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8am-4pm)
Here's where locals and tourists mingle in an unpretentious, noisy and cozy cafe setting.
Get bakery goods and fair-trade coffee for breakfast and comfort food like mac and cheese
or curry bowls at lunch. Lots of gluten-free options are available.
Mendocino Market
DELI
11am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat & Sun;
)
Pick up huge deli sandwiches and picnics here.
Mendocino Cafe
CALIFORNIAN, FUSION
mains $21-33; 11:30am-8pm; )
One of Mendocino's few fine dinner spots that also serves lovely alfresco lunches on its
ocean-view deck surrounded by roses. Try the fish tacos or the 'Healing Bowl' of soba
noodles, miso, shitake mushrooms and choice of meat or seafood. At dinner there's grilled
steak and seafood.
Ledford House
MEDITERRANEAN
707-937-0282;
www.ledfordhouse.com
;
3000 N Hwy 1, Albion; mains $14-30;
5-8pm Wed-Sun; )
Watch the water pound the rocks and the sun set out of the Mendocino hubbub (8 miles
south) at this friendly Cal-Med bistro. Try the cassoulet or the gnocchi. It's a local hangout
and gets hoppin' with live jazz most nights.
Flow
CALIFORNIAN
Run by the Mendocino Cafe, this new, very busy place has the best views of the ocean in
town from its 2nd-story perch. Brunch is a specialty as are Mexican-inspired small plates,
artisanal pizzas and a sublime local dungeness crab chowder. Gluten-free and vegan op-
tions are available.
