Three-course lobster tasting menu with optional paired wines by the glass. The menu includes lobster chowder, a fun, triple-decker lobster "sammich," and butter-poached lobster on a summer squash timbale with hollandaise. $52.50 per person, $77.50 with suggested wines. Offered Wed.-Sun. through Sept. 15, 2010. The Rendezvous has had the highest average Zagat food ratings for Mendocino County  (San Francisco/Bay Area surveys) over the past seven years.

"When there's a tasting menu built around seasonal ingredients such as crab or wild mushrooms, order it without hesitation."

--71miles.com