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March 25, 2025

Old Is New

Dreamers Restaurant offers throwback breakfast-lunch hits, like omelet with cheddar and red onion, and elevated sloppy Joe barbecued beef on a French roll

.Dining Reviews

March 19, 2025

Feeling Felton

Shockwave quesabirria” tacos, “mountain burgers,” shawarma wraps and smoked pork sandwiches roll out from the kitchen at Felton Music Hall

.Dining Reviews

March 12, 2025

Sunny Side Up

At the Surf City institution that is Walnut Avenue Cafe, Mike Bobadilla says street-side seating has essentially given him another restaurant.

.Dining Reviews

March 4, 2025

Choc It Up

A new incarnation of Mutari—The Chocolate Studio—has hatched for a three-month pop-up in the former Flower Bar space.

.Dining Reviews

February 25, 2025

Saddle Up

It’s time for double the apple-walnut pancakes, double the egg bread French toast, double the Cowboy omelets, double the calamari steaks and eggs and double the chicken cutlet BLTs.

.Dining Reviews

February 18, 2025

Pop Quiz

I took the occasion of Valentine’s Day to revisit a runaway romance between Santa Cruz and Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria.

.Dining Reviews

February 11, 2025

Pier Network

A boatload of resident-friendly deals appear at restaurants along one of the more touristed stretches in town, Santa Cruz Wharf.

.Dining Reviews

February 5, 2025

Play Date

You’re already feeling lucky because you’re taking the first-ever Santa Cruz Pizza Week seriously—which is ongoing through Feb. 8

.Dining Reviews

January 29, 2025

That New New

Here comes a turbo tasting of the recent debuts, Crepe Cones (pictured), Tortilla Shack, Fusion Fare, Green Papaya, and J&M Bagels

.Dining Reviews

January 21, 2025

’Za ’Za Zoom

If you’re an identifiable pie purveyor of any variety, your appetite shall be sizzling with the approach of the first-ever Santa Cruz Pizza Week

.Dining Reviews

January 14, 2025

Getting Ahead

Pop quiz, life-on-Earth edition: The future is…which of the following? a) scary; b) unpromised; c) exhilarating; d) onrushing; e) epic.

.Dining Reviews

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.

.Dining Reviews

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.