SueJin’s guidebook to Mendonoma
Food scene
Great wine bar in Boonesville producing lovely products from local vineyards. Grab a few bottles on your way up while passing through route 128. They can also arrange for catered meals cooked at the farm house, wine tasting, and mushroom foraging guided tours. (43 mi)
https://www.beehunterwine.com
Bee Hunter Wine
14251 California 128Great wine bar in Boonesville producing lovely products from local vineyards. Grab a few bottles on your way up while passing through route 128. They can also arrange for catered meals cooked at the farm house, wine tasting, and mushroom foraging guided tours. (43 mi)
https://www.beehunterwine.com
This Michelin-starred restaurant (2019) offers a stunning ocean view dining room that sits above the Pacific coastline. They promote flavors unique to our location, and support a product-driven style of cooking to offer a hyper-local experience. Reservations necessary. 8.8 miles to the north in Elk.
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Harbor House Inn
5600 CA-1This Michelin-starred restaurant (2019) offers a stunning ocean view dining room that sits above the Pacific coastline. They promote flavors unique to our location, and support a product-driven style of cooking to offer a hyper-local experience. Reservations necessary. 8.8 miles to the north in Elk.
They catch and sell the best and freshest seafood in the area. Great for local salmon, crab, and any manner of tasty seafood. There is a small outdoor restaurant with tasty and sustainably caught ocean offerings at the docks in Fort Bragg. (34 miles)
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Princess Seafood Market & Deli
32410 N Harbor DrThey catch and sell the best and freshest seafood in the area. Great for local salmon, crab, and any manner of tasty seafood. There is a small outdoor restaurant with tasty and sustainably caught ocean offerings at the docks in Fort Bragg. (34 miles)
Great local butcher featuring locally farmed meats and smoked meats. Fort Bragg, 35 miles north.
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Roundman's Smoke House
412 N Main StGreat local butcher featuring locally farmed meats and smoked meats. Fort Bragg, 35 miles north.
4 miles south. Local market and Ace Hardware, combined. Its got food, booze, ice cream, birthday cards, fish bait, and a mini tackle shop. You can also buy concrete and lumber there if you want. Its got almost anything you might need, and its just a quick 6 min drive away.
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S&B Market
19400 CA-14 miles south. Local market and Ace Hardware, combined. Its got food, booze, ice cream, birthday cards, fish bait, and a mini tackle shop. You can also buy concrete and lumber there if you want. Its got almost anything you might need, and its just a quick 6 min drive away.
Local store and deli with great food and sandwiches. Aesthetically and stylistically pleasing store in all manners. Great gift shop too. (8.3 mi north)
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Elk Store
6101 CA-1Local store and deli with great food and sandwiches. Aesthetically and stylistically pleasing store in all manners. Great gift shop too. (8.3 mi north)
Fun place to get pizza and beers by the beach. Currently they do take out orders but have a great outdoors seating area with ocean front views where you can enjoy your delicious pizza. (11 miles south, by the Point Arena pier)
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Point Arena Pizza
790 Port RdFun place to get pizza and beers by the beach. Currently they do take out orders but have a great outdoors seating area with ocean front views where you can enjoy your delicious pizza. (11 miles south, by the Point Arena pier)
Sea Pal Cove
32390 N Harbor DrEnjoy great fish and chips and a cold beer on the docks.
Yummy ice cream. And they have candy cap mushroom ice cream! You say “mushroom ice cream!?!” Tastes like butter pecan ice cream without the pecans and a hint of maple syrup. Youve just gotta try it.
(Fort Bragg, 34 mi north)
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Cowlick's Ice Cream
250 N Main StYummy ice cream. And they have candy cap mushroom ice cream! You say “mushroom ice cream!?!” Tastes like butter pecan ice cream without the pecans and a hint of maple syrup. Youve just gotta try it.
