CALIFORNIA

California hotels, restaurants go local for ingredients, spa products

By Nora Zelevansky, Special to The Los Angeles Times
12:07 PM PDT, May 08, 2008

LOOKING CLOSE TO HOME

Dolphin Bay Resort, 2727 Shell Beach Road, Pismo Beach; (800) 516-0112, www.thedolphinbay.com.

El Dorado Hotel & Kitchen, 405 1st St. W., Sonoma; (707) 996-3220, www.eldoradosonoma.com.

Grace, 7360 Beverly Blvd.; (323) 934-4400, www.gracerestaurant.com.

Hotel del Coronado, 1500 Orange Ave., Coronado; (800) 468-3533, www.hoteldel.com.

The Lodge at Sonoma, 1325 Broadway, Sonoma; (707) 935-6600, www.thelodgeatsonoma.com.

Manresa, 320 Village Lane, Los Gatos; (408) 354-4330, www.manresarestaurant.com.

Marinus (at Bernardus Lodge), 415 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; (888) 648-9463, www.bernardus.com.

Post Ranch Inn, Highway 1, P.O. Box 219, Big Sur; (800) 527-2200, www.postranchinn.com.

Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive, San Diego; (877) 517-9342, www.ranchobernardoinn.com.

Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, 1 Ritz-Carlton Drive, Dana Point; (949) 240-2000, www.ritzcarlton.com.

Stevenswood Spa Resort, 8211 N. Highway 1, Mendocino; (800) 421-2810, www.stevenswood.com.

Surf & Sand Resort, 1555 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach; (888) 869-7569, www.surfandsandresort.com.

Where am I?

To reach this view of a mountain lake, it's about a 4-mile hike from one of the classic, woodsy old national park hotels of the American West.


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