Departed Businesses

Nothing lasts forever. However, there are a few long-time institutions that are still remembered fondly. Feel free to add any that you remember to this page.

• Aptos Club

• The Beat 16 and over Nightclub
  

• Cardiff Lounge Bar/Nightclub
  

• Club Caution Nightclub
  

• Club Culture Nightclub
  

• Club Dakota Nightclub
  

• Coastline Brewery Brewery and nightclub
  

• Garage Sports Bar
  

• Krazy's
  

• Live Soup
  

• Night Owl Bar
  

• O.T. Price's Music Hall Nightclub
  

• Palookaville Nightclub
  

• The Back Door
  

• The Sail Inn Dance Hall & Bar
  

• Skinny McDoogles Bar
  

• White Cockade Pub
  

• Wicked Lester's Entertainment Lounge Bar

• A & W
  

• Abouche Cafe
  

• Adolph's
  

• Al Dente Ristorante
  

• Aoi
  

• Armadillo Willy's
  

• Asian Rose
  

• The Attic
  

• Baker's Square
  

• Batik Cafe
  

• Beachcomber
  

• Bea's Koffee Kup
  

• Beckmann's Bakery
  

• Bistro Al Mar
  

• Blacks Beach Cafe
  

• Bleu Spoon
  

• Broken Egg Omelet House
  

• Cafe La Vie
  

• Capitola Grill
  

• Castagnolas
  

• Cereality
  

• Chef Tong's
  

• China Station
  

• China Szechwan
  

• Ciao Bella
  

• Cole's Bar-B-Q (Aptos)
  

• Costa Brava
  

• Crocker Restaurant
  

• Deer Creek Restaurant
  

• Delmarette Fountain
  

• Drunk Monkeys
  

• El Pollo Loco
  

• Emi
  

• Fat Cat Deli
  

• Front Street Pub
  

• Gashouse Pizza
  

• Golden West
  

• The Grapesteak
  

• Hobee's
  

• India Joze
  

• In Vino Veritas
  

• Java House
  

• Java Lounge
  

• Kawa
  

• Keffi
  

• King Chwan
  

• King's Table
  

• L8 Buffet
  

• La Bruschetta
  

• Lyon's
  

• Maddox Bakery
  

• Mainsail Restaurant & Bar
  

• Malabar Cafe
  

• Manoff's Rancho Burger
  

• Mansion House
  

• Moonshadows
  

• Parwana
  

• Pearl Alley Bistro
  

• Pearl Restaurant
  

• Perry Boy's Smorgie
  

• Plaza Bakery
  

• Polivio's
  

• Pon's Chinese Food
  

• Pontiac Grill
  

• Portola House
  

• Positively Front Street
  

• Red Lantern
  

• Rick's Burger Pit
  

• The Riverside
  

• Rosa's Rosticeria
  

• Saigon Palace
  

• Sambo's
  

• Scott's Valley Diner
  

• Scotts Valley Grill
  

• Sea Cloud
  

• Sestri
  

• Shun Feng Mountain City
  

• Sluggo's
  

• Sri
  

• Summit Roadhouse
  

• Tea Cup Restaurant
  

• Theo's
  

• Tiny's Family Restaurant
  

• The Train Place Deli
  

• TJ Express
  

• Town & Country Korean BBQ
  

• Tucson Taqueria
  

• Wienerschnitzel
  

• Xin

• Al Cheney Ford Auto Dealership
  

• All American Honda-Suzuki-Kawasaki Motorcycle dealership
  

• Alma Gifts and Culture Gift Shop/Art Gallery
  

• Antolini Masonry & Landscape Supplies (Eastside)
  

• Aptos Tool Crib Tool sales & service
  

• Aries Arts (The Village)
  

• Beacon Video Video rentals
  

• The Bird Feeder Birding Supplies/Gift Shop
  

• Blue Rhythm Records Records, cds, video rentals, also was a music label
  

• Buckhart's Candies Candy manufacturer
  

• Cali Feed & Pet Supply
  

• Camera Club Camera retailer
  

• Circuit City Electronics retailer
  

• Community Foods Organic groceries
  

• Conquering Lion Reggae Store
  

• Cymbaline Records and Cds
  

• Discount Records Records, tapes, and cds
  

• Disco Department Store Discount department store
  

• Dragginwood
  

• Eastside Hardware Hardware store
  

• E's Liquor & Deli Liquor and sandwich shop
  

• Ebert's Department store and gardening/nursery supplies
  

• Ernie's Casting Pond Fly fishing tackle shop
  

• Ford's Department store
  

• Freddie Fast Pants Clothing Store
  

• f.y.e. CD/DVD store
  

• Gottschalks Department store
  

• Guitars Guitars
  

• Hollywood Video DVD, video rentals
  

• Home Scapes Statuary & Gardens (Soquel)
  

• J.C. Penney Department store
  

• Johnny's Sports Sporting goods
  

• Leask's Department store
  

• Linda Vista Grocery Store
  

• Liquor Barn Liquor store
  

• McHugh & Bianchi's Small grocery market
  

• Mervyn's Department store
  

• Mode O Day Clothing Store
  

• Nido Art Gallery/Gift Shop
  

• Nor Cal Hydroponics & Organics Hydroponic supply
  

• Odysseys Record Store
  

• Opal Cliff's Market AKA (The Pink Elephant)
  

