Category Archives: Restaurant News

Santa Cruz County food & drink changes & closures, as of April 11, 2020

Hi there. During Shelter In Place, here’s the latest status of many local restaurants and other businesses. Hope it helps you simultaneously support local businesses and nourish yourselves—it’s current as of the end of the day yesterday, April 11 (as … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz County food & drink changes & closures, as of April 1, 2020

Hi everyone. Thanks to everyone who has emailed me with more restaurants to add, and to those who have thanked me for all the energy I’m spending on these lists. Both are appreciated! I am publishing new articles as often … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz County food/drink closures & changes, as of March 25, 2020

Hi — I am still doing what I can to share information during the Coronavirus pandemic. Here’s the latest list I’ve been able to gather. Please forgive any mistakes in these listings, 1) because it’s a constantly changing situation, and … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz County food/drink closures & changes, as of March 21, 2020

As I mentioned in my post Thursday, I am doing what I can to share information during the Coronavirus pandemic. Hoping this helps those of you who are either buying groceries or ready-to-eat food and drinks, and also helps the … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz County food/drink closures & changes, as of March 19, 2020

Hi everyone – I wanted to help share some information in this unprecedented environment. As this is constantly evolving and I don’t have the time or resources to gather everything at once, I am starting with one list today & … Continue reading

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Chocolate for Halloween and Beyond: Recchiuti Confections truffles & Chocolate on Pacific’s 20th anniversary

I have sweet news from San Francisco-based Recchiuti Confections and Santa Cruz-based restaurant Chocolate. Recchiuti Confections Recchiuti Confections makes small batch chocolate using traditional European techniques and chocolate from Guittard, El Rey, and Valrhona. Their Calavera Truffles collection launched late last month … Continue reading

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Restaurants for Easter in Santa Cruz, South Bay and SF

Dining out for Easter 2019? It’s this coming Sunday; here are some restaurant and food vendor highlights for Santa Cruz, the South Bay, and San Francisco. Santa Cruz & Scotts Valley Chaminade Resort & Spa The Chaminade offers its annual … Continue reading

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Christmas shopping: last minute restaurant gift card bonuses

Two weeks ago I posted this article with eight different “gift card bonus offers” from Santa Cruz and Capitola restaurants. Here are a few more for any of you doing very-last-minute shopping.   Capitola, Scotts Valley and Watsonville Sushi Garden … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz holiday shopping: Gift card bonus offers for restaurants

If you’re in Santa Cruz or Capitola and have some gift or stocking stuffer shopping to do, you’ll be happy to know that several restaurants are offering “gift certificate bonus deals” for the 2018 holiday season. Here are a few … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz & Monterey: Shadowbrook, Chaminade, Portola & more

Dining out on Mother’s Day is extremely popular, so if you haven’t made reservations yet, better hurry: here are a few restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz County and Monterey. I’ll publish more in the next few days. Santa Cruz, Capitola, … Continue reading

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