.Dining Reviews

.Dining Reviews
April 23, 2025

Hungry for Hope

I have been stalking Crepe Cones because it stocks big-value, fresh-to-order crepes like its banana-nutella and grilled cheese, for just $6.
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.Dining Reviews
April 16, 2025

Tough Cookie

Adorable Soquel will host “moving parties,” on consecutive weekends—April 19–20 and 26–27—with special treats, including slow-cooked lamb for Easter.
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.Dining Reviews
April 9, 2025

Flavor HQ…Upgrade!

What isn’t changing: the vintage vibe; the full-bodied range of herb-butter hanger steaks, baby back ribs and ground-chuck cheeseburgers, hand prepped and smoked in house.
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.Dining Reviews
April 2, 2025

Monster Menu

The menu has three outstanding elements tucked into its vast inventory of Surf’s Up omelets, salmon Castroville, jambalaya Santa Cruz, and teriyaki top sirloins.
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.Dining Reviews
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
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.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
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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
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