Category Archives: Benefits

Santa Cruz Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Local gifts, part 7

Posted on December 21, 2020 by admin

Welcome to the final installment—part 7—of my holiday foodie gift guide with information for several local businesses if you have some last-minute shopping to do. Contact me at tara@santacruzfoodie.com with questions or comments. Also see: Gift guide part 1 Gift … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits, Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News, Wine | Tagged Carmel Honey Company, Cheese Shop 831, Counter Cultures Kitchen, Edith Meyer Wedding Cakes, el Salchichero, Farmer Freed, Five Star Catering, food gift, food gifts, foodie gifts, Hammond Glass Engraving & Gifts, Happy Girl Kitchen, holiday gifts, holiday shopping 2020, Itso Hot Sauce, Jerome’s Carmel Valley Market, Magnolia Fine Gifts and Apothecary, Michelle Kneads Dough, Mountain Feed & Farm Supply, Mutari Craft Chocolate, Notso Hot Sauce, Other Brother Beer, Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, shop local, support artists, support small business, Sushi Market Sprouts, Visual Artists Network, WInes of the Santa Cruz Mountains | Comments Off

Gourmet Grazing on the Green benefits cancer research: enjoy lots of delicious food and wine

Posted on September 25, 2019 by admin

The 16th annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green—noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Aptos Village Park—is an always-fun annual celebration with more than 75 vendors including local restaurants, caterers, wineries, breweries, and spirits distilleries. Proceeds benefit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Benefits, Cooking & Chefs, Events, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Aptos, Aptos restaurants, beer, benefit, Capitola restaurants, Gourmet Grazing on the Green, Santa Cruz restaurants, Scotts Valley restaurants, Watsonville restaurants, Wine | Comments Off

Get tickets soon for A Taste of Santa Cruz on Oct. 18

Posted on October 13, 2018 by admin

The 14th annual “A Taste of Santa Cruz,” at the MAH from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, features about 20 participating restaurants and food vendors plus several wineries and one brewery. This year, organizers switched the celebration from November to … Continue reading →

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Eat soup Thursday & help Santa Cruz’s Homeless Services Center

Posted on April 17, 2018 by admin

Santa Cruz’s Homeless Services Center (HSC) invites the community to eat unlimited soup from dozens of local restaurants, caterers, and other food businesses from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the Cocoanut Grove. The 19th annual Soupline Supper assists … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits, Events, Restaurants | Tagged 99 Bottles, Assembly, benefit, Cafe Cruz, Cocoanut Grove, Erik's Deli, Gabriella Cafe, Homeless Services Center, India Joze, Kelly's French Bakery, La Posta, Manuel's, Oswald, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Shadowbrook, Soif, Soupline, The Bagelry, Walnut Ave Cafe | Comments Off

Teen Kitchen Project: two brunch dates remain in series, plus new kids’ classes

Posted on April 5, 2018 by admin

Teen Kitchen Project has been running a brunch fundraiser series since March. There were two Sundays in March, then they skipped Easter, and now two Sundays remain — April 8 and 15. Entrees rotate each time and have included Huevos … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits, Cooking & Chefs, Events | Tagged Aptos, benefit, brunch, Cooking, cooking classes, kids, nonprofit, Soquel, Teen Kitchen Project | Comments Off

Enjoy delicious food & drinks at A Taste of Santa Cruz Thursday

Posted on November 6, 2017 by admin

The 13th annual “A Taste of Santa Cruz” (ATOSC) at the MAH on Thursday, Nov. 9, features more than 15 participating restaurants plus 16 wineries and two breweries. The event runs from 5:30-9 p.m. and benefits first-time home buyers. Tickets … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Benefits, Events, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged 37th Parallel., A Taste of Santa Cruz, Alfaro Family Vineyards, Bargetto, beer, benefit, Burrell School, Clos Tita, East Cliff Brewing Co., Equinox Wines & Bartolo Winery, Kings Mountain Vineyards, Loma Prieta Winery, McHenry Vineyard, Odonata Wines, restaurants, Roudon-Smith Winery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard, Ser Winery, Uncommon Brewers, Villa del Monte Winery, Wine, Wrights Station Vineyard & Winery | Comments Off

