Friends:
First, my apologies for also cross-posting this in the SF Bay Area forum - I wasn’t sure where it belonged.
My SO and I are staying a few days in Santa Cruz - we already saw the suggestion about the Mongolian dumpling place, so that’s on our list. We’re looking for any other recs, particularly for seafood and clam chowder that are not tourist rip-off places.
Thanks so much in advance. As always, FTC folks are the best!
-Rosalind
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The local tradition is not clam chowder but cioppino, and it’s crab season. Duarte’s in Pescadero gets a lot of tourists on the weekends and holidays, but on weeknights it’s full of locals. The famous pie is gross if you’re used to good crust.
Las palmas taco bar . Best bean tostadas
I miss them after moving away . The town where I was born . Say hi to Rick
Reviving an old thread because I’m going to be in the area, figured I’d see if anyone had tried anything else noteworthy in the last couple years.
Looks like we’ll be staying in Aptos and doing a lot of activities in Soquel / the Southeast end of SC, if there’s anything down that way.
Thx!
Had lunch at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Sunday. They had an exceptional corn dog, I’d go back for that. The “banh mi” was more of a roast pork hoagie, not bad but the corn dog was better.
That’s very interesting. Thanks for the report.
SC Mountain Brewing was sold by the (original?) owners in January to Adair (of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales) and Brad (of Private Press Brewing). My understanding is that the beer recipes were modified after the change in ownership, and that the beer has generally improved, in some cases significantly. I’ve been thinking of checking the place out because of the change in beer, and the corn dog adds another reason to go!
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Nice you should . I used to go there every Saturday when I lived there .
Some nice shops around the area . Food and wine .
I miss my hometown where I grew up a little bit .
If you have a place to cook or take home .
El Salchichero is a top spot to buy meats .
It’s in the same center