1. The Penny Ice Creamery
8.8
913 Cedar St (at Locust St.), Santa Cruz, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · Downtown Santa Cruz · 75 tips and reviews
Randall Nacamuli: The ice creams are fabulous, current favorites are the mint w/ cacao nib, the caramel, and the raspberry rose sorbet. The Earl Grey bon bon is superb as well.
J: The olive oil chocolate sea salt ice cream paired with the freshly made house donuts. ERMERGARD.
IS KLE: Raspberry gingerbread ice cream. Crazy flavor. Great little ice cream place.
7. The Buttery
8.6
702 Soquel Ave (Branciforte Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Bakery · Eastside · 47 tips and reviews
Steve Blount: Shout out to Andy for awesome customer service even on the busiest of days! A big howdy to the girls that know me as the "Tiramisu Guy"
Kim Marasti: They won't sell slices of the key lime pie which is the whole reason I ventured here in the first place. Dumb.
Lex: They make mochas with their own special chocolate; Highly recommended! Also, they have the best cheesecake around.
Andrew Ward: Blue Bottle coffee and great baked goods as well as artisan breads baked on premises. I had a cappuccino and salted fudge cookie (they were out of coconut macaroons, alas)
Susan Cannon: Coconut Macaroons are delish!!
Odile Roujol: We love good breads 🍞 choose the one you love here! And giant chocolate croissant 🥐 🍫 for only 2 dollars. I’d like one day to understand why they are at 6 dollars in San Francisco for poor quality
13. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
8.5
400 Beach Street (btw Riverside Ave & Cliff St), Santa Cruz, CA
Pedestrian Plaza · Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk · 186 tips and reviews
Aniyah Jonae: Deep fried cheesecake and roasted corn. If you haven't tried them yet... Do it.. . thank me later.
Dion Shattuck: Check out the wharf! It has restaurants, shops, ice cream, sea life, and more.
Jeff Reine 🌧: Rides! Games! Ice cream! Cotton candy!
14. Sala Thai
7.9
353 soquel Ave (Ocean), Santa Cruz, CA
Thai Restaurant · Central Santa Cruz · 4 tips and reviews
Tanya Bauerle: Best pho in town! The #1 is delicious, has beef, chicken& prawns.Add mixed veggies for$2!It's pho-king tasty!I also love the fried squid with spicy green sauce and the fried bananas&coconut ice cream.
Athonia Cappelli: #vegan and #vegetarian types should avoid the tom Kha and tom yum soup. These have shrimp and other fish based broth. Otherwise, this place is fantastic for vegans. They have faux duck, chix and fish!
Aaron Hughes: The Pho is awesome!