(Fort Bragg, 34 mi north)
Nice produce stand in Anderson Valley with great organic fruit, delicious stone fruit (summer), and produce. Their specialty includes apple ciders, with a kick. (on route 128, about 38 miles from the house)
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Gowan's Oak Tree Fruit Stand
6600 CA-128Nice produce stand in Anderson Valley with great organic fruit, delicious stone fruit (summer), and produce. Their specialty includes apple ciders, with a kick. (on route 128, about 38 miles from the house)
Goldeneye
9200 CA-128Great local vineyard in Philo (on 128).
The restaurant at this inn makes delicious breakfast/brunch, plus there’s a beach right down the hill to walk off the food baby. (7.9 miles north)
Elk Cove Inn & Spa
6300 CA-1The restaurant at this inn makes delicious breakfast/brunch, plus there’s a beach right down the hill to walk off the food baby. (7.9 miles north)
This is a great salty little harbor with restaurants, fish mongers, fisherman and places to get a beer outside on the docks. Princess Seafood for seafood of all kinds and Sea Pal Cove for awesome fish & chips, are particular favorites.
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Noyo Harbor District
19101 S Harbor DrThis is a great salty little harbor with restaurants, fish mongers, fisherman and places to get a beer outside on the docks. Princess Seafood for seafood of all kinds and Sea Pal Cove for awesome fish & chips, are particular favorites.
A new restaurant to the local food scene in the nearby quaint town of Elk.
8.5 mi north.
Greenwood Restaurant
A new restaurant to the local food scene in the nearby quaint town of Elk.
8.5 mi north.
Sightseeing
Stunning wide open beach with hardly a soul present, even on weekends. Easy access to beach from parking sites. Multiple entrances to beach from Hwy. The further south parking/entrance is a longer walk through beautiful sand dunes down to the beach. The northern entrance (adjacent to KOA camp site) has a parking spot immediately adjacent to the beach for quick and easy ocean access.
4.7 miles to the south.
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Manchester State Park
44500 Kinney RdStunning wide open beach with hardly a soul present, even on weekends. Easy access to beach from parking sites. Multiple entrances to beach from Hwy. The further south parking/entrance is a longer walk through beautiful sand dunes down to the beach. The northern entrance (adjacent to KOA camp site) has a parking spot immediately adjacent to the beach for quick and easy ocean access.
4.7 miles to the south.
Great for kayaking, canoeing, biking, hiking, swimming, sightseeing, wildlife viewing, beach combing, and picnics.
Rent a beautiful redwood outrigger at Catch a Canoe & Bicycles , Too! and paddle your afternoon away at one of the most peaceful and beautiful rivers in the area. 24 miles to the north.
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Big River Beach at Mendocino Headlands State Park
Great for kayaking, canoeing, biking, hiking, swimming, sightseeing, wildlife viewing, beach combing, and picnics.
Rent a beautiful redwood outrigger at Catch a Canoe & Bicycles , Too! and paddle your afternoon away at one of the most peaceful and beautiful rivers in the area. 24 miles to the north.
This lighthouse is the western most point in the U.S.
11 mi to the south/west.
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Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum
45500 Lighthouse RdThis lighthouse is the western most point in the U.S.
11 mi to the south/west.
Classic north coast ocean meets cliffside beauty. This place is for everyone - walkers, hikers, photographers, fishers, birders. 9.2 miles to south and west.
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Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands
Classic north coast ocean meets cliffside beauty. This place is for everyone - walkers, hikers, photographers, fishers, birders. 9.2 miles to south and west.
Gualala Arts Center
46501 Old Stage RdA cool local art center. 25 miles to the south.
Great for shorter walks and coved beach access. 30 miles to the north.
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Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
California 1Great for shorter walks and coved beach access. 30 miles to the north.
Local beach with interesting geologic balls formed at the water break. Check tide levels to see if "bowling balls" will emerge from the sea. 14 miles to the south.
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Bowlingball Strand
Local beach with interesting geologic balls formed at the water break. Check tide levels to see if "bowling balls" will emerge from the sea. 14 miles to the south.
An awesome botanical garden featuring the local plant life of the North coast on an ocean front, cliffside location, with an ice cream stand. 32 miles to the north.
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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
18220 CA-1An awesome botanical garden featuring the local plant life of the North coast on an ocean front, cliffside location, with an ice cream stand. 32 miles to the north.
Fishing, Ocean kayaking - or both. Scuba dive site also (check wave, sea, weather conditions). 22 miles to the north.
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Van-Damme-State-Park
8001 CA-1Fishing, Ocean kayaking - or both. Scuba dive site also (check wave, sea, weather conditions). 22 miles to the north.
