The Moosse Café

Frommer's Review

This petite cafe in a New England-style home is another one of Mendocino's most popular. In 1995, the place was gutted and redone with an attractive, modern interior. The menu changes seasonally and features many items made from locally grown organic herbs and vegetables, such as the wonderful organic Rosie chicken and shiitake mushroom pot pie with a chive buttermilk biscuit crust and spring vegetables. I also enjoyed the pan-roasted natural pork chop with a sweet-onion-hazelnut crust, and the braised beef short ribs with Little River organic shiitake mushroom and yellow Finn mashed potatoes. If the cioppino is on the menu -- an aromatic stew of fresh fish and shellfish simmered in a saffron-fennel-tomato broth -- you're in luck. Service is friendly; my only complaint is that the tables are a bit too close together, especially if it's crowded.

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