After years of uncertainty tied to a proposed senior housing development, the longtime Silver Spur restaurant will relocate to the former Jeffery’s Restaurant site at Soquel Avenue and Capitola Road this fall. Co-owners Juan Valencia and Daniel Govea say the expanded space will keep the same menu and staff while adding more seating, remodeled interiors and beer, wine and mimosas.
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Soquel’s Silver Spur opens second location in Watsonville
Beloved Soquel breakfast and lunch spot Silver Spur opened a second location this week, in the East Lake Village Shopping Center in Watsonville. The new restaurant offers the same menu and specials as the original, but aims to add beer and wine, including mimosas, within the next month. It joins Ozzy’s Pizzeria, Fruition Brewing and Staff of Life Market in the shopping center, a growing food hub of locally owned businesses.
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Fate of Silver Spur discussed at community meeting
Lori Greymont, owner of the property where the Silver Spur restaurant sits, met with community members on Thursday to outline her plan to build a 90-unit assisted living/memory care facility on the site. The meeting was mostly civil, but many in the crowd were skeptical of the plan and its effect on traffic, parking and infrastructure in the neighborhood.
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With housing complex planned, iconic Silver Spur will host community meeting on its fate
A community meeting is set for Oct. 17 to outline developments for a housing project at the site of the beloved Silver Spur restaurant in Soquel.
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Morning at the Silver Spur — where old-line Santa Cruz goes for breakfast
From newcomers to old-school Santa Cruz County natives, the Silver Spur is a symbol of endurance and stability in a community swirling with change. And for that, it attracts a devoted clientele.
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‘A flower that blossomed’: El Huarache grows despite modest beginnings, setbacks
From selling tlacoyos, tamales and empanadas alongside her mother on the streets of Mexico City to stalls at Watsonville farmers markets and now restaurants including downtown Santa Cruz’s El Huarache, Juliette Govea and her family members oversee a sprawling food business.
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Soquel’s beloved Silver Spur to reopen under new owners, bringing back the menu from its glory days
Juan Valencia, a cook at the Silver Spur under longtime owner Linda Hopper, is taking over the Soquel standby along with son Daniel Govea and help from the rest of the family, who run downtown Santa Cruz taqueria El Huarache. “Our [menu] is going back to being more homestyle,” says Govea. “We’ll make everything from scratch daily, our soups, our sandwiches.”
