Many things make Cafe Cruz the perfect restaurant: International dishes are prepared in a copper-backed, open kitchen; food is largley organic and local, fish is from sustainable sources; breads from Gayle's Bakery in Capitola; and coffee blends from The Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co. Taco salad, pasta, seafood and meaty favorites taunt you from the menu--steak with baby spinach polenta, roasted mushrooms, roma tomatoes and sweet onions in a Parmesan Marsala wine sauce. Yum!
An adobe fireplace warms the bar around which artist Terry Wells' work hangs on the walls. White-tablecloth seating under heaters is plentiful in a plant-lined, open-sky courtyard and in the covered patio with a jungle waterfall. Stunning personages greet visitors and lead them to tables around the busy, breezy restaurant.
Inner Light Ministries is an omnifaith outreach ministry in the heart of Soquel. Dedicated to spiritual transformation, it advocates spiritual oneness, individualized expression and truth. It is headed by the Rev. Deborah Johnson, who is its founding minister.
