Welcome to The Andiron | Seaside Inn & Cabins!

We are 11 one and two room cabins perfectly situated on five acres of meadow and woods on Highway 1 in Little River, California.

Minutes away from everything - beaches, wineries, diving, hikes, Mendocino, breweries, good food - but quiet, relaxing, and fun, our housekeeping cabins and rooms are each entirely unique and reflect our love of everything vintage, salvaged, rehabbed, and recycled.

You'll find fifties fabrics, old Viewmasters, your favorite childhood games and puzzles, badminton, croquet, funky lamps, and so much more. Add super-comfy beds, a sweet hot tub, and weekend happy hours, and you've got a mighty fine getaway. Plus, we think your pets are swell, so bring 'em along ($20 per pet/night)!

It's a winter wonderland up here! It's either clear, crisp, and utterly wonderful or rainy, chilly, and cozy. Both rock, right? Plus, everything is green and pretty and the sunshine and sunsets just look better through the winter clouds. Our happy hours are still full of melted cheese (vegan yummy stuff too); Soup Saturdays are ON - we're serving spicy black bean soup with or without smoky chicken sausage this weekend; and, OF COURSE, hikes and strolls and stars in the winter sweater weather up here. Come!

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• Drink up! Festive and fantastic happy hours from 5pm to 6pm every night between December 23rd and December 30th (except for December 25th and January 1). Stop by and you'll find a rotating cast of nostalgic hors d'ouevres (fondue, raclette, shrimp newberg, cheese ball, relish tray, chex party mix, swedish meatballs, pigs-in-a-blanket, roasted chestnuts, and other yummy snacks that demand a frilly toothpick). Of course, they'll be paired with different drink specials every night, including Tom & Jerrys, mulled wine, champagne cocktails, holiday ales, spiked eggnog and whatever else we can find in our old-school recipe files.


• Toast Bar! Head to the lodge for toast bar from 8:30am-10am every morning between December 24 and January 2. Locally baked bread, jams, and nut butters, hot chocolate, coffee and tea, and the NYT and SF Chron. A perfect way to start a lazy day! And on December 25th and January 1, we'll have very special toast bars. On December 25, we'll have homemade gingerbread pop-tarts, mexican hot chocolate, fresh squeezed orange juice, and champagne. And on January 1, come for bagels, schmears, Roundman smoked fish, and our bloody mary bar. Both days will start a scosh later than usual at 9:30 and we'll keep the morning yumminess going til about 1. So, sleep in and don't worry about missing the good times.


• Fancy Dinner! Looking for special meal and event options on December 25 or December 31? See the list below for dinners and dances and drinking and whathaveyou.


• Staying in on New Year's Eve? Cool. Us too. We'll be holding court in the Lodge beginning at about 10pm. Be forewarned that we may make you wear little hats. Also, crackers and streamers. We'll have the requisite sparkly business at midnight, of course!


• Rainy day special! If you don't feel like heading out at night, hole up in your cabin with a holiday movie and our soup special. $30 will get you two big bowls of homemade hearty soup (choices like wild mushroom, moroccan lentil, potato leek, roasted root vegetable, and more), a 1/2 bottle of wine or two beers, bread, and delicious desserts - all delivered to your cabin in charming Andiron style. (PS: Our soups are almost always vegan with vegetarian and carnivore options available too!)


• But wait! There's more! Get our cookie kit for $25 (homemade snowflake, star, bell etc sugar cookies, frostings, and darling decorations). Join Mr and Mrs. Andiron in the Lodge for a round of Ticket to Ride, radio mysteries, and the umpteenth showing of White Christmas. Take wintery stable pictures with the goats. Oh...and relax. Do nothing. Read a book. Knit. Etc.


• Restaurants and bars and special fun on December 24, 25, and 31st. (Not all are open all three nights, and most require reservations so you'll want to check that out soon! Also, we'll update this list as more details get posted.)
  
  Ledford House - Albion - serving regular menu and "Feast of the Seven Fishes" on Christmas Eve; closed Christmas Day; Live music, dancing, and special menu on New Year's Eve. http://www.ledfordhouse.com/new/index.php/events
  
  Albion River Inn - Albion - Not sure what they're doing yet, but we're sure they'll be open and serving; perhaps with special events. http://www.albionriverinn.com/restaurant.php
  
  Wild Fish - Little River - *New restaurant alert!* Special menus on Christmas and New Year's eve. They're Brits so there's even talk of Boxing Day specials! http://www.wild-fish.com/
  
  Little River Inn - Little River - Open every day with special menus on Christmas and New Year's eve. http://www.littleriverinn.com/dining/
  
  Stevenswood - Little River - Not sure yet if their restaurant is open on all the holidays...but probably on some, at least! http://www.stevenswood.com
  
  Ravens at Stanford Inn (vegan) - Mendocino - Special and regular menu on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve; also open all other days. http://www.ravensrestaurant.com/
  
  McCallum House- Mendocino - Special menus on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve; also open all other days. http://www.maccallumhouse.com/pages/restaurant/events.html
  
  Cafe Beaujolais - Mendocino - Special menu on New Year's Eve; not sure about Christmas Eve, Christmas Day yet. http://cafebeaujolais.com/
  
  Mendocino Hotel - Mendocino - Special menus on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. Dancing on New Year's Eve at the Hill House Inn. http://www.mendocinohotel.com/MH-Calendar.html
  
  955 Ukiah (restaurant) - Mendocino - Special New Year's Eve menu. http://www.955restaurant.com/
  
  Caspar Inn - Caspar - closed from the 24th-28th but featuring Fishbone and others on New Year's Eve. They have pretty good food too! http://casparinn.com/calendar.html
  
  Patterson's Pub - Mendocino - open every day, including Christmas Day. Special shindig on New Year's Eve. http://www.pattersonspub.com/mendo_home.html


• People always ask us where we find all our kooky old stuff. The answer is EVERYWHERE, but we do stop at thrift and vintage stores between The Andiron and our home in Berkeley pretty frequently. So, we put together a google map of thrift and vintage stores along hway 101. Nothing better than a lazy afternoon thrifting, if you ask me. ESPECIALLY when you end up at The Andiron!


• Everyone digs a gift certificate to The Andiron! We make our own gift certificates out of old cookbooks, knitting magazines, and garden guides. They're cool (see a picture here)! And when you give someone a gift certificate to The Andiron, you're cool too. That is how cool works! Best of all, we'll mail it right to your gift-ee OR to you OR we have an email version that you can print out if you like.
  
  You can make your gift certificate for any denomination and/or any kooky combo (like, "one night's stay in the Nature cabin and put the sixties version of The Parent Trap in the cabin along with two bags of popcorn"). And if you're feeling really really super cool, then give the ultimate and most awesome gift: The Andiron Grand Tour - one night in each cabin (all at once or one at a time), including special gifts with each stay and one-of-a-kind, handmade grand tour t-shirts upon completion ($1,500 plus tax).
  
  Ready to earn your spot as the hippest gift giver in your circle? Call us up at (707) 937-1541 or email Scott at Scott@TheAndiron.com - (he'll get back to you right away, promise).

Interested in booking the whole place for your retreat, party, or family gathering? Contact Scott at Scott@TheAndiron.com or (707) 937-1543.