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<\/a>Goodies at Laili during last year’s Santa Cruz Restaurant Week<\/p><\/div>The fourth annual Santa Cruz Restaurant Week ends on Oct. 10; read more details in my event preview<\/a> (includes list of participating restaurants). A quick overview: for eight nights, diners have the opportunity to pay only $25 for a gourmet, prix fixe three-course dinner. <\/p>\n Two \u201clate joiners\u201d to Santa Cruz Restaurant Week were Oswald and Main Street Garden & Caf\u00e9, but rest assured\u2014their hesitation means nothing as far as delivering a great meal. In fact, looks like they tried extra hard as newcomers!<\/p>\n One of my acquaintances and her friends greatly enjoyed dinner the other night at Main Street, proclaiming the butternut squash and apple soup delicious and highly recommending two entrees in particular: the heirloom and burrata pizza, and the ricotta gnocchi. Apparently, the wild honey panna cotta with almonds and sea salt was a divine dessert (what is with all the great panna cotta this week? Remember, I had a similarly wonderful one, but it was vanilla bean panna cotta at Gabriella Caf\u00e9, which I mentioned \u2013 and included a photo of \u2013 in my recap of that Restaurant Week visit<\/a>). Oswald\u2019s menu sounds positively delightful, with appetizers such as mushroom soup with cr\u00e8me fraiche and entrees like skirt steak with fries and blue cheese butter or corn and tomato pudding with sauteed spinach. <\/p>\n A friend of mine dined at Casablanca Friday night, and raved about the meal\u2013especially certain parts. She \u201cloved, loved, loved\u201d the brussels sprouts (Crispy Brussels Sprouts, smoked chevre, apple gastrique) and her companion really liked his entr\u00e9e of Organic Roasted Chicken with squash, olive, arugula, panisse, and piri piri sauce. She wasn\u2019t crazy about the fish tagine entr\u00e9e, but they both loved the Cr\u00e8me Catalan dessert. And the ocean view from the restaurant is absolutely beautiful.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t decide where to dine or want to see some specific menus? Read more at the Santa Cruz Restaurant Week web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Twitter? Follow me @santacruzfoodie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fourth annual Santa Cruz Restaurant Week ends on Oct. 10; read more details in my event preview (includes list of participating restaurants). A quick overview: for eight nights, diners have the opportunity to pay only $25 for a gourmet, … Continue reading