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Gold Awards 2013: Music & Nightlife – Reader’s Picks

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• March 30, 2013
Chris Rene

Chris Rene

Our readers pick the best music and nightlife in Santa Cruz County.

 

Best Bar 

515 Kitchen & Cocktails

515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5051

Red Room 

1003 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1913

Red Restaurant & Bar

1003 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1913

 

Best Bartender

Tim Pappas

El Palomar

Molly McVeigh

The Rush Inn

Blaine Bowman

Red Room

 

Best Beer Selection

99 Bottles

110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.9999

burger.

1520 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5300

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing

402 Ingalls St #27, Santa Cruz. 831.425.4900

 

Best Dance Club    

Motiv

1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8070

Blue Lagoon

923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7117

Moe’s Alley

1535 Commercial Way,  Santa Cruz. 831.479.1854

 

Best Dance Lessons 

El Palomar Ballroom

1344 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1221

Motion Pacific

131 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.457.1616

Dancenter

810 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.475.5032

 

Best Fancy Cocktails    

515 Kitchen & Cocktails

515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5051

Oswald

121 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7427

Motiv

1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8070

 

Best Happy Hour  

Hula’s Island Grill

221 Cathcart St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.4852

Crow’s Nest

2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

515 Kitchen & Cocktails

515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5051

 

Best Karaoke  

Coasters Bar & Grill

115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.3324

I Love Sushi

516 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0706

Hindquarter Bar & Grill

303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7770

 

  Best Live Music

Moe’s Alley

1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 831.479.1854

Catalyst

1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1336

Kuumbwa Jazz

320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.2227

 

Best Local Band    

The Inciters 

Wooster

Stellar Corpses

 

Best Local Musician

Steve Wilson

swilsonmusic.com/

Joe Ferrara

www.atlantisfantasyworld.com/singing.htm

Chris Rene

www.ChrisReneOfficial.com

 

Best Margarita  

El Palomar

1336 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7575

Little Tampico

2605 S Main St  Soquel. 831.475.4700

Tortilla Flats

4616 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.476.1754

 

Best Microbrewery  

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing

402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.4900

Seabright Brewery

519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.2739

Sante Adairius

103 Kennedy Dr  Capitola. 831.462.1227

 

Best Place to Play Pool

Fast Eddy’s

4300 Capitola Rd, Capitola. 831.462.1882

Surf City Billiards

931 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7665

Catalyst

1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1336

 

Best Place to Play Darts  

The Poet & The Patriot

320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8620

One Double Oh Seven

1007 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.9589

Surf City Billiards

931 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7665

 

Best Pub 

The Poet & The Patriot

320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8620

The Parish Publick House

841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0507

Rosie McCann’s

1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.9930