{"id":2604,"date":"2017-03-05T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T22:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2017-03-05T18:49:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T22:49:16","slug":"four-days-remain-for-this-seasons-crows-nest-downstairs-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"Four days remain for Crow\u2019s Nest downstairs specials&#8211;plus other restaurant news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2605\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2605\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2605\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16700462_10154428381569065_6465448761294126143_o-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cDrunken Prawns\u201d with prawns, Andouille sausage, potato Parmesan pancake and crispy onions in bourbon gravy: a recent Thursday prix fixe entr\u00e9e option at Crow\u2019s Nest Photo credit: Crow\u2019s Nest Facebook page \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16700462_10154428381569065_6465448761294126143_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16700462_10154428381569065_6465448761294126143_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16700462_10154428381569065_6465448761294126143_o-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16700462_10154428381569065_6465448761294126143_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16700462_10154428381569065_6465448761294126143_o.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cDrunken Prawns\u201d with prawns, Andouille sausage, potato Parmesan pancake and crispy onions in bourbon gravy: a recent Thursday prix fixe entr\u00e9e option at Crow\u2019s Nest<br \/><em>Photo credit: Crow\u2019s Nest Facebook page<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Santa Cruz harbor restaurant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowsnest-santacruz.com\/\">The Crow\u2019s Nest<\/a> has some great Monday through Thursday specials, valid at both lunch and dinner, and they\u2019re ending this Thursday, March 9, 2017 &#8212; although the \u201cDeal With a View\u201d dinner special, served only in the upstairs bar, is also wonderful and that one\u2019s valid through May 25.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s first discuss the main restaurant weekday specials, served in the regular downstairs restaurant. These are called \u201cDownstairs Classic Specials,\u201d and are valid at both lunch and dinner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday is retro menu<\/strong> ($21.95) with your choice of tempura scallops, broiled salmon or enchilada and sirloin. Each entr\u00e9e comes with soup or house salad plus rice and vegetables.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday is lobster<\/strong> ($21.95) &#8212; broiled lobster tail with soup or house salad plus rice and vegetables.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday is steak day<\/strong> ($21.95): choose prime grade large top sirloin with crispy fried onions and Chef\u2019s steak sauce or petit filet mignon with mocha rub and porcini butter or smoked 10 oz. prime rib (while they last). All come with soup or house salad, mashed potatoes and vegetables.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday is prix fixe menu<\/strong> ($25), where customers receive a three-course menu designed by the chef. Two recent entr\u00e9es are pork tenderloin in a syrah demi-glac\u00e9, topped with house smoked blue cheese and accompanied by pumpkin gnocchi with candied bacon; and \u201cDrunken Prawns\u201d with prawns, Andouille sausage, potato Parmesan pancake and crispy onions in a bourbon gravy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, there are four days remaining this season to get the above weekday specials; they might be back again after Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deal with a View, on the other hand, is still running after this week. It\u2019s only available upstairs, in the Crow\u2019s Nest Breakwater Bar &amp; Grill. It\u2019s served from Monday through Friday evenings from 6 p.m. until the kitchen closes. For $9.95, customers receive entr\u00e9e choice of Tuscan Chicken Sandwich, Fish Tacos, or Aloha Burger, served with soup, salad or fries (salad bar option costs an extra $2).<br \/>\nAnother option: I just bought food from the restaurant\u2019s next-door shop, Beach Market, for the first time. I highly recommend it. They have lots of very reasonably priced wood-fired pizzas plus sandwiches, salads and more. I enjoyed chicken pesto pizza and my young daughter liked the Hawaiian variety. My husband loved his pizza sandwich (mozzarella and red sauce with choice of three toppings on a francese roll).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For details on all of these, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowsnest-santacruz.com\/\">Crow\u2019s Nest web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crow\u2019s Nest is at 2218 East Cliff Dr., Santa Cruz, 831-476-4560<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on:<\/p>\n<p>Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\">@santacruzfoodie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tarafatemiwalker\/\">@tarafatemiwalker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SantaCruzFoodieExaminer\/\">@santacruzfoodieexaminer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Cruz harbor restaurant The Crow\u2019s Nest has some great Monday through Thursday specials, valid at both lunch and dinner, and they\u2019re ending this Thursday, March 9, 2017 &#8212; although the \u201cDeal With a View\u201d dinner special, served only in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2604\">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":[174,31,6,1424,297,43,7,1425,281,4,1423,342],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-news-2","category-restaurants","tag-crows-nest","tag-discount","tag-discounts","tag-lobster","tag-prix-fixe","tag-restaurants-2","tag-santa-cruz","tag-santa-cruz-harbor","tag-santa-cruz-restaurants","tag-seafood","tag-specials","tag-the-crows-nest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","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=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}