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Mendocino Hotel |
45080 Main Street
PO Box 587
Mendocino, CA 95460 |
| Phone | (707) 937-0511 | | Reservations | (800) 548-0513 |
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Property Description |
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The Mendocino Hotel is the only remaining Hotel from a time when Mendocino was a booming port for the logging trade. The original structure of the Hotel, dating to 1878, remains today and encompasses the lobby, the lobby bar, the Victorian dining room, the kitchen and upstairs rooms.
The Hotel itself speaks much about the town and its history. It originally opened as The Temperance House in a time when the town was burgeoning with 20,000 people (as compared to 1,000 today). It was considered, according to current Hotel management, as "the one bastion of good Christian morals in a town of loggers." Mendocino was reportedly home to 19 saloons during the logging industry's heydey, and there was no shortage of pool halls and "fast houses" in town, either.
In 1975, R.O. Peterson purchased the run-down hotel and retained a cadre of designers and local artisans and crafsmen to authentically restore it. Mr. Peterson gave the designers carte blanche to purchase as many period antiques as they felt wre necessary to give the Hotel the right atmosphere. Approximately 90% of all the pieces date to the late 19th century. Most of the remaining 10% represent items commissioned specifically for the Hotel.
The Mendocino Hotel encourages it's employees to excel & to get involved whole-heartedly in the property. They employ approximately 85 people, year round. Within the last 12 months 10 employees have been promoted.
Full time employees that have passed their probationary period are entitled to Health & Dental Insurance. And after one year of employment & 21 years of age employees can participate in the 401(k) plan. |
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THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE: "The Mendocino Hotel offers elegant dining featuring California cuisine and an extensive wine list"
THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE: "One of the finest dining rooms in town was at the Mendocino Hotel."
LA STYLE: "Happily our room at the Mendocino Hotel provided a handsome haven... located beneath one of the town's landmark water towers in the new garden suites added behind the venerable 115-year-old establishment, it offers an airy garden-view porch for relaxing before dinner."
LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE: "Nothing cutesy, nothing quaint - just lots of solid wood paneling, cut and leaded glass, brass appointments, spindled-wood door frames and walls papered in period fabrics... bright and cheery rooms ... on each brass bed rests a heavy, terrycloth robe. When is the last time you saw such guest pampering, outside of Europe?"
GOURMET MAGAZINE: "Guests register at a teller's cage from an old Kansas bank and congregate for drinks in a front parlor filled with antiques, amoung them a two hundred year old polished steel fireplace of Dutch origin. A remarkable stained-glass dome was installed over the bar ... believed to be a Tiffany ... replete with leaded windows and Oriental rugs (it) evokes the Victorian era prefectly ... Dinner can be very pleasant. Desserts tend to be all-American and irresistable. We were won over by the individual deep-dish pies. Lunch is very popular and brings forth an appealing roster of dishes. Another welcome change is the wine list." |
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Property Statistics |
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| Year built | 1878 |
| Last year renovated | 1975 |
| Number of rooms | 51 |
| Meeting rooms | 1 |
| Sq. ft. of meeting space | 1,000 |
| Banquet capacity | 130 |
| Number of employees | 85 |
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| | Peak season | | July 1 thru October 31, Thanksgiving & Christmas |
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Food & Beverage Outlets |
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| Restaurants |  Fine Dining
French
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Other
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| | Lounges | Lobby
Lounge
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Amenities |
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| Hotel Amenities | - Newspaper (Mon-Fri)
- Beaches
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