.Dining Reviews

September 24, 2025

Stem Skills

Wild Roots Market marks a quarter-century of supporting organic and local produce. WRF was the first officially certified organic retailer in the U.S.
September 17, 2025

¡Vino Victory!

Who says the government never does anything tasty? In 2004, the California State Legislature designated September as California Wine Month. So—yes, math majors—this is the year...
September 10, 2025

Shore Thing

High Tide rolls in as “the signature restaurant with a quintessential coastal dining experience,” while Low Tide provides “a casual refuge..."
September 3, 2025

Hard Restart

Martinelli’s is ready to party like it’s…1868. Way back then, the O.G. Watsonville operation was all about its hard cider.
August 27, 2025

Life and Death Boxing

Lance Ebert and Mikey Adams are introducing a pop-up residency called Death Box in the former Alderwood in the heart of downtown.
August 20, 2025

Summer Bummer

Time-honored neighborhood nexus Seabright Social closes Sept. 1, as the Murray Street Bridge retrofit has made slim profit margins impossible.
August 12, 2025

Roadhouse Rules

At Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant & Inn, new owners are learning the ropes and listening to locals about what they want.
August 6, 2025

Clawing Back

Crab fishermen hauled in $1.4 million worth of catch as central California waters were closed to conventional crab gear to prevent whale entanglements.
July 29, 2025

Tight Company

Octavio “Tavo” Guerrero of The Buzz makes it his mission to serve Santa Cruz’s vegan community top-shelf plant-based sushi.
July 23, 2025

Chai Harder

Perhaps the most aromatic and interactive corner of a grocery store in Santa Cruz County materializes at the Seabright Staff of Life a few times a month.
July 16, 2025

Mad Scramble

So Capitola can now bask in the drippy-delicious-delirious bounty of Mad Chick, crusted SPAM and breakfast burger egg sandwiches, plus a site-specific breakfast burrito.
July 9, 2025

Tapped In

Happy half century Good Times in the shape of a hang outside GT’s office at 107 Dakota Ave., Santa Cruz 4–7pm Friday, July 11, with live music and food trucks.
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