.Food & Drink

January 7, 2025

Pinch Me

For some, their favorite season is summer. For others, it’s the holidays or pro football. For me, it’s crab season.
December 30, 2024

Big Fish Energy

A wave of new restaurants washed over greater Surf City in 2024, most notably a swell of promising seafood-centric spots, which inspires a year-end meditation to savor them.
December 30, 2024

Bar’s Back

An iconic spot for San Lorenzo Valley locals to eat, drink and be merry, Henflings came under new ownership recently...
December 30, 2024

25 and Counting

Start the year off with a bang and get a luscious bottle of pinot. I recommend Silver Mountain’s estate-bottled 2016 Pinot Noir.
December 23, 2024

Pub Hub

An mix of Irish, English and American pubs, Parish Publick House is what co-owner Joel Sawtell calls “the community’s second living room.”
December 23, 2024

Open-Ended Holiday

The term “two-way player” has a whole range of definitions. In the case of Mad Yolks (1411 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz), two-way takes on a...
December 17, 2024

Sparkling Red

The 2019 Souzão from San Antonio Valley is a brut sparkling wine that is perfect for any occasion, or because you love a delicious drop of bubbly.
December 17, 2024

Elite Meat Feat

Freedom Meat Locker is a specialty retail butcher shop with a deli featuring “choose-your-own-adventure” handcrafted sandwiches.
December 17, 2024

Two Deliciosos

The bargains transport me to a bygone era of real-deal happy hours: The solid house margaritas, salty dogs, Cuba libres and screwdrivers are $5
December 10, 2024

Closing Time

A barrage of restaurant closures rocked Santa Cruz County restaurants and their followers this year. Here appears an RIP rundown on the departed, plus...
December 10, 2024

Modern Mexican

Following a classic trajectory, Taquizas Gabriel went from pop-up to catering to food truck to a permanent space in the Capitola Mall.
December 3, 2024

Extra Sauce

Here, tweaking the legendary cinnamon rolls would be treasonous. Messing with the house Hollandaise would approximate madness.
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