Carine's Fish Grotto - Fort Bragg (Noyo), CA

Family owned bar, fish restaurant, and fish store... Great food (Best Manhattan clam chowder West of the Rockies) because the fish is fresh off the local boats. (Carine's hubby Dominic used to unload the "catch of the day" every afternoon)

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Superior Dairy Products Company, Hanford, CA

Right across from the old Court House square is this classic soda fountain and ice cream parlor, like a time warp from the 1940s... Pink Naugahyde booths and waitresses in skirts and frilly aprons. And oh boy, the ice cream! Shakes and REAL malts served in the mixing can...and so thick that the waitress can turn the thing over w/o the spoon moving! Real hand made burgers and Ruben sandwiches.....with perfect fries and an a half-sour pickle spear. And of course, lots of ice cream sundaes!