Bittersweet Bistro is a restaurant located in Aptos, Calif., offering gourmet dining and a variety of cuisines with Mediterranean influences with fresh, quality ingredients and a special emphasis on local and organic produce. The bistro opened in 1996 and was formerly a small restaurant known as Cafe Bittersweet located in Santa Cruz, Calif. It s award-winning wine list has received an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator since 1994 and has been awarded Santa Cruz Mountains Grower’s Award of Merit for the best wine list featuring wines from the Santa Cruz mountain area in California. The menu offered at the restaurant includes salads, entrees, pastas, sandwiches and desserts.