Dining Reviews
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1.5K1New-School Snap Taco Takes Over Old Assembly Space
The team behind Penny Ice Creamery and Assembly turns to tacos
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2.4KNew Leaf, Cat & Cloud Ready Aptos Village Outposts
Organic grocer’s newest local store sets May 1 opening date
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1.2KBistro One Twelve: The Little Café That Could
Art-inspired eatery offers a fresh take on bistro fare
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1.4KDream Inn Debuts Surf-Chic Dining at Jack O’Neill Restaurant
Rebrand brings new sense of place and purpose
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2.2K1Soquel’s Pretty Good Advice Off To Pretty Great Start
Casual vibe, quality ingredients at Michelin-winning chef’s new local outpost
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1.7KSpring Feasts From India Joze to Jack O’Neill Restaurant
A Persian New Year celebration, ‘Murder from Scratch’ and a Dream Inn dining makeover
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1.3KSoif, UCSC Bring Climate Debate to Dinner Plates
Ocean2Table headlines first installment of new sustainable food series
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1.7K1A Burger Week Taste Test
Our dining critic’s Santa Cruz standbys
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2.4KVinocruz 2.0, Plus A Successor to Assembly
A local wine standby focuses on food and a former fine dining restaurant turns to tacos
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2.4K1Tabby Cat Cafe Keeps Quirky Coffee Alive
Downtown Santa Cruz’s former Cafe Bene gets new life
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1.9KPasta Mike’s Turns 30
A Q&A with Mike Ruymen, purveyor of pasta, pesto and other Italian delights
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3.6K1Santa Cruz’s New Alderwood is a Carnivore’s Dream
Downtown “coastal steakhouse” serves up oysters, prime cuts and bold flavors
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2.3KCat & Cloud Fuels Downtown Laptop Crowd
Cat Cloud Companion offers bountiful creative workspace
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4.1KPrimal Santa Cruz Serves Up Hearty, Healthy Food
Is this new Westside spot the future of dining?
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3.0KBig 2019 Openings on Santa Cruz Food Scene
Long-anticipated Alderwood set to begin seating; Companion Bakeshop settles into Aptos
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3.0KBurgers to Thai, Santa Cruz’s Best Meals of 2018
A righteous lamb burger, a gorgeous green curry and more
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1.7KSoif’s New Chef Serves Up Hearty Winter Menu
Tom McNary revels in root veggies and meaty entrees
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2.9KThe Poetry of Santa Cruz Mountains Wine
Reading by Jake Young highlights the lyric qualities of the local terroir
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1.6KShopper’s Corner’s Holiday Secret Weapon
Plus a menu preview from soon-to-be-open Alderwood
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1.9KSanta Cruz Holiday Markets Set Up Shop
A primer on locally made gifts, from artisan wreaths to small-batch chocolate
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1.9KHearty Entrees Shine at Lillian’s Italian Kitchen
Plus a post-Thanksgiving wine pairing dinner at Persephone.
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1.6KSoif Releases Thanksgiving Six-Pack of Wine Curated to Pair
Wine pairing for holiday appetizers through desert, plus the quest for the best local pumpkin pie continued
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2.1K1Who Serves Santa Cruz’s Best Pumpkin Pie?
Plus a dining guide for a day trip in Davenport
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2.8KBonny Doon Vineyard’s Le Cigare Volant Gets Dramatic Makeover
Plus Downtown Santa Cruz Fall Wine Walk on Nov. 11
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2.4KIndia Joze’s Brunch For The Birds; A New Wine Tasting Destination in Corralitos
Plus a standout pasta at Gabriella Cafe and oil paintings at Cafe Iveta
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1.6KPumpkin Decorating Bonanza at Felton Farmers Market
Plus seasonal dishes at La Posta and a Paint Night at Sotola
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2.1KLulu’s Micro-Sizes New Westside Coffee Outpost
A local fixture reimagines a vintage Fotomat
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2.6KChef Tom McNary of Carried Away Takes the Helm at Soif
Plus local beer and wine highlights of the week
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1.9KFall Means Farm and Garden Festival
The Fall Harvest Festival shows off UCSC’s organics
