A moment of appreciation for grab-and-go coffee shops. There, early risers are accommodated and those of us who struggle with morning are soothed without fuss. There, the good people at the counter prep for the breakfast rush and brew hot coffee while so many of us turn in our covers, thinking of reasons not to get […]
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Look Down: Ecos Cafe at the Zoo
With all the excitement over the newly opened Redwood Sky Walk at the Sequoia Park Zoo (3414 W St., Eureka) and its elevated view of the big trees, it’s easy to miss changes on the ground. But descend the ramp, hang left past the flamingoes and the otter habitat, and you’ll come upon the newish […]
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Photos: Annie and Mary Day Joy
Lots of people showed up for Blue Lakes’s 53rd annual Annie and Mary Day on Sunday, reflecting their willingness to be out in a semi-post-vaccination world, as well as the draw of a small-town parade, a line up of vintage vehicles in the Bill Nessler Car Show and a music and crafts fair in Perigot Park. […]
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Photos: Ferndale Pride Parade and Protest
Rainbows were everywhere in Ferndale today, as a Pride parade made its way through the Victorian Village. Members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies wore bright colors, carried signs and chanted “Love is love,” stopping in front of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The church caused a stir posting “Hurt by LGBTQ Culture? Healing […]
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Folie Douce to Become The Kitchen Arcata
Last week, a joyful Chris Hollen announced the sale of her restaurant Folie Douce to Jacob Masslich, who’ll be spending the summer transforming it into The Kitchen Arcata. Hollen says she’s excited for Masslich and relieved the sale is completed, as it never was when Reda Salhi briefly took it over in 2019. The Folie Douce […]
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Photos: Redwood Sky Walk Grand Opening
Beginning with a traditional Wiyot blessing by former Tribal Chair Cheryl Seidner and ending with the red ribbon cutting by Eureka Mayor Susan Seaman, the weekend-long grand opening of the Redwood Sky Walk began last Friday morning under the redwoods on the newly paved path at the Sequoia Park Zoo. Over a decade long in […]
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Humboldt Crabs Back With a Bang Winning First Series
Baseball and beer were back at the Arcata Ballpark this weekend as the Humboldt Crabs were up to their usual winning ways to get the season started taking two out of three games against the visiting Lincoln Potters to win their first series. For the first time since 2019, fans were welcomed back into the […]
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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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A Feast in Redway
Redway could use more places to eat, especially on Evergreen Drive, and now it’s got that and then some. In January, Laura Lasseter and her family have opened up Cafe Feast in the old Meadows Cafe location. The menu still isn’t committed to laminated paper but a roster of items is developing, like the meatball […]
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Under One Roof
The canopies over the patio at Northtown Coffee flutter above a half dozen people having a late Monday breakfast. Sunshine slants onto picnic tables where diners in beanies and sunglasses hunker over to-go cups, blueberry crumble bars and biscuit and egg sandwiches wrapped in checkered paper. Inside, a red and yellow menu board hangs emblazoned […]
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‘Real People’: Sunday’s Love Over Hate Vigil
The sun belied the chill on Sunday afternoon in the lot of the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bayside, some 200 people came for a walking meditation and vigil for victims of the March 16 shooting in Atlanta that targeted Asian women and took the lives of eight people. In front of the closed hall, […]