No sitcom or dotcom website can substitute for the interactive pleasures of rubbing elbows at a neighborhood hangout or dancing the night away to the exotically composed rhythms of a turntable expert. In addition, we've mixed in a handy cheat sheet of coffeehouses and juice bars. An A-Z guide to Santa Cruz County's hangouts.
Coffeehouses abound along the coast.
Smoothies, wheatgrass, fruit juices and more can be found at Santa Cruz County's juice bars. It's wet work, but somebody has to do it.