Eats & Treats
Gabriella Cafe Try brunch at this popular portal of great food
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abriella Cafe hasn’t always featured the immense array of fresh local goods that it does today. When it opened nearly 20 years ago, owner and manager Paul Cocking says there wasn’t as much of a local abundance of quality foods, as the restaurant hadn’t yet built up the close relationships with local farms that it has now. Every week, Cocking gathers ingredients from his go-to farmers’ market vendors, and all other ingredients come from local farms. Cocking tells GT that he believes firmly in providing organic and local ingredients to his patrons: “It tastes better, it’s better for the planet, and it’s here,” he enthuses, adding, “I think everyone should do it.” +DON’T MISS Gabriella Cafe’s Sunday Brunch. Try the tomato-based Bouillabaisse, with Pel mussels, Dungeness crab, squid, tomato, and crostini ($21). 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, 457-1677, gabriellacafe.com. | LS
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