Eureka, California Dining Samoa Cookhouse Samoa Cookhouse is the last traditional lumberjack cookhouse in the west. At one time, the cookhouse was surrounded by bunkhouses that sheltered up to 500 lumberjacks. After eating in one of the traditional dining rooms, you're welcome to browse the complimentary museum full of relics and photographs from the old logging and Cookhouse days. There is an amazing array of top-notch restaurants to be discovered in the area as well a large variety of more common fare this includes the popular micro brewery for which the Pacific Northwest is popularly known.