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.
11 lokalaca preporučuje
Jalisco Restaurant
618 Main St
11 lokalaca preporučuje
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!!!!
88 lokalaca preporučuje
Café Cruz
2621 41st Ave
88 lokalaca preporučuje
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!
22 lokalaca preporučuje
Lago di Como
21490 E Cliff Dr
22 lokalaca preporučuje
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!
155 lokalaca preporučuje
Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria
504 Bay Ave
155 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
167 lokalaca preporučuje
Capitola Beach Company
131 Monterey Ave
167 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
40 lokalaca preporučuje
Margaritaville
231 Esplanade
40 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
22 lokalaca preporučuje
Sandbar & Grill
Municipal Wharf 2
22 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
22 lokalaca preporučuje
Montrio Bistro
414 Calle Principal
22 lokalaca preporučuje
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!
21 lokalaca preporučuje
Fishwife
1996 1/2 Sunset Dr
21 lokalaca preporučuje
Fancy. Wonderful sustainably caught seafood and an awesome wine list!
Good Mexican food. Fun decor. Nearby.
42 lokalaca preporučuje
Haute Enchilada Café
7902 Moss Landing Rd
42 lokalaca preporučuje
Good Mexican food. Fun decor. Nearby.

Arts & Culture

Let the kids go wild!
745 lokalaca preporučuje
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park
400 Beach St
745 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
668 lokalaca preporučuje
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886 Cannery Row
668 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
55 lokalaca preporučuje
Kayak Connection
2370 CA-1
55 lokalaca preporučuje
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.
32 lokalaca preporučuje
Abbott Square
118 Cooper St
32 lokalaca preporučuje
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
55 lokalaca preporučuje
Discretion Brewing
2703 41st Ave
55 lokalaca preporučuje
50 lokalaca preporučuje
Humble Sea Brewing Co.
820 Swift St
50 lokalaca preporučuje
Venus Spirits Cocktails & Kitchen | Westside