Santa Cruz Restaurant Week Returns for 17th Year
Santa Cruz County’s premier dining event celebrates culinary excellence on the Central Coast Santa Cruz, CA—October 22, 2025: Good Times is pleased to announce Santa Cruz Restaurant Week—the tastiest week of the year! Over the past decade, the community’s response to Santa Cruz Restaurant Week has grown considerably, and the event has continued to gain […]
Santa Cruz Burger Week plates up for the eighth sizzling year, an event for anyone who likes to eat.
Celebrate the county’s creative chefs February 26–March 9. Santa Cruz Restaurant Week and Good Times are pleased to announce the eighth annual Santa Cruz Burger Week: 12 days of burger love, as only Santa Cruz can do it. The spinoff of Santa Cruz Restaurant Week—an annual fine dining event that has enjoyed growing success in […]
How did the burger become such a staple of American menus?
By Christina Waters From the dawn of the baby boomer right up until today, there has always been a hamburger on the American menu. It was the go-to casual lunch item. It was an easy-eatin’ patio dining staple. Anybody could make one and every menu offered one. Nobody didn’t like a hamburger it seems, at […]