Love burgers? Don’t miss this
Santa Cruz Burger Week is back, and even if you wanted to eat hamburgers for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you wouldn’t be able to sample them all.
That’s because a whopping 30 restaurants are offering burger specials for $10 or $12 during this annual event, which runs through Tuesday. And some didn’t stop with just one burger creation. The promotion aims to get diners out to try a new spot or rediscover an old favorite.
Breakfast is certainly an option. Beginning at 7 a.m., for example, Zachary’s is topping its charbroiled burger with two fried eggs, pepper bacon, cheddar cheese and grilled onions and serving it on oatmeal-molasses bread. The $10 price includes a side dish.
Creativity abounds. Mackenzie Bar & Grill’s Cubano Burger features carnitas, smoked ham, dill pickles and a spicy pineapple mango sauce ($12). Pearl of the Ocean is creating a shredded chicken curry burger ($12). The Cremer House is serving a vegetarian beet burger with brie ($12). Mozaic is making a wild salmon burger ($12). At Cowboy Bar & Grill there’s a buffalo burger ($12) with onions and Gorgonzola ($12). Both Bistro One Twelve and Chocolate are going with pork — the former has the Bistro burger ($10) and the latter a Gorgonzola pork burger ($12).
At the restaurant called Burger, its offering — the Luther — is served on a glazed doughnut bun ($10, includes salad or fries).
Some restaurants are offering plant-based Beyond Burgers or Impossible Burgers. Hula’s Island Grill is cooking both if you want to do a taste comparison ($12 each).
Find all the menus at www.santacruzrestaurantweek.com.