Dining Reviews
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4.7KSpring 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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4.2KSoif, UCSC Bring Climate Debate to Dinner Plates
Ocean2Table headlines first installment of new sustainable food series
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5.8K1A Burger Week Taste Test
Our dining critic’s Santa Cruz standbys
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5.8KVinocruz 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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7.5K1Tabby Cat Cafe Keeps Quirky Coffee Alive
Downtown Santa Cruz’s former Cafe Bene gets new life
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5.9KPasta Mike’s Turns 30
A Q&A with Mike Ruymen, purveyor of pasta, pesto and other Italian delights
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9.0K1Santa Cruz’s New Alderwood is a Carnivore’s Dream
Downtown “coastal steakhouse” serves up oysters, prime cuts and bold flavors
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4.5KCat & Cloud Fuels Downtown Laptop Crowd
Cat Cloud Companion offers bountiful creative workspace
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7.2KPrimal Santa Cruz Serves Up Hearty, Healthy Food
Is this new Westside spot the future of dining?
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5.6KBig 2019 Openings on Santa Cruz Food Scene
Long-anticipated Alderwood set to begin seating; Companion Bakeshop settles into Aptos
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5.2KBurgers to Thai, Santa Cruz’s Best Meals of 2018
A righteous lamb burger, a gorgeous green curry and more
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3.9KSoif’s New Chef Serves Up Hearty Winter Menu
Tom McNary revels in root veggies and meaty entrees
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5.2KThe Poetry of Santa Cruz Mountains Wine
Reading by Jake Young highlights the lyric qualities of the local terroir
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4.0KShopper’s Corner’s Holiday Secret Weapon
Plus a menu preview from soon-to-be-open Alderwood
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3.6KSanta Cruz Holiday Markets Set Up Shop
A primer on locally made gifts, from artisan wreaths to small-batch chocolate
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4.3KHearty Entrees Shine at Lillian’s Italian Kitchen
Plus a post-Thanksgiving wine pairing dinner at Persephone.
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3.5KSoif 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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4.3K1Who Serves Santa Cruz’s Best Pumpkin Pie?
Plus a dining guide for a day trip in Davenport
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6.2KBonny Doon Vineyard’s Le Cigare Volant Gets Dramatic Makeover
Plus Downtown Santa Cruz Fall Wine Walk on Nov. 11
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4.7KIndia 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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3.6KPumpkin Decorating Bonanza at Felton Farmers Market
Plus seasonal dishes at La Posta and a Paint Night at Sotola
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4.8KLulu’s Micro-Sizes New Westside Coffee Outpost
A local fixture reimagines a vintage Fotomat
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4.8KChef Tom McNary of Carried Away Takes the Helm at Soif
Plus local beer and wine highlights of the week
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3.9KFall Means Farm and Garden Festival
The Fall Harvest Festival shows off UCSC’s organics
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4.0KOswald’s Lunch is an Afternoon Delight
Hearty lunch entrees and relaxed ambiance make for a marvelous midday
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4.2K2Why Zoccoli’s is Still Santa Cruz’s Favorite Deli
Plus a preview of fall benefit dinner season
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4.8KFestival fever: Mole & Mariachi, Greek Festival converge on Santa Cruz
Plus a screaming wine deal at Shopper’s Corner, and an update an upcoming openings
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5.1KMarket Madness as Local Farmers Hit Peak Season
Plus ahi crostini at Oswald, and nectarine buttermilk cake at Iveta
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3.7KTequila & Taco Music Festival returns to San Lorenzo
Plus several new openings to look forward to in Santa Cruz
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3.2KWindy Oaks Opens New Carmel-by-the-Sea Tasting Room
Plus Malabar promises tapas, and a fire at Manresa ceases operations
