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Mendocino Thanksgiving: where to eat?

post #1 of 16
11/3/10 at 3:24pm
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I'm taking the family to the Mendocino/Ft. Bragg area over Thanksgiving. This will be the first time we've ever been away from home (or someone else's home) for Thanksgiving dinner. Any recommendations/ideas for a good place to have Thanksgiving dinner?
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post #2 of 16
11/3/10 at 4:05pm
love that area and that's a nice time to be there (if you like cool, gray, windy ... which i actually do quite a bit). In Fort Bragg there's a pretty good place called Mendo Bistro. in the town of Mendo, probably the best place is cafe beaujolais. the mccallum house is OK, too. depending on where you're staying, a lot of the inns/restauants, etc. in the area have decent to good kitchens. Little River Inn, Albion River Inn are particularly good.
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post #3 of 16
11/3/10 at 4:07pm
Albion River Inn.
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post #4 of 16
11/3/10 at 4:36pm
Beware the brownies. I'm just sayin'
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post #5 of 16
11/3/10 at 5:25pm
I've had some very good meals at Cafe Beaujolais. Nice winelist too.
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post #6 of 16
11/3/10 at 8:51pm
Never been to Mendocino.
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post #7 of 16
11/3/10 at 9:23pm
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Thanks for the replies. I've done a bit of research online and it looks like Beaujolais has a Thanksgiving special. I may call and see if I can get reservations. Hopefully I'm not too late--I dunno how early these kinds of things tend to fill up. I'll check out the other recommendations as well--keep 'em coming!

foodguy: I do love the cold gray weather. We're looking forward to doing some hiking and just enjoying a few days away from home. I'm a big fan of the northern CA coast--I don't get up that way often enough.
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post #8 of 16
11/3/10 at 9:48pm
where will you be staying? be sure to visit the botanical gardens in fort bragg. spectacular.
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post #9 of 16
11/3/10 at 10:53pm
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Holy cow: http://cafebeaujolais.com/documents/tday2010.pdf

I'm drooling already. Hopefully they're not booked up.
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post #10 of 16
11/3/10 at 11:17pm
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Originally Posted by iammatt View Post
Never been to Mendocino.

It's quaint - my wife and I went for a weekend long before kids. Beautiful coastline. My main memory was that we bought a book for my disgusting nephew called "Everybody poops" - apparently a modern masterpiece...
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post #11 of 16
11/4/10 at 1:47am
^ what the hell is an apple doing there???!!!
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post #12 of 16
11/4/10 at 10:41am
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^ what the hell is an apple doing there???!!!

Everyone eats ... so ... <<insert book title here>>
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post #13 of 16
11/4/10 at 10:04pm
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Okay. We got reservations at Cafe Beaujolais. My wife gave them a call and said they were really nice and accommodating--very down-to-earth.

Thanks for all the recommendations! We'll be there a few days so we may have to hit up a few of the others you mentioned. Then I will probably have to come home and sell one of my kidneys to pay for my gastronomic excess.
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post #14 of 16
11/4/10 at 10:41pm
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Originally Posted by VaderDave View Post
Okay. We got reservations at Cafe Beaujolais. My wife gave them a call and said they were really nice and accommodating--very down-to-earth.

Thanks for all the recommendations! We'll be there a few days so we may have to hit up a few of the others you mentioned. Then I will probably have to come home and sell one of my kidneys to pay for my gastronomic excess.

It's not at all formal and as you said very friendly - Mendocino is so laid back it is basically horizontal.
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post #15 of 16
11/5/10 at 1:16am
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Originally Posted by tattersall View Post
It's not at all formal and as you said very friendly - Mendocino is so laid back it is basically horizontal.

Yeah, that's part of what we love about the place. I'm looking forward to a few days of decompression.
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