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The 2016 California Beer Festival: Santa Cruz Beer Week finale

The 2016 California Beer Festival (CBF), at Aptos Village Park from Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 14, is the final celebration to cap off Santa Cruz Beer Week (Aug. 7-14). See the Santa Cruz Waves Beer Week site for … Continue reading

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Love Mondays at Discretion Brewing: drink beer to benefit many causes

Discretion Brewing in Soquel hosts Love Mondays, where drinking beer equals money for local nonprofits. How it works: On selected Mondays, for the entire time the taproom is open (11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.), twenty percent of beer sales are … Continue reading

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Hop N’ Barley Beer Festival and Strawberry Festival slated for Saturday

There are many food, beer, and wine-related events this weekend: here are details on two happening Saturday, June 25: the Hop N’ Barley beer festival and the Women’s Center strawberry festival. If you missed my article on the Pleasure Point … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz & Capitola restaurant news, Part 1 of 2

Here is some restaurant news for Santa Cruz and other local areas. I’ll be publishing part two in the next few days. I also wanted to remind folks: if you have any food/restaurant/wine/culinary event news to share, please email me … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz and nearby restaurant news highlights, Part 1 of 2

Here is some restaurant news for Santa Cruz and other local areas. I haven’t published a roundup of restaurant news since June, so there’s a lot of information to share. I’ll be publishing part two in the next few days. … Continue reading

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Cantine Winepub in Aptos celebrates anniversary with wine, cider, and beer popups

Saturday, August 8, is the one-year anniversary of the opening of Aptos’ Cantine Winepub, and it’s celebrating with a day of special pop-ups with local winemakers, brewers and cider producers. Owner Jason McKay is very excited about this milestone, as … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz Beer Week 2015: additional events

As I reported a few days ago, Santa Cruz Beer Week is August 2-9 and there are several restaurant-brewery pairings and other events Aug. 2-7. Last Sunday’s Assembly/Discretion event featured—as Assembly described it—a “one time only special menu built by, … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz Beer Week 2015 & California Beer Festival

Santa Cruz Beer Week is August 2-9; the finale is the California Beer Festival at Aptos Village Park from Friday, Aug. 7-Sunday, Aug. 9. From Aug. 2-7 there will be a few restaurant-brewery pairings, among other activities. See the official … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz, Capitola, Gilroy, & San Jose food and beer events this weekend

There are many food and beer events occurring this weekend in local cities including Santa Cruz, Capitola, San Jose, and Gilroy. Below are details for a few of them, including two that start today. Friday, July 24-Sunday, July 26: Gilroy … Continue reading

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Hop N’ Barley Beer Festival this weekend in Scotts Valley

This weekend is the 6th annual Hop N’ Barley beer and BBQ festival. The main event is on Saturday, June 27, but this is the second consecutive year that the festival is holding activities over two full days instead of … Continue reading

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