{"id":1431,"date":"2013-12-23T01:37:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T05:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2013-12-23T01:37:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T05:37:42","slug":"santa-cruz-and-san-jose-restaurants-open-or-closed-on-christmas-part-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1431","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz and San Jose restaurants open or closed on Christmas, Part 2 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1432\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/booka-cauliflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1432\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1432\" alt=\"Delicious Mojo Cauliflower at Aptos restaurant Booka, open on Christmas\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/booka-cauliflower-300x137.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/booka-cauliflower-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/booka-cauliflower-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/booka-cauliflower.jpg 1496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delicious Mojo Cauliflower at Aptos restaurant Booka, open on Christmas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I published <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1428\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/santa-cruz-and-south-bay-restaurants-open-on-christmas-part-1-of-2\">highlights for a few restaurants open on Christmas<\/a> in Santa Cruz and San Jose. Here are several more.<\/p>\n<p>Also, note some Santa Cruz restaurants will be closed just for Christmas (like Hula\u2019s, closed on both Xmas Eve and Xmas Day, and Johnny\u2019s Harborside &amp; Crow\u2019s Nest, both closing at 3pm Xmas Eve and closed entire Xmas Day) while some shut down for a few days over the holidays:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliehongkong.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.charliehongkong.com\">Charlie Hong Kong<\/a><\/strong> (closed evening of 12\/23 when the food runs out, through 1\/1\/14 \u2013 reopening 1\/2\/14)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sabiengthai.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/sabiengthai.com\">Sabieng<\/a><\/strong> (closed 12\/23 through 12\/26 lunch, reopening 12\/26 at dinner)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/littleshanghai.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/littleshanghai.com\">Little Shanghai<\/a><\/strong> (closed 12\/22 through 1\/5, reopening 1\/6\/14 at 11:30 a.m.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/info.iveta.com\/cafe\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/info.iveta.com\/cafe\"><strong>Caf\u00e9 Iveta<\/strong><\/a> (closed 12\/25 through 1\/1, reopening 1\/2\/14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Santa Cruz, Capitola &amp; Aptos restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurantbooka.com\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurantbooka.com\/\"><strong>Booka Restaurant &amp; Bar<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOn Christmas Eve Booka is offering a prix fixe dinner menu, and on Christmas Day Booka will feature a prix fixe tapas menu. For reservations and information call (831) 685-9500.<br \/>\n8041 Soquel Drive, Aptos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafemare.com\/%E2%80%8E\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.cafemare.com\/\u200e\"><strong>Caf\u00e9 Mare<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCaf\u00e9 Mare is open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Call (831) 458-1212 for reservations.<br \/>\n740 Front St, #100, Santa Cruz<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gabriellacafe.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/gabriellacafe.com\">Gabriella Cafe<\/a> <\/strong><br \/>\nGabriella Caf\u00e9 is open on Christmas Eve until 7:30 p.m. Call (831) 457-1677 for reservations.<br \/>\n910 Cedar St, Santa Cruz<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idealbarandgrill.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.idealbarandgrill.com\">Ideal Bar &amp; Grill <\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIdeal is open Xmas Eve from 11 a.m. \u2013 8 p.m. with a regular menu. On Christmas Day, the restaurant is open 11 a.m. \u2013 10 p.m. For dinner, it\u2019s serving selections including slow-roasted prime rib, turkey with yams, stuffing, etc., and live Maine lobster. Call (831) 423-5271 for reservations.<br \/>\n106 Beach St at the Santa Cruz Wharf, Santa Cruz<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.severinosbarandgrill.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.severinosbarandgrill.com\"><strong>Severino\u2019s Bar &amp; Grill<\/strong> <\/a><br \/>\nOn Christmas Day the restaurant at Seacliff Inn has a buffet from 11 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m.\u00a0 with Black Angus prime rib, Dungeness crab, roasted leg of lamb, and more. The cost is $39 for adults, $17 for kids 5-10, and free for 4 and under. For reservations and information call (831) 688-8987.<br \/>\n7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeldasonthebeach.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.zeldasonthebeach.com\"><strong>Zelda\u2019s<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nZelda\u2019s is open on Christmas Day with breakfast at 7:30 a.m., and a holiday menu &amp; dinner specials beginning at noon. Specials include traditional turkey or maple baked ham dinner ($16.95 adults, $10.95 kids). Call (831) 475-4900.<br \/>\n203 Esplanade, in the Capitola Village<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Jose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilfornaio.com\/?page=138&amp;restaurant_id=3156\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.ilfornaio.com\/?page=138&amp;restaurant_id=3156\"><strong>Il Fornaio <\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe restaurant at the Sainte Claire is open on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Call (408) 271-3366 for reservations.<br \/>\n302 South Market St (at the Sainte Claire), \u2028San Jose<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter? Follow me <a href=\"www.twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\">@santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I published highlights for a few restaurants open on Christmas in Santa Cruz and San Jose. Here are several more. Also, note some Santa Cruz restaurants will be closed just for Christmas (like Hula\u2019s, closed on both Xmas Eve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1431\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,3],"tags":[101,668,89,437,123,253,289,643,25,57,669,13,667,285,56,666,7,281,579,342,455],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-news-2","category-restaurants","tag-aptos","tag-booka-restaurant-bar","tag-cafe-iveta","tag-cafe-mare","tag-capitola","tag-charlie-hong-kong","tag-gabriella-cafe","tag-holidays-2013","tag-hulas","tag-ideal-bar-grill","tag-il-fornaio","tag-johnnys-harborside","tag-little-shanghai","tag-sabieng","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-restaurants","tag-santa-cruz","tag-santa-cruz-restaurants","tag-severinos","tag-the-crows-nest","tag-zeldas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1433,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions\/1433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}