Thank you to all of the guests who came out to support Santa Cruz County restaurants during Santa Cruz Restaurant Week 2016! Over the past eight years, the community’s response to Santa Cruz Restaurant Week has grown considerably and the event has continued to gain enthusiasm and momentum. Participants said this year was “phenomenal!”

One thing we most enjoy hearing about Restaurant Week is how local restaurateurs feel that it brings in diners who’ve never sat down at their table before—and who may even become regulars—and many owners and chefs testified to that this year. We particularly loved the story about the group whose goal is to get to every restaurant in SCRW over the course of the week. They didn’t quite get them all in last year, but they’ll be back next year to try again. We hope you will, too.