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May 2015 food & wine events at Saratoga’s Mountain Winery
The Mountain Winery in Saratoga is offering three fun, food- and wine-related events in late May. Executive Chef David Sidoti and his staff will prepare the food. For all events, buy tickets or get more information at mountainwinery.com/events. Sunday, May … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Wine
Tagged Cajun food, dinner & dancing, Latin food, Mountain Winery, San Francisco Bay Area, sangria, Saratoga
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Chef Jason Franey transforms Monterey’s Restaurant 1833 into its best incarnation yet
I can’t recommend Restaurant 1833’s revamped menu highly enough—my recent dinner there was one of the best meals I’ve had in a very long time. Restaurant 1833 closed for a few days in March so that Chef Jason Franey and … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged Bay Area restaurants, best restaurants, Canlis, Chef Jason Franey, Coastal Luxury Management, Gallatin's, James Beard Award, Monterey, Monterey restaurants, Pebble Beach Food and Wine, Restaurant 1833
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Soquel benefit features 30 beers from nine Santa Cruz area breweries
The 2nd annual Locals Only Tap Takeover is Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Beer Thirty in Soquel. This event features 30 local brews on draft from all nine Santa Cruz County breweries—see full list below. All proceeds will be donated … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Benefits, Events
Tagged beer, Beer Thirty, Boulder Creek Brewery, Corralitos Brewing Co., Discretion Brewing, New Bohemia Brewing Co, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Ale Works, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Sante Adairius Rustic Ales, seabright brewery, Uncommon Brewers
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Family-friendly Santa Cruz Greek Food Faire this weekend
This weekend is the ninth annual Eat Like A Greek Food Faire in downtown Santa Cruz. This event is the smaller version of the very popular Greek food and music festival that has occurred every September for nearly 35 years. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Food & Food News
Tagged Eat Like A Greek Food Faire, family-friendly, free, Greek cuisine, Greek Festival, Greek Food, kids, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Greek Food Faire
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Peet’s Coffee and Tea adds Javiva beverages and partners with Mighty Leaf Tea
Peet’s Coffee and Tea recently added a new line of Javiva drinks that’s available in retail locations, including all of its Northern California stores in cities like Santa Cruz, Capitola, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Monterey. It also announced that it … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Restaurant News
Tagged coffee, coffee news, javiva, Mighty Leaf Tea, Peet's Coffee and Tea, restaurant news, tea
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Chef Andrea Mollenauer wins award and caters 2015 NEXTies
Imagine one venue that has limitless potential for Santa Cruz community members: you can drink gourmet hot chocolate anytime, eat savory dumplings there on one night, fried chicken another night, and be enticed by many other popup brunch or dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Events
Tagged Event Santa Cruz, Food Lounge, Lifestyle Culinary Arts, NEXTies, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Bay Area restaurants for Mother’s Day: Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, San Jose
Dining out on Mother’s Day is a popular plan, so if you haven’t made reservations yet, better hurry: here are a few restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, and San Jose. Also see: Mother’s Day menus for Monterey, Carmel … Continue reading
Bay Area restaurants for Mother’s Day: Monterey, Carmel Valley, Pacific Grove
It’s Mother’s Day, time to treat that special lady right–how about a nice brunch out? Here are some Bay Area restaurant highlights, with several in the Monterey/Carmel area. Monterey Tarpy’s Roadhouse Tarpy’s (831-647-1444) is offering Mother’s Day brunch from 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged Asilomar, Carmel Valley restaurants, Fandango, Hyatt Carmel Highlands, Kula Ranch Island Steakhouse, Monterey, Monterey restaurants, Montrio Bistro, Mother's Day, Pacific Grove restaurants, Pacific's Edge, Porter’s in the Forest, Santa Cruz restaurants, Sardine Factory, Tarpy's Roadhouse, TusCA Ristorante
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New Leaf in Westside Santa Cruz dishes up breakfast cooking class
Interested in learning techniques for creating a delicious breakfast? Chef Madia Jamgochian is teaching “Intro to Cooking-Breakfast!” at New Leaf Community Markets in Westside Santa Cruz. The class is from 5 -7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, and the cost is … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Events, Recipes
Tagged breakfast, Cooking, cooking class, New Leaf, New Leaf Community Markets, Organic, Santa Cruz
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