{"id":39116,"date":"2022-10-14T07:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/travel\/uncategorized\/michaels-on-main-soquel"},"modified":"2022-10-14T10:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:47:12","slug":"michaels-on-main-soquel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/travel\/blog\/restaurant-review\/michaels-on-main-soquel\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael\u2019s on Main, Soquel – Restaurant Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"Michael\u2019s<\/a>

Michael\u2019s on Main – a nice, cheerful little place to drop in for a good meal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

I liked this place a lot \u2013 it\u2019s sort of the Goldilocks of restaurants in this area. It\u2019s not too big and not too small. It\u2019s sort of tucked away in a grotto in Soquel, where apparently a lot of other places have come and gone. It has a friendly, competent staff, good food, and an interesting d\u00e9cor that\u2019s a combination of comfortable and funky, and works well.<\/p>\n

In short, this is a fun, unpretentious place with very good food. It has every indication of becoming a kind of standby, or the kind of place where locals go and love, and tourists find out about if they\u2019re lucky. It\u2019s not a showhorse kind of place, like Assembly in Santa Cruz. It\u2019s not a tourist place, like the Paradise Grille down the road in Capitola. It\u2019s a nice, cheerful little place to drop in for a good meal. That\u2019s not saying a lot, but on the other hand, it\u2019s saying an enormous amount.<\/p>\n

The Location<\/span><\/h2>\n

Right on Main Street, in Soquel (duh). It\u2019s off the Porter Street exit from Route 1, and pretty much directly across Route 1 from Capitola. Michael\u2019s has a nice, big private parking lot out front, so parking is easy.<\/p>\n

Address:<\/strong> 2591 Main Street, Soquel, CA 95073<\/p>\n

Phone:<\/strong> (831) 479-9777<\/p>\n

The Hours<\/span><\/h2>\n

Tuesday \u2013 Friday: 11:10 \u2013 23:00; Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 \u2013 23:00<\/p>\n

The Ambiance<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fun, casual, interesting. There is a bar in front, where there was some kind of jazz band playing, a big patio out front and a smallish dining room in the back \u2013 ten or twelve tables, I\u2019d guess. The dining room is full of bright, primary-colored modern art. The back of the building \u2013 trees, mostly, are illuminated and visible from within, including a big painting of the restaurant\u2019s logo. The ceiling in the dining room is covered with interesting-looking fabric panels. The patio is lit by Christmas tree light bulbs on cords. All in all, this is a place that\u2019s got an interesting, fun vibe, and it\u2019s executed well and taken care of.<\/p>\n

The Service<\/span><\/h2>\n

Good \u2013 a friendly, professional young waiter, who was eager to chat, offer his opinion and generally make himself helpful without being in the way.<\/p>\n

The Price<\/span><\/h2>\n

Moderate. The tab came to $115, before tip, which is a lot, but on the other hand we had three appetizers (I\u2019ll explain in a little bit), four beers and a shared dessert. Not bad, considering what we ate.<\/p>\n

The Food<\/span><\/h2>\n

Good, interesting, professionally done.<\/p>\n

We began with half a dozen raw oysters. I love oysters, and these were delivered in the classic setup \u2013 in their liquor, with lemon, and a dipping sauce. They lasted about one minute, and cost fourteen dollars, but they were great. Did I mention that I love oysters?<\/p>\n

Having hovered the oysters down, we then had salads. Mine was a traditional wedge salad \u2013 a wedge of iceberg lettuce, with blue cheese, bacon, diced tomato and dressing. Simple, all-American and good, albeit probably quite unhealthy. Michael\u2019s names\/describes this salad as a \u201cBLT Wedge\u201d but it\u2019s basically a traditional wedge salad. Beth had a Greek salad \u2013 although this was presented as a side salad, it was basically a nicely-done Greek, with feta and cucumber along with dressed lettuce. Also good.<\/p>\n

Beth\u2019s entr\u00e9e was an excellent chicken cordon bleu. This is another one of those dishes that\u2019s rather easy to mess up \u2013 it becomes a heavy, soggy cheesy mess. This wasn\u2019t. It\u2019s definitely comfort food \u2013 chicken with prosciutto and Monterey Jack cheese on top of mashed potatoes, with Dijon sauce, but it was delicious, and expertly prepared, served with saut\u00e9ed vegetables.<\/p>\n

I had the linguine with clams, which turned out to be the only little letdown of the entire meal. It was fine, but the sauce was a white wine one, which ended up being a little too watery for my taste. It wasn\u2019t bad, but it wasn\u2019t too flavorful, either, and the whole thing ended up being sort of mediocre. It also wasn\u2019t plated too well \u2013 some of the sauce had sort of leaked onto the rim of the plate, and the overall effect was kind of messy and unpleasant. It\u2019s a small thing, but I did notice it.<\/p>\n

Dessert was cheesecake, with really amazing coffee. The cheesecake was good, but the coffee was absolutely incredible. Restaurant coffee is NEVER incredible, but this was \u2013 strong and rich and just about perfect.<\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s website describes what he does as \u201ccutting-edge comfort food\u201d and I\u2019d say that\u2019s fair. There\u2019s a modern, professional twist on everything, but they\u2019re serious also about making guests feel at him, and they deliver. This is not a place for a super-fancy highwire-act of a meal, and it\u2019s not a diner, either. It\u2019s a cheerful, fun place for a really good meal. Doesn\u2019t get much better than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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