{"id":1165,"date":"2013-05-16T23:50:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T03:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2013-05-16T23:50:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T03:50:52","slug":"new-restaurant-option-for-santa-cruz-thai-food-fans-sawasdee-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"New restaurant option for Santa Cruz Thai food fans: Sawasdee by the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1166\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sawasdee-by-the-sea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1166\" alt=\"Delicious Pad Thai at new Santa Cruz restaurant Sawasdee by the Sea\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sawasdee-by-the-sea-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sawasdee-by-the-sea-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sawasdee-by-the-sea-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sawasdee-by-the-sea.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delicious Pad Thai at new Santa Cruz restaurant Sawasdee by the Sea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is with great jubilation that I share this news: the owners of Soquel\u2019s Sawasdee Thai Cuisine recently opened a second restaurant! It\u2019s called Sawasdee by the Sea and you can find it between the Boardwalk and the Wharf, in the former location of Casablanca Bistro (the Casablanca Inn is still open, but the restaurant is gone).<\/p>\n<p>The Soquel location of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sawasdeesoquel.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.sawasdeesoquel.com\">Sawasdee<\/a> serves excellent Thai cuisine with very fresh ingredients, and owners Bill and Dee Hongmanee are doing the same at the new oceanfront location. The menu includes vegan and vegetarian-friendly selections. I ate lunch there the other day. I had a $7.95 lunch special and it came with an entr\u00e9e plus choice of soup or salad. I chose green curry and my friend had Pad Thai; we both thoroughly enjoyed our dishes. Can\u2019t wait to go back!<\/p>\n<p>Sawasdee by the Sea offers Peet\u2019s coffee in both the bar and the restaurant. Bill shared that he wants people to have a second convenient venue to get this tasty and popular beverage, since there is only one main Peet\u2019s coffeehouse in the downtown\/mid-town vicinity.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the upstairs restaurant hours are 11 a.m. \u2013 9:30 p.m. daily and Sawasdee\u2019s full bar downstairs is open until 11 pm or midnight. The plan is for bar hours to extend until 1 a.m. beginning Memorial Day weekend. Everything is evolving since Sawasdee by the Sea just opened in late April. There is a happy hour Mon-Fri from 3 \u2013 6 p.m. with $1 off all drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with the new restaurant via its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sawasdee-by-the-Sea\/446948915392255\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sawasdee-by-the-Sea\/446948915392255\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Location<\/b>: 101 Main Street, Santa Cruz (831) 466-9009<\/p>\n<p><b>Parking<\/b>: Avoid the hassle of street\/metered parking by driving up Beach Street from Main and looking for the special Sawasdee lot, which is free (you\u2019ll drive by the Casablanca Inn lot first, on the left, then the next driveway is the Sawasdee one).<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\">@santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great jubilation that I share this news: the owners of Soquel\u2019s Sawasdee Thai Cuisine recently opened a second restaurant! 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