Stanford Inn’s 2024 Harvest Mendocino Events
Friday, November 1 – Sunday, November 10, 2024
Call 707.937.5615 for more information and reservations.
Stanford Inn’s Medicinal Mushroom Breakfast Entrée
(in addition to our regular breakfast menu!)
Daily: 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Friday, November 1 – Sunday, November 10
The Stanford Inn’s Ravens is featuring special mushroom dishes for breakfast. Often the first question when encountering a new mushroom is “Is it edible or poisonous?” An equally interesting question is “How can this mushroom improve my health?” Enjoy medicinal mushrooms at breakfast. Ravens provides written information regarding medicinal uses of mushrooms and essential aspects of preparation and information to enhance your enjoyment. Join us to experience what truly creative, eco-friendly cuisine is all about.
$24.00/a la carte | $30.00 with organic juice & coffee
Reservations suggested: 707.937.5615
Fall Inspired Mushroom Tasting Menu
(in addition to our regular dinner menu!)
Nightly: 6:00 pm – closing
Friday, November 1 – Sunday, November 10
Enjoy Harvest Special plant-based dishes featuring wild and wild-crafted mushrooms or locally harvest seaweed throughout the festival at Stanford Inn’s Ravens Restaurant!
Reservations recommended: 707.937.5615
Mushroom Tasting Menu
Appetizer Pizetta
Grilled bolete, shiitake bacon, onion, walnut kale-basil pesto
Oyster Mushroom Chowder
Chive garnish
Seared Maitake Salad
Maitake mushrooms, mixed garden greens, cherry tomato, red bell pepper, cashew-Dijon dressing
Grilled Chanterelles
Creamy Polenta, Port Wine Reduction
Candy Cap Crème Brule
Forest and farm to table plant-based dining
Prix Fixe ~ 75
Stanford Inn’s Mushroom Exploration Tours
Friday, November 1 – Sunday, November 3 +
Friday, November 8 – Sunday, November 10
Start Times: FRI/SAT/SUN: 12:00 pm + SUNDAYS ONLY: 3:00 pm
Join local mycological enthusiast Adrienne Long for an exploration experience. Adrienne has been leading nature tours on the Mendocino Coast for the past seven years and was a student of naturalist, Dr. Ryane Snow. Meet in the Stanford Inn lobby for an introductory mushroom talk before heading out to explore the local forests and meadows. Tours last 1.5 to 2 hours.
$55/adult | $20/child ages 2-16
Reservations pre-payment required: 707.937.5615
Private tours arranged on request (707.937.5615)
Stanford Inn’s Garden Tour
Saturday, November 9 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Tour the Stanford Inn & Resort’s Big River Nurseries garden. Learn about biointensive gardening techniques, the benefits of allowing gardens to “recover” in the winter and more!
$15/person
Advanced reservations required: 707.937.5615
Stanford Inn’s Catch-a-Canoe and Bicycles, too!
Friday, November 1 – Sunday, November 10
Catch-A-Canoe self-guided outrigger tours: Explore Big River Estuary in locally designed/crafted redwood outrigger canoes. Receive a complimentary map of Big River Estuary with photographs depicting Big River’s history. See mushrooms growing along the high banks!
Rent a mountain bike and explore coastal bluffs and logging roads. Mushrooms grow along the old roads and paths. Enjoy seeing them, but unless you are knowledgeable, only take a photograph!
Reservations required: 707.937.5615
Please visit: https://catchacanoe.com