What are good restaurants in Santa Cruz?

My boyfriend and I are going on a short little getaway to Santa Cruz in a couple weeks, staying at the Continental Inn near the Beach Boardwalk. I've been trying to look up good restaurants near there but all I'm getting is fine dining. I want cool, casual, little known places with good food. It doesn't necessarily have to be walking distance; we'll have our car with us. Just little food joints, that sort of thing. I'm sure we'll go out to dinner, fancy, at least one night but we're on a budget and casual little hangouts are what I'm looking for. Any help you guys can give will be GREAT!