Restaurants in The Redwood Coast
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Tranquilitea
Sunny and mellow Tranquilitea is part tea house-cafe, and part wellness center - so Arcata! On the menu, organic-vegetarian salads, smoothies, grilled-panini sandwiches and excellent teas. The atmosphere is mellow and girly, good for a Tarot reading. Nice garden patio. In back there's massage and bodywork; call ahead.
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Restaurant 301
Eureka's top table, romantic, sophisticated 301 serves a contemporary California menu, using produce from its organic gardens (tours available). Mains are pricey, but the five-course prix-fixe menu (around US$45) is a good deal. This is the place on date night. The encyclopedic wine list is stunning.
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Jambalaya
In a cavernous space, Jambalaya serves a mishmash of Caribbean-influenced dishes - at lunch Cuban sandwiches, at dinner wild salmon and (of course) jambalaya. Good midrange option with lots of local wines and beers. Hosts live music after 22:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
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Folie Douce
Arcata's best, Folie Douce presents a short but inventive menu of seasonally inspired bistro cooking, from Asian to Mediterranean, with an emphasis on local organics. Wood-fired pizzas are a specialty. Sunday brunch too. Reservations essential.
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Bistro Gardens
The food here is better than you typically find in Crescent City. They actually use sauces! The fish-heavy menu features seafood stew, grilled oysters and filet mignon. The ocean views are stellar. Come before sunset.
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Renata's Crèperie and Espresso
We love Renata. She formerly served crepes out of a truck, but finally has permanent digs, and her café is the new hot spot, with organic sweet and savory crepes, salads and coffee. All the cool cats hang here.
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Waterfront Cafe Oyster Bar & Grill
The Waterfront overlooks the bay from its casual vintage-Victorian dining room and serves steamed clams, fish and chips, oysters and chowder. Top spot for Sunday brunch, with jazz and Ramos fizzes.
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O.H.'s Townhouse
Pick your own meat from the display case at Eureka's best steakhouse, which hasn't changed a whit since 1978 (think wood-veneer paneling). The mushy veggies are awful, but the steaks are delish.
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Daybreak Cafe
The veggie-heavy breakfasts are tasty, with omelets and burritos, but the blueberry cornmeal pancakes take the prize. At lunch there's turkey in some dishes, but the place is mostly vegetarian.
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Hurricane Kate's
The favorite spot of local bon vivants, Kate's open kitchen pumps out pretty-good, eclectic, tapas-style dishes and roast meats, but the wood-fired pizzas are the standout. Full bar.
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Wildflower Cafe & Bakery
- Arcata, USA
- Restaurants › Café
The place for vegetarians, Wildflower serves fab frittatas and pancakes, and big crunchy salads. At dinner there's mushroom stroganoff, veggie lasagna and other substantial dishes.
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Cafe Marina & Woodley's Bar
For an atmospheric sunny-day lunch, watch the bobbing sailboat masts in the small-craft harbor from the deck of Cafe Marina, which makes great bloodies and pretty good American food.
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Golden Harvest Cafe
Tops for breakfast with a hangover (it's windowless), Golden Harvest serves classic benedicts, four-egg omelets, and pancakes with real maple syrup. Alas, the coffee sucks.
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Kyoto
The chef-owner lovingly crafts every plate at this tiny Japanese joint, where the waiter tells bad jokes while serving good sushi and sake-marinated deep-sea cod. Make reservations.
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Good Harvest Cafe
The hands-down-best place to eat in Crescent City serves big salads, homemade soups, smoothies, sandwiches, omelets, beer and lots for vegetarians. Too bad it's closed at dinner.
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Arcata Co-op
Arcata Co-op is a member-owned cooperative that carries natural foods (using organic ingredients where possible) and has a good butcher with grass-fed beef, a bakery and a deli.
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Arcarta Plaza Farmers Markets
These markets are fantastic. For near on 30 years they have been selling fresh Humboldt County produce (including fruit and veggies, meats and shellfish, herbs and honey).
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Japhy's Soup & Noodles
The budgeteers first choice serves big salads, tasty coconut curry, cold noodle salads and great homemade soups. Best of all, you can fill up for next to nothing. Score!
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Roy's
If Eureka had a Mafia, this is where they'd come to eat their pasta. The five-cheese ravioli and balsamic vinaigrette are delicious, but avoid complicated dishes.
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La Chapala
For Mexican, family-owned La Chapala is consistently good. The margaritas are cheap - around a liter! Don't get so hammered you forget to order the homemade flan.
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Thai House
Situated behind Safeway, the Thai House serves a variety of pretty good Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, with a few Chinese dishes thrown in for good measure.
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Tomo Japanese Restaurant
Everybody loves Tomo. Sushi is the thing and the cuts are good, but the tempura is weak, with flavorless batter and uninteresting veggies. Stick to fish.
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Pacific Rim Noodle House
Super-duper noodles, wholesome rice bowls, potstickers and sushi rolls are mainstays at this hole-in-the-wall take-out favorite, with tables outside.
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Beachcomber Restaurant
It's basically a diner with vinyl booths and a salad bar, but it has full ocean views. Expect fried fish with tartare sauce and iceberg lettuce.
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Wildberries Marketplace
- Arcata, USA
- Restaurants › Deli
Wildberries Marketplace is Arcata's best grocery, with natural foods, a good deli, bakery and juice bar.
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