Your Guidebook to Santa Cruz County

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Your Guidebook to Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz County Food Scene

Our county has become a hotspot for great food, breweries and distilleries. Enjoy our recommendations!
Classic Mexican food, wood grilled meats, good size portion. The Chili Verde is wonderful! Service is sweet.
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Jalisco Restaurant
618 Main St
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Classic Mexican food, wood grilled meats, good size portion. The Chili Verde is wonderful! Service is sweet.
You can never order wrong here! Know for their rotisserie chicken but the Monterey Caesar salad (with calamari) is a must try!!!!
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Café Cruz
2621 41st Ave
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You can never order wrong here! Know for their rotisserie chicken but the Monterey Caesar salad (with calamari) is a must try!!!!
Very traditional Mexican food in a home like setting. It's all MUCH BUENO! Breakfast all day. Try the Huevos Rancheros a must.
Olivia's Cafe
Very traditional Mexican food in a home like setting. It's all MUCH BUENO! Breakfast all day. Try the Huevos Rancheros a must.
Sometimes you just want REALLY good Italian food. No doughy breadsticks here or all you can eat pasta. A very classy spot with full of class host, chef and staff. You'll want to come back here!
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Lago di Como
21490 E Cliff Dr
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Sometimes you just want REALLY good Italian food. No doughy breadsticks here or all you can eat pasta. A very classy spot with full of class host, chef and staff. You'll want to come back here!

Everything Else

OK. You can't go wrong here for bread, pastries, coffee and a wonderful selection of prepared foods. Having a birthday? This is where you get the cake!
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Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria
504 Bay Ave
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OK. You can't go wrong here for bread, pastries, coffee and a wonderful selection of prepared foods. Having a birthday? This is where you get the cake!
A classic CA beach town. Good food. Good shopping.
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Capitola Beach Company
131 Monterey Ave
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A classic CA beach town. Good food. Good shopping.

Out of town but worth it!

Yep. Need we say more. Good bar....although we prefer to make our own at home so we don't have to drive back.
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Margaritaville
231 Esplanade
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Yep. Need we say more. Good bar....although we prefer to make our own at home so we don't have to drive back.
A local best kept secret. Traditional seafood diner house. Nothing fancy but just great classic foods: Artichokes, Calamari and just the BEST Sandabs in the world. Reservations a must.
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Sandbar & Grill
Municipal Wharf 2
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A local best kept secret. Traditional seafood diner house. Nothing fancy but just great classic foods: Artichokes, Calamari and just the BEST Sandabs in the world. Reservations a must.
Celebrating a special occasion. Looking to be casual about this. They do great local California cuisine with no attitude about it.
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Montrio Bistro
414 Calle Principal
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Celebrating a special occasion. Looking to be casual about this. They do great local California cuisine with no attitude about it.
Fancy. Wonderful sustainably caught seafood and an awesome wine list!
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Fishwife
1996 1/2 Sunset Dr
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Fancy. Wonderful sustainably caught seafood and an awesome wine list!
Good Mexican food. Fun decor. Nearby.
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Haute Enchilada Café
7902 Moss Landing Rd
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Good Mexican food. Fun decor. Nearby.

Arts & Culture

Let the kids go wild!
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park
400 Beach St
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Let the kids go wild!

Sightseeing

If you haven't been...this is a must. Not only educational but beautifully educational. You'll leave inspired by the "underlying" beauty of our bay and oceans.
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蒙特雷灣水族館
886 Cannery Row
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If you haven't been...this is a must. Not only educational but beautifully educational. You'll leave inspired by the "underlying" beauty of our bay and oceans.
Nice experience. Be prepared to row against the current at some point but you will love being in the water in this setting.
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Kayak Connection
2370 CA-1
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Nice experience. Be prepared to row against the current at some point but you will love being in the water in this setting.

Fun and Fast

A great community “plaza” with superb collection of food, drinks and music. The “essence of Santa Cruz” all in one place. There’s something for everyone. Weekend live bands on the square.
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Abbott Square
118 Cooper St
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A great community “plaza” with superb collection of food, drinks and music. The “essence of Santa Cruz” all in one place. There’s something for everyone. Weekend live bands on the square.
OK. This is just one good burger joint! A big selection of choices beyond the basics. There are three in the country but this one is closest to Pajaro Dunes.
Betty Burgers
OK. This is just one good burger joint! A big selection of choices beyond the basics. There are three in the country but this one is closest to Pajaro Dunes.

Breweries and Distilleries

Fruition Brewing
918 E Lake Ave
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Discretion Brewing
2703 41st Ave
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Humble Sea Brewing Co.
820 Swift St
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