Duarte's Tavern . . .

“where friends meet” ... since 1894

Enjoy a Cioppino Dinner for Two!

Duarte’s Tavern offers American country cooking, spiced by the Portugese roots of the Duarte family. We cook local fish depending on the week’s catch and a tavern menu of simple dishes, nothing fancy. Almost all of our vegetables and fruits are from the restaurant garden or grown locally. We feature wines from the Santa Cruz mountains, and our fully stocked bar makes a mean Bloody Mary.

James Beard Award
for American Classic Restaurant 2003

Frank Duarte established the business as a saloon and barbershop in 1894. The tavern soon offered food for locals and weekenders too. All the Duartes have loved food. Emma Duarte began the tavern’s pie-making tradition in the 1930s. Frank’s grandson Ron Duarte and his wife Lynn first experimented with their famous Cream of Artichoke soup in the early 1960s. Ron’s handwritten book of recipes is in the kitchen today.

Duarte’s Tavern is a family and community business, run by the fourth generation of the Duarte family. We were a local destination in Pescadero’s heyday in the 1920s.  We still brew the day’s first cup of coffee for local farmers. Generations of families have grown up working with us in the restaurant, tavern or garden. Most of our full-time staff have been with us many years and live within walking distance of the tavern.

Do not miss Frank Duarte’s original tavern bar, saved from the fire that destroyed most of Pescadero in the late 1920s. Though we no longer carry our own whiskey, we are one of the very few Californian restaurants to hold an off-sale license.