Santa Cruz Eats!

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After COVID limbo, Santa Cruzans are ready to step up their dining games. Lookout chows down on how our town’s top chefs are gearing up.

Enough with those carry-out containers! The COVID winter of Santa Cruzans&#x27; dining discontent is about to be over.With a full reopening on the horizon in June, Lookout and Event Santa Cruz have assembled a trio of top chefs to discuss their survival skills amid the pandemic and, more importantly, their plans for serving a population hungry for social interaction, ambiance, and, of course, good food and drink.Damani Thomas, owner and chef at <a href="https://lookout.co/santacruz/wallace-baine/the-here-now/story/2020-12-07/santa-cruz-oswald-damani-thomas-restaurant-gofundme" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Oswald</a>; Brad Briske, co-owner and chef of <a href="https://lookout.co/santacruz/coronavirus/covid-economy/story/2021-03-20/santa-cruz-restaurants-home-soquel-brad-briske-homefry-discretion-brewing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HOME</a> in Soquel; and Gema Cruz, chef at <a href="http://gabriellacafe.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gabriella Cafe</a>, will join Lookout for a virtual conversation at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4, hosted by Lookout dining contributor <a href="https://lookout.co/santacruz/people/amber-turpin" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amber Turpin</a> and Deputy Managing Editor <a href="https://lookout.co/santacruz/people/mark-conley" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mark Conley</a>. &quot;Santa Cruz Eats!&quot; is part of Lookout&#x27;s <a href="https://lookout.co/santacruz/coronavirus/pandemic-life" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">COVID 2021 series</a>, a special initiative to do deep reporting and community engagement on the pandemic and economic recovery.Thank you to our media partners: <a href="https://www.santacruz.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Visit Santa Cruz County</a>, <a href="https://thinklocalsantacruz.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Think Local First</a>, <a href="https://www.choosesantacruz.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department</a>, and <a href="https://downtownsantacruz.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Downtown Association of Santa Cruz</a>.

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