This is the best restaurant in the area. The large, airy dining room adjacent to the hotel lobby has tall windows overlooking the waterfront. At dinner, patrons may order a la carte or off the highly recommended Discovery Menu—a five-course, prix-fixe feast that pairs each course with suggested wines by the glass. A typical dinner might begin with an artichoke, green lentil, and fennel salad, followed by a warm chèvre cake appetizer, followed by a grilled duck breast with a seasonal fruit and zinfandel sauce. The chef picks most of the herbs and many of the vegetables fresh from organic gardens across the street. If you love oysters, start with a few Humboldt Bays roasted with barbecue sauce. Courtesy of the hotel’s 301 Wine Shop, the wine bar features an excellent, extensive list that garnered Wine Spectator’s Grand Award.