Casablanca Inn bazaar with food, drinks, art — plus benefit for Sonoma fire victims

Posted on October 19, 2017 by admin

Event Santa Cruz is hosting “Bazaar at the Casablanca Inn” this Friday night, Oct. 20, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The all-ages event is at 101 Main St. in Santa Cruz. Admission is $1 at the door. Guests are encouraged to register … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Benefits, Events, Food & Food News | Tagged beer, Brew Cruz, Casablanca Inn, Chuy Santa Cruz, cocktails, Event Santa Cruz, events, Gordo Gustavos, H&H Fresh Fish Company, Mäkse Bar, NotPie Cakery, Sleight of Hand Pizza, Venus Spirits | Comments Off

Feast for foodies & beer/wine lovers for cancer research

Posted on October 3, 2017 by admin

The 14th annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green—Saturday, Oct. 7 at Aptos Village Park—features more than 75 vendors including local restaurants, caterers, wineries, breweries, and spirits distilleries. Proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group (SCCBG). The event is from … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Benefits, Events, Food & Food News, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Alfaro Family Vineyards, Armitage Wines, Ashby Confections, Bargetto, beer, benefit, Bonny Doon, Burrell School Vineyards, Cafe Rio, Cantine Winepub, Comanche Cellars, Corralitos Brewing, Cowgirl Creamery, Dustbowl Brewery, East Side Eatery, Efi’s Dutch-Indo Kitchen, Ella’s at the Airport, Fresh Prep Kitchen, Friend in Cheeses, Gourmet Grazing on the Green, Hollins House, Hula's Island Grill, Integrity Wines, Kathryn Kennedy, Kings Mountain Vineyards, Krazy Farm Cider, Loma Prieta, Malone's Grille, MJA Winery, Muccigrosso Vineyards, Muns Vineyards, New Bohemia Brewing Co, New Leaf Community Markets, Odonata Wines, Pelican Ranch, Real Good Fish, Roudon Smith, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Fish Co., Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Santa Cruz restaurants, Scheid Family Wines, seabright brewery, Shadowbrook Restaurant, Solaire Restaurant & Bar, Soquel Cider, Surf City Sandwich, The Crow’s Nest Restaurant, Wine, Zameen Mediterranean Cuisine | Comments Off

Saturday’s Taste of Soquel benefits Second Harvest

Posted on September 21, 2017 by admin

The ninth annual “A Taste of Soquel,” benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank, takes place in the courtyard of the Congregational Church of Soquel Saturday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be lots of food, drinks and music at … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Benefits, Events, Food & Food News, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Aldo’s Italian Bakery, Bargetto Winery, Bella Chi-Cha, benefit, Cafe Cruz, Discretion Brewing, Donut Station, Driscoll's, El Chipotle Taqueria, Everett Family Farm, family-friendly, Home, Hunter Hill Vineyard & Winery, Jeff Walls’ Family Honey, kids, Poetic Cellars, Sawasdee Thai Cuisine, Second Harvest Food Bank, Soquel restaurants, Soquel Vineyards, The Bagelry, The Kitchen at Discretion, The Ugly Mug, Vinocruz, Wargin Wines | Comments Off

Homeless Garden Project food events in Santa Cruz

Posted on August 31, 2017 by admin

Homeless Garden Project has two Santa Cruz events coming up that sound positively delicious. Friday, Sept. 1, 5:30-8 p.m.: Tomato & Friends HoeDown Homeless Garden Project invites the community to its Pop Up Store for a “taste of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits, Events, Food & Food News | Tagged Aubergine, East Side Eatery, Homeless Garden Project, organic farm, Passionfish, Santa Cruz | Comments Off