs, folks. The Equinox in Old Town benefit dinner for Humboldt County Office of Education’s Nutrition Programs and Services set for Monday, March 19 is called off, at least for now. The seven-course feast prepared by a team of local chefs — from Five Eleven, Mazzotti’s, Ramone’s, Vista Del Mar, Kyoto and Le […]
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Yes, Chefs!
Too many cooks in the kitchen? It didn’t look like it on Monday night at the Equinox in Old Town fundraiser dinner. The Humboldt County Office of Education event served up seven courses by a team of neighborhood chefs including coordinator Josh Wiley of Restaurant Five Eleven, where the dinner took place, Liz Acuna of […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Anti-folk Folk
We’ve two women enticing you out tonight. At the Van Duzer, longtime political commentator Ani DiFranco will entertain you with songs infused with insight, righteousness, humor and compassion. Tickets run $45 general, $22 HSU students. Local astounding success story Jenny Scheinman opens at 8 p.m. Down the hill, neo-folk artist Diane Cluck plays Mazzotti’s (yes, Mazzotti’s!) in support […]