by Think In The Morning | Dec 14, 2018 | Sea Gull |
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] I love oysters. I like them raw, also fried and in soups or stuffing, but I’ll eat them most any way they are served. At the Sea Gull we served them more or less the same way we served the...
by Think In The Morning | Dec 9, 2018 | Sea Gull |
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] When I moved to Mendocino and acquired the Sea Gull Restaurant, I had no idea what sweetbreads were. (I didn’t know how to cook at all or run a business either, but that’s a different story.) As it turns...
by Think In The Morning | Dec 1, 2018 | Sea Gull |
[Click on BLUE link for sources and more information] Owen Matthews in his lively and interesting book Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America explains in vivid detail how: Russia really did once have an American...
by Think In The Morning | Nov 25, 2018 | Sea Gull |
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Sheldon retired into the back after setting up the dining room, as always, to Dire Straits Sultans of Swing. The coffee shop was quickly populated as soon as we opened the door. Skip,...
by Think In The Morning | Nov 15, 2018 | Sea Gull |
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] The Sea Gull Restaurant and Cellar Bar became part of many stories over the years, sometimes a short part, sometimes a long part. In About the Sea Gull we are collecting these stories and putting...
by Think In The Morning | Oct 22, 2018 | Sea Gull |
This is a bonus post, a live recording of The Mendocino Gong Show at the Sea Gull Cellar Bar recorded 10-20-1982. The Gong Show was a one-night only extravaganza at the upstairs Cellar Bar. We packed the house so we opened the dining room and the downstairs cellar...