• Paul's Coffee Shop
  

• Patio Shop Patio furniture
  

• Peaches Clothing Store
  

• Perry's Floral Florist
  

• Piggie Market Market & deli
  

• Plaza Books Bookstore
  

• Poor Richard's Almanac Stationery Store
  

• Raiders Pawn shop
  

• Ritmo Latino Latin CDs and DVDs
  

• The Rock Shop Custom made bathing suits
  

• Salz Tannery Leather tannery
  

• Santa Cruz Harley-Davidson & Buell Motorcycle dealership & museum
  

• Slugbooks UCSC textbook co-op
  

• Special Effects Arcade
  

• Stapleton's Produce market, Organic groceries
  

• Time Zone Arcade
  

• Too Much Fun Costumes and party supply store
  

• United Cigar Agency Smoke shop, Cigar store
  

• Universes Record store
  

• Webber's Photo Shop Photographic supply
  

• Wherehouse Music CD, DVD store
  

• Wolf Camera & Video Photographic supply
  

• Woolworth's Department Store
  

• Z's Liquors Liquor store

• Calypso Imaging
  

• Coast Commercial Bank
  

• County Bank of Santa Cruz
  

• County Bank & Trust
  

• The Executive Detail Shop Automobile detailing.
  

• Om Room School of Yoga
  

• Pacific Bell
  

• Pacific Coast Automotive
  

• Quality Automotive Car repair.
  

• Straightforward Alignments Wheel Alignments, automotive repair.
  

• TCR Computers Computer sales & service.
  

• Trinity Automotive Smog check and repairs.
  

• Valle European -European car service.

• Alma Gifts and Culture Gift Shop/Art Gallery
  

• Beauregard Vineyards Tasting Room
  

• Branciforte Grammar School
  

• Borland International Computer software developer
  

• Capitola Elementary and Junior High School
  

• Capitola Theater Movie theater
  

• Cayuga Vault Show Venue
  

• Cemex Cement Plant in Davenport.
  

• Challenge Auto Racing Video arcade
  

• Coast Santa Cruz Hotel
  

• Cooper Gallery Art Gallery
  

• Cooper House Housed many shops, cafes, and galleries
  

• Dancing Man Gallery Art gallery
  

• Dead Cow Gallery Art Gallery
  

• E3 Playhouse Nightclub/Restaurant
  

• Felton Bowl Bowling alley
  

• Gallery 115 Art Gallery
  

• Giza Hookah Lounge
  

• Hide Gallery Art Gallery
  

• Jofi Gallery Art Gallery
  

• Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. Tea and food products manufacturer
  

• Lone Star Industries Cement manufacturer
  

• Lost World Dinosaur Park
  

• Marello Preparatory High School Private school
  

• Miss California Pageant
  

• Natural Bridges Elementary School
  

• Nor Cal Sports Complex Virtual reality sports, batting cages
  

• Ocean Street U-Haul Center
  

• Pacific Biofuel Biodiesel
  

• Pope Gallery Art gallery
  

• Question Mark Gallery Art gallery
  

• Red White & Blue Beach
  

• River Street Studios Artist cooperative
  

• Salz Tannery Leather Tannery and Gift Store
  

• San Lorenzo Lumber Lumber Yard, Garden Center, Hardware Store
  

• Santa Cruz Lumber Company
  

• Santa Cruz Operation Computer software developer
  

• Santa's Village Amusement Park
  

• The Sash Mill Movie theatre
  

• Scotts Valley Produce Retail produce store
  

• Scotts Valley Sports Center Roller skating, indoor sports
  

• Seabright Bar & Lounge
  

• Silversmith Gallery Art Gallery
  

• Skatepark Soquel Skatepark
  

• Skyview Drive-In Theatre and Skyview Drive-in Flea Market
  

• Stiles & Strong Gallery Art Gallery
  

• Travelodge Santa Cruz Motel
  

• Union Ice Company
  

• Victor Technology Computer manufacturer
  

• Watkins-Johnson Microwave communications manufacturer
  

• William Wrigley Jr. Company Chewing gum manufacturer

• Buckhart's Candy (1902-2004) Candy Store
  

• Chateau Liberté Nightclub
  

• Laurel School Elementary school
  

• Mansion House Hotel
  

• Natatorium Swimming Pool/Plunge
  

• Neptune Casino Bathes
  

• Pleasure Pier Pier
  

• Santa Cruz Soda Works Soda Company
  

• Soquel Cinema Movie theatre
  

• Tree Circus Tourist Attraction

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Comments:

2010-02-02 19:50:35   someone should add the Port o Call Market and the old "whorehouse" at Pleasure Point that they tore down... —72.235.4.176

2010-03-14 13:30:36   How about the Drive-In Movie Theatre, the Foster's Freeze (was on Soquel Avenue) and The Impossible Restaurant (on Soquel Avenue that had great pizzas!) —76.231.189.100

2010-04-12 13:40:18   I am shocked at the departures. I moved to SC in 1965 left there in 1986. Back in '65 it was very very boring. I used to work at the Impossible, very nice French lady owned it, that was about 1981/82. Anyone recall the name of OT Prices's before it was OT's? The Tip Top Cafe on Mission is no longer there, I worked for Bobbie and Earl about 7 or so years, great people. There were a few bars down on Pacific ave. that are now gone, I can't recall the names. Spiveys restaraunt was on the corner of Ocean and Water way back in '65, it was torn down about 1980 or so for the then new Home Savings. Garbini's Italian was on Soquel Dr. close to OT Prices. Seems like there was an Italian place, Facelli's I think, up on the west side close to Wrigley's. —76.14.124.112