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EAT LIKE A LOCAL
The Santa Cruz table — what to order and where the locals point.
The wooden roller coaster and beach at the Santa Cruz boardwalk
Shadowbrook
Reached by a funicular railway down a creekside garden in Capitola. Touristy, and genuinely lovely.
Bantam
Wood-fired pizza on the Westside that people from San Francisco drive down for. No reservations.
Verve Coffee Roasters
The roaster that got Santa Cruz taken seriously, with the original on 41st Avenue.
Tacos Moreno
A counter on Water Street doing the al pastor super burrito the whole town agrees on. Cash-friendly.
The Picnic Basket
Opposite the beach, doing very good sandwiches and local ice cream. The boardwalk lunch that isn't a corn dog.