North Coast Journal 2010 - Best Of

Best Coffeehouse

All that’s left is the three-peat! For the second year in a row, Old Town Coffee & Chocolates hath proven itself to be the throbbing pulse of Old Town by claiming the Journal’s coveted Best Coffeehouse crown. All hail…

For frequenters of the neighborhood, the honor will come as no surprise. Place be hoppin’. From the moment the doors open in the morning to give joe-sippers refuge from the gray Eureka skies, ’til the baristas are shooing out the final Open Mic lingerers at night, the joint is constantly bustling. Have you ever tried to get coffee there during Arts Alive? Yeah, it’s a popular spot.

Coffee? Check. Chocolate? Check. But OTC&C is not only for warm liquids and candy. Journal readers may recall a recent “Town Dandy” rant bemoaning the lack of cheap lunch options near the new Eureka NCJHQ. Well, I know of at least one. For me, OTC&C has been my more-than-regular midday meal destination thanks to their delicious rotating $4 soup selection. They give you not uno but dos buttered rolls. Very nice. Open your eyes, Sims! (211 F St., Eureka)

— Andrew Goff