The oldest bar in Mendocino County?

An older person with curly hair and glasses smiles while standing behind a bar counter filled with glassware. — Amy Broyd mans the bar at Beacon Light by the Sea in Elk Calif. on Saturday August 8, 2026. Amy has been tending bar at the Beacon Light off and on for 31 years. (Lark Coryell via Bay City News)

Ask around Mendocino County for the oldest bar, and you’ll get a confident answer, then another one, then a third. All can be right, because nobody is answering the same question.

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