Red Restaurant and Bar at 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz, California.

This place is awesome. Insanely packed on the weekends, but that's just when it turns into the real party zone. Its comfy, it's relaxed, yet upbeat. While the Red is great the real gym is the Red Room downstairs on the corner. Here it's very small but packed in with a more alternative crowd. Its easy to meet people here and they allow smoking which is unheard of anywhere on the west coast. The drinks are a great deal, and there is always plenty of Eye Candy.