Point Arena Pizza
790 Port RdPier fishing spot. 12 miles to the south, then west.
Beautiful cliffside bluffs with crashing waves. Great for watching sunsets, or a stroll. 26 miles to the north.
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Mendocino Headlands State Park
Beautiful cliffside bluffs with crashing waves. Great for watching sunsets, or a stroll. 26 miles to the north.
Russian Gulch State Park
California 1Beatiful state park. 27 miles to the north.
Another gorgeous local park with a large river mouth opening up to a beautiful beach laden with bleached drift wood. Camping also available here with reservations. 26 miles to the south.
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Gualala Point Regional Park
California 1Another gorgeous local park with a large river mouth opening up to a beautiful beach laden with bleached drift wood. Camping also available here with reservations. 26 miles to the south.
One of the prettiest state parks in Mendocino. Theres something for everyone here - boardwalk cliffside strolling, tidepooling, surfing for the experienced and insane, fishing, and camping (with reservations way in advance). Located 38 miles north.
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MacKerricher State Park
24100 Mackerricher Park RdOne of the prettiest state parks in Mendocino. Theres something for everyone here - boardwalk cliffside strolling, tidepooling, surfing for the experienced and insane, fishing, and camping (with reservations way in advance). Located 38 miles north.
Horse back riding on Manchester State Park or Redwood forest rides. About 4-5 miles to the south.
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Ross Ranch
28300 Philo Greenwood RdHorse back riding on Manchester State Park or Redwood forest rides. About 4-5 miles to the south.
Hiking, fishing, legal mushroom hunting in stunning coast lined state park. 39 miles to the south.
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Salt Point State Park
25050 CA-1Hiking, fishing, legal mushroom hunting in stunning coast lined state park. 39 miles to the south.
Rent a beautiful wood outrigger canoe or bike and paddle or ride into the serene Big River for wildlife and riparian scenery viewing.
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Catch a Canoe & Bicycles, Too!
10051 S Big River RdRent a beautiful wood outrigger canoe or bike and paddle or ride into the serene Big River for wildlife and riparian scenery viewing.
City/town information
Check out the wharf with its bustling fishing boats, fishmongers, fish & chip stands, and fresh crab and oysters (when in season). Dine outside or grab takeout. Also has all your pharmacy, big supermarket, hardware store, and thrift shop needs. So put on your town shoes. 34 miles to the north.
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Fort Bragg
Check out the wharf with its bustling fishing boats, fishmongers, fish & chip stands, and fresh crab and oysters (when in season). Dine outside or grab takeout. Also has all your pharmacy, big supermarket, hardware store, and thrift shop needs. So put on your town shoes. 34 miles to the north.
Charming seaside town with epic views and great coastal access. Also great when you just want to go for a very pretty drive along the coast. 24 miles to the south.
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Gualala
Charming seaside town with epic views and great coastal access. Also great when you just want to go for a very pretty drive along the coast. 24 miles to the south.
Everything about this tiny town is charming - the local Elk store/deli, Matson Mercantile (local gifts and chain saw parts), the only garage/auto repair shop in the area. 8.2 miles to the north.
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Elk
Everything about this tiny town is charming - the local Elk store/deli, Matson Mercantile (local gifts and chain saw parts), the only garage/auto repair shop in the area. 8.2 miles to the north.
More vacation rentals close by, within walking distance
Adjacent neighborhood, within walking distance to the Victorian Gardens property, with many vacation rental homes of all price points. Great for events and weddings when extra housing is needed for extended family and friends. Less than 1/2 mi to the south.
Irish Beach station
Adjacent neighborhood, within walking distance to the Victorian Gardens property, with many vacation rental homes of all price points. Great for events and weddings when extra housing is needed for extended family and friends. Less than 1/2 mi to the south.
Many vacation rentals of all price points available in Irish Beach, the adjacent neighborhood within walking distance of Victorian Gardnes property.
Irish Beach Rental Agency
44001 Noyo WayMany vacation rentals of all price points available in Irish Beach, the adjacent neighborhood within walking distance of Victorian Gardnes property.
Travel, Local Airport
ChargePoint Charging Station
5600 CA-1Electric car charging station. 8.3 miles north, in Elk.