Stars Hamburgers is a small, no-frills counter on the Plaza that serves some of the best straightforward burgers on the North Coast. The menu is short — burgers, fries, milkshakes, and a few sandwiches — but everything is made to order and the quality is consistently good. Prices are low by California standards, and the place fills up at lunch.
This is not an Instagram restaurant. It's a plastic-tray burger joint that happens to have been doing it right for decades, in a town that has been tempted by every food trend going. It's a reliable choice for something fast and satisfying, and locals eat here regularly rather than treating it as a guilty pleasure.