Pelican Inn
| Pelican Inn | ||
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| Theme | 16th Century Pub and Inn | |
| Established | 1979 | |
| Founder | Charles Felix | |
| Owners | Edward and Susan Cunningham | |
| Food type | 16th century Brtish Faire | |
| Seating capacity | Seven bedrooms | |
| Address | 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, California 94965 | |
| Telephone | 415.383.6000 | |
| Website | www.pelicaninn.com/ | |
The romantic escape over the hills to the beach. . . an inn capturing the spirit of 16th century England’s west country awaits you.
Barely 20 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, the hospitable Pelican Inn rests at Muir Beach in the sea-blown fog, among the pines and alders, the honeysuckle and jasmine … a lodging refuge between the ocean, Muir Woods and the Northern California National Recreational Area parks.
The Pelican opens its doors to you for the fellowship of its Tudor bar, country cooking, overnight lodging or for a getaway of carefree feasting and relaxation.
The Rooms
The Pelican is steeped in the mystical aura of British hostelry. Seven snug bedrooms, a cozy and hearty restaurant, a covered garden patio and a diminutive bar in traditional English style.
Your cozy Room with private bathroom is graced with English antiques, a heavily draped half-tester (canopy) bed, and a turkey (oriental) rug.
In the tradition of English Country Inns, hearty food is served in the restaurant for lunch and dinner.
The paneled Bar is well-stocked with foaming brew, wines, superb sherries, ports, and is surrounded by brasses, low beams, dart boards and good fellowship. Pub snacks are available from 11:30am to closing – enjoy succulent bangers, cottage pie, fresh salads and more.
The Snug is a private room for overnight guests complete with fireplace, overstuffed chairs and a selection of books and games. Perfectly suited for relaxing, sipping Sherry or merely enjoying the glow of the fire.
Rooms & Rates
To repair the day’s toils, snuggle into one of our cozy “half-testers,” a heavily draped canopy bed. These have been incorporated into every Pelican room. Each room graced with English antiques is replete (in Tudor parlance) with the “necessary room”, the water closet, with its tiled shower and hand basin.
Included in the price of the room is a sumptuous English breakfast of bacon and eggs, bangers, grilled tomatoes, toast, marmalade, and steaming hot coffee or tea.
Rooms are priced according to their size — all are small and cozy as befitting a 16th century inn.
Priest Hole
If you climb into the giant hearth you can see a dark, somewhat creepy, hole in the roof by the chimney.
“Oh, that’s the priest hole,” Cotton tells me. “Watch your head.”
A priest hole was a man-sized crevice built into the walls or ceilings of Catholic homes in England in the 16th century, when priests were being hunted down and persecuted by Queen Elizabeth I. A place to hide your priest when the Protestant queen’s guards came knocking at the door.
While this likely wasn’t a concern in 1980s California, the attention to detail is pretty impressive.
A Personal Note from Robin
For fun, neRRell and I spent the weekend at The Pelican Inn. About 7pm Saturday evening, I had neRRell dress in a RenFaire dress and I in a kilt. We went downstairs for a Beef Wellington dinner at their restaurant and returned to our room where she "lost 'er virginity" as a 'Droit du Seigneur' ceremony.
This venue is a terrific place for you and your lady (soon to be damsel-in-distress) to visit midweek as the weekends are usually fully booked and crowded.
(There are also many "little, private trails" to be explored.)
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