Go early for the morning lineup of pastries including buttery ham and gruyère croissants, rich tea cakes, and a proper pour of Blue Bottle Coffee. 121 Soquel Ave., Ĭompanion Bakeshop, known for hearty loaves-mostly made with sourdough starter-gained a local following from CSAs and farmers markets before opening its permanent location on Santa Cruz's happening Westside. Enjoy comforting fare such as house-made beef lasagna, market fish chowder, and fried chicken at dinner, and be sure to not to miss the rotating collection of local art. 1010 Fair Ave Suite J, Ī downtown mainstay, Oswald is a city-savvy restaurant with a great bar and a localized version of California cuisine. Don't skip the salads and starters, which include bites like a chicory Caesar and chicken liver toast with radishes, almonds, and fennel. The handsome, open space flaunts colorful recycled wood, vintage lamps, and old-school reggae grooving overhead. Since 2012, a Chez Panisse alum has been firing up delicious Neapolitan pizza with a bubbled crust and a nice char. From its raw bar to decadent dinners like grilled branzino with Champagne sauce and dry-aged bone-in strip steak with bordelaise sauce, chef/owner Jeffrey Wall crafts each dish with precision and exquisite regional ingredients. One of the most refined, upscale options in town, Alderwood has a bright, design-forward interior and a menu that emphasizes fresh seafood and steak. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, the menu features sustainable, seasonal eats like almond-crusted mussels, harvest-vegetable bisque, and grilled lamb chops with yams. Trejo, who spent ten years in the kitchen at Carmel Valley Ranch, partners with local farms, ranches and fishermen to showcase the best of Santa Cruz County and the Monterey Bay. 1203 Mission St, Įxecutive chef, Gus Trejo, has elevated beachfront Jack O'Neill's from tasty restaurant to farm-to-table destination. In the bar you'll find dozens of wild- and cultivated-agave mezcals straight from the source, along with craft cocktails, beer and wine. The result is crispy potato and chorizo molotes, savory homestyle tamales, and street-style quesadillas filled with epazote and nopales. Everything, from milling the corn for their tortillas to grinding the spices for their moles, is done in house. One of Santa Cruz's newer restaurants, Copal is a love letter to the flavors and spirits of Oaxaca, Mexico. Locations at Pleasure Point and Westcliff, Don't miss their weekend networking events that trade conference rooms for campsites along the Big Sur coast.
Whether you stay a night or a month, you'll find like-minded digital nomads and entrepreneurs enjoying a fully equipped office, living space, and activities like yoga, surfing and coding classes. It's laptops and leisure time at this coworking and lodging property one block from the waves of the Monterey Bay. Don't miss the sunny pool deck with private cabanas and food + cocktail service.
SF's Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Design drew inspiration from redwood trees dotted about the property for features like a front desk made from a giant felled tree, a ceiling photo mural of a tree-branch cluttered sky, and scampering resin squirrels. The Paradox is a surprisingly chic boutique hotel with a playful, forest-themed interior. The oceanfront pool is always heated to a comfortable 82 degrees and if the fog is heavy, you can curl up in front of one of the deck's firepits with drink-in-hand from the all-day pool bar. The whole property, from the well-appointed rooms to the pool deck, is dressed in bright colors with details that evoke the city's laid-back surf culture. The only beachfront hotel remaining in Santa Cruz, this retro-chic stay is as charming as they come.
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