Things to do in Coastal Highway 1
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Rendezvous Inn
The North Coast's top restaurant (really), blends rustic charm with big-city cooking in a converted redwood-paneled Craftsman-style house. Protégé of Michelin-three-star-rated, celebrity French chef Georges Blanc, chef-owner Kim Badenhop showcases seasonal, regional ingredients like lavender, wild boar, blackberries and venison, in his down-to-earth, French-provincial menu; the wintertime crab tasting menu is worth the drive from San Francisco.
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Skunk Train
Everybody loves the Skunk Train, the historic logging train that chugs from Fort Bragg and Willits, passing through redwood-forested mountains, along rivers, and through deep mountain tunnels en route to Northspur, the midway point, where it turns around - a plenty-long 3½ hour trip. There's also a 90-minute jaunt if you're tight on time. The depot is downtown at Laurel St, west of Main St.
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Chapter & Moon
The top spot at Noyo Harbor serves down-home American-style cooking (think meatloaf and chicken with dumplings) overlooking the water in a whitewashed room with pinewood tables and ladder-back chairs. Mains are cheap; starters aren't. Good breakfasts.
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Triangle Tattoo & Museum
Literally and figuratively on the other side of the street from the 1982 Guest House Museum, the Triangle Tattoo & Museum is flanked by galleries that unveil new shows and stay open till 20:00 on the second Saturday of each month.
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Nit's
Mains are pricey, but plates are huge, beautifully presented and dynamically spiced at this tiny French-Thai storefront café run by a Thai-born chef-owner. After the Rendezvous Inn, Nit's serves the town's best food. Cash only.
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Mendo Bistro
Choose a meat, a preparation, and an accompanying sauce from Mendo Bistro's crowd-pleasing, mix-and-match menu. The loud, bustling room is big enough that kids can run around and nobody will notice. Good crab cakes.
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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
The jaw-droppingly stunning Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens displays native flora year-round along serpentine paths on 47 seafront acres south of town. Primary trails are wheelchair-accessible.
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Cap'n Flint's
For fried fish, coleslaw and fries, skip the pricy Wharf restaurant and head next door to Cap'n Flint's where you will get (nearly) the same food for half the price.
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Laurel Deli
Locals pick the Laurel for cheap breakfasts and good sandwiches, while kids love the giant, real locomotive parked in the middle of the cavernous room.
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Sharon's by the Sea
Of all Noyo Harbor's seafood joints, Chapter & Moon is best, then Sharon's by the Sea, a pretty little dockside fish grotto with picnic tables outside.
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Headlands Coffeehouse
The town's informal cultural center point features live music nightly - jazz, folk and classical - and kick-ass jazz jams Sunday afternoons. Free wi-fi.
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North Coast Brewing Co
The thick, hoppy brews at North Coast Brewing Co are reason enough to pull over.
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Guest House Museum
The 1892 Guest House Museum, a majestic Victorian, displays relics of Fort Bragg's history.
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