Best Places Northern California: Restaurants, Lodgings, Touring

by Linda Watanabe McFerrin

This classic guide points visitors to all Northern California has to offer--from pastoral wine country to mountains and coastlines. Maps. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570612706
• ISBN13: 9781570612701
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Title should have been Best "Expensive" Places in NorCal

If you're a tourist looking for the finest in lodging, food, and entertainment and have an unlimited budget look no further. As a Northern Californian I've used this for a few outings and while I found the descriptions of the town and areas very accurate and elegantly informative, I was surprised with the limited selection of lodging and eating options. The restaurants descriptions are detailed and you really have a feeling for how the place is (ambiance and atmosphere) and what their food will taste like. Only the most exquisite restaurants and inns are listed and these are the places that always demand top dollars. This would make an awesome guide for newlyweds or the special-occasion traveler but not for your average monthly outing.

Ruen Tong Thai Restaurant, 801 N. State St., Ukiah, CA

Ruen Tong is a hidden treasure, located off, and parallel to, Hwy. 101, between San Francisco and Eureka, California. It has to be the best Thai restaurant that I, my husband, and friends have ever enjoyed. The cuisine is incredible and the restaurant itself is intimate, cozy, and immaculately clean. Presentation is beautiful and varied. We live approximately four hours north of Ukiah, but we would (and will) drive the distance just to experience this amazing find again. I strongly urge anyone driving on 101 past Ukiah to stop at Ruen Tong for lunch or dinner. I simply cannot imagine a better Thai restaurant anywhere!

A candid guide to all the amenities to be offered

Top restaurants and lodgings throughout Northern California are rated and reviewed and range from lodgings and restaurants to tourist opportunities. Best Places Northern California features some of the truly best places in the state and provides a candid guide to all the amenities to be offered in its places. Highly recommended; if only one guidebook to the state were to be selected, Best Places Northern California should be the 'Bible' of choice.