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Cookies from the Burrito Place

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 22, 2018 at 12:44PM

If you're lucky, the mini cheesecakes Bravo whips up won't be sold out ($2.50). More airy mousse than dense cheesecake, the lightly tangy fluff topped with berries comes in a cup of crumbly graham cracker crust that honestly could fall apart from a harsh word.

So Long, Mr. Fish

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 20, 2018 at 9:00AM

"It's been in my mind the last few years," says McCulloch, whose retired wife Mary Ann "has been bugging" him to call it quits. McCulloch says he had an interested buyer this summer but the deal fell through.

In-N-Out in the Planning

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 13, 2018 at 12:44PM

Like an online dating match leaving breadcrumb text messages, In-N-Out Burger periodically lets us know it's interested in coming to Humboldt County. Someday.

Saturday Special

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 12, 2018 at 4:50PM

While you are poking around the Lao Oriental Market (2908 E St., Eureka) on a Saturday, rooting through boxes of bitter melon and eggplants both long and golf ball sized, it's easy to overlook the unmarked stack of a couple dozen paper-wrapped bành mí sandwiches ($5.99). Easy and tragic.

Waiting on Abruzzi's Next Act

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 8, 2018 at 3:14PM

If your plans for an evening out at Abruzzi were halted by rumors of its closure, don't despair entirely. Open since 1980, the Italian eatery has shut down its kitchen for renovation and relaunched itself as a jazz club — Abruzzi Lounge — at least for now.

Taco Brothers Truck Rolls into Eureka

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on August 23, 2018 at 11:22AM

Monday through Saturday you can find a member of the family working a shift turning out foil-wrapped burritos and plates of tacos. Pozos Ramirez says so far the cabeza and pastor are the big sellers, but she's not ready to pick a favorite.

On a Stick: Deep-fried Daredevilry at the Fair

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on August 20, 2018 at 1:48PM

Fried Twinkie: The fact that this $5 hybrid of childhood nostalgia and poor adult decisions is for sale at the same stand as the deep fried Snicker's bar that nearly did us in a couple years back is a very bright red flag. The funnel cake batter-dipped Twinkie is roughly the shape of a harbor seal and nearly the weight of one.

Crab Sandwich with a View

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on June 1, 2018 at 5:27PM

When the day opens up with blue skies, warm breezes and sunshine on the calm waters of Humboldt Bay, nothing could be better than heading out to King Salmon, where kayakers are paddling in the waves, and making a hard turn into the parking lot of Gill's By the Bay (77 Halibut Ave.). There you can find a seat on the patio and survey the nautical-themed garden with its landlocked rowboat, fluttering sweet peas and ship ropes, while the more intrepid glide by in their wetsuits and boats.

Yaass, Kouign-amann

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on May 19, 2018 at 12:47PM

A few years ago, the kouign-amann (pronounced "queen ahmahn") stumped the contestants on The Great British Baking Show, causing a dramatic series of light frowns and polite head scratching. The origami-folded bun with the buttery flakiness of a croissant and anchored by a caramelized sugar bottom that calls to mind the crunch of crème brûlée was a deep cut from Brittany circa the mid-1800s.

Jerk Chicken on the Plaza

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on May 12, 2018 at 9:17AM

There are those who hit the Arcata Farmers Market as the first pop-up tents are snapping into place, stuffing their canvas bags with the week's produce and heading home to, I don't know, cook ahead for the week or whatever it is efficient people do. The rest of us arrive late and linger, circling the vendors at McKinley's feet for an early lunch.

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