Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe

It didn't take too much longer to get to Eureka from Ferndale.

The sky was starting to turn grey and wasn't as warm as earlier...


We made a quick stop at this parking lot (near a launching facility)

When I looked up who Jimmy Smith in preparation for this post today, I found out that he recently died. In fact, he passed away on May 24th (more info on his life here and here). A few years ago, while Mr. Smith was still alive, this boat launch facility was renamed in his honor.  It was in this parking lot where we ate a few snacks and freshened up before the last few miles to our hotel.

Driving through Eureka, it was interesting seeing their "Asian" restaurants here. They also had a lot of coffee drive thru's (one is pictured several photos below).



The sign welcoming us to Historic Eureka (which runs along the 101).

We checked into our hotel and relaxed for a few hours before heading out to have dinner at Lost Coast Brewery, which is only one of two female owned breweries in Humboldt County  (the other is Six Rivers Brewery in nearby McKinleyville).


One day, I want to watch a roller derby matCH!

The restaurant was very big with both upstairs and downstairs dining areas. It was also ethnically diverse (which was cool) and full of all ages, from families with babies and toddlers to college age kids and older folks. Theirmenu was standard pub fare (not too healthy and a lot of fried stuff unfortunately). Bert was excited about trying all ten of their beers in their tasters (10 beers for $13/it is now $15; I checked online).



Their condiments were housed in six pack holders.

The beers ranged from light and fruit to intense and hoppy to chocolatey (the stouts).  They have ten different kinds (listed on their online menu) and Bert was happy to have tried them all, with a little help from me, of course.



Our calamari appetizer with tartar sauce and ketchup (or was it cocktail sauce):

Bert's Pulled Pork sandwich with fries...

TC's vegetarian pizza (mushrooms, olives and onions):

My Chinese chicken salad - I was trying to eat something vaguely healthy.

The food was just so so. The beer variety was great. Our waitress was super nice. The noise level was pretty loud and we were upstairs as well.

As we were leaving, we passed by this cool building. It is located at 412 G. Street in downtown Eureka is this fabulous building with oand sports ornate architectural details. Built in 1919, it  was originally called the Sweasey Theater (named after the Mayor of Eureka at the time) and renamed the Loew's Theatre in 1921. The building remained a movie theater until 1943. In 1973, the building had a second life as Daly's department store up until  1995. After years of neglect, the building was was recently restored and is now known as the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.

We had such a long day! Tomorrow we would be bound for Crescent City!

Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe
617 4th St.
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-4480

www.lostcoast.com + reviews from you know where & tripadvisor

Summer Road Trip 2015 Day 4 in this order:
"Headlands Coffee House"
"Pudding Creek Trestle Bridge"
"Shine Drive Thru Tree"
"Confusion Hill"
"Avenue of the Giants, Founders Grove"
"The Chandelier Drive Thru Tree, Leggett"
"Passing thorugh Scotia and Ferndale"
and this last post!

The next day lay in store for us as we continued to make our way up the coast of California.