Arcata Entertainment

  1. Cafe Mokka

    Bohos head to this cafe at Finnish Country Sauna & Tubs on weekends for mellow hearthside acoustic music - usually European folk. Other nights read international newspapers and join multilingual conversations.

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  2. Center Arts

    You'd be amazed who shows up at Humboldt State University, from Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock Quartet and Dave Brubeck to Lou Reed, Cowboy Junkies and Ani Difranco.

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  3. Humboldt Brewing Company

    Humboldt has 15 brews on tap (including Hemp Ale, Oatmeal Stout and Hefeweizen), fab fish tacos and bitchin' buffalo wings. There's live music Wednesday to Saturday nights.

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  4. Minor Theatre

    Screens first-run and classic films, has been in continious operation since 1914 and is one of the oldest theatre buildings still showing films in the US.

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  5. Muddy Waters Coffee Co

    Housed in a turn of the century, 4-bedroom California Tudor, this is the coolest happenin' joint in town that has occasional live music, coffee, beer and wine.

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  7. Plaza Grill

    Professors and the literati head upstairs in Jacoby's Storehouse (an 1857 Arcata landmark building) to the handsomest bar in town. Great pork chops too.

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