Category Archives: Restaurants
Santa Cruz’s Chaminade serves up new season of Farm to Table Wine Dinners
Chaminade Resort’s annual Farm to Table Dinner series, which features very fresh items from local farms plus delectable libations from Central Coast wineries, is starting soon. Want to whet your appetite? Read my recap of 2014’s opening night feast. 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged Alfaro Winery, Black Hen Farm, Chaminade, Chaminade Resort & Spa, Coke Farms, Everett Family Farm, farm-to-table, Fiesta Farm, Garden Variety Cheeses, LeftCoast GrassFed, Martin Ranch Winery, Morgan Winery, organic farm, Route 1 Farms, Santa Cruz, Storrs Winery, Summit to Sea Wineries, Wine, wine dinner
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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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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
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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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Restaurants for Easter in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel
Dining out on Easter is a great way to celebrate with friends or family or both, and Santa Cruz and the Monterey/Carmel areas have many restaurants offering special menus this Sunday. Also see: Passover & Easter food in Capitola SF/East … Continue reading
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Tagged Aptos restaurants, Carmel, Carmel restaurants, Chaminade, Fandango, Hyatt Carmel Highlands, Monterey, Monterey restaurants, restaurant news, restaurants, Sanderlings, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Tarpy's Roadhouse, TusCA Ristorante
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Restaurants for Easter in San Francisco and the East Bay
Dining out for Easter 2015? It’s this coming Sunday; here are some restaurant highlights for San Francisco and the East Bay. San Francisco Restaurants A16 A16 will host a festive Easter brunch and dinner featuring with creations from Executive Chef … Continue reading
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Tagged A16, Berkeley restaurants, central kitchen, Easter, FIVE, Luce, Oakland restaurants, OneUP, Presidio Social Club, San Francisco, San Francisco restaurants, Top of the Mark
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Santa Cruz area restaurant news highlights through February 2015
Some of this is more recent restaurant news for the Santa Cruz area, and some is much older. I recently discovered that quite a few people I know weren’t aware of certain closings, so I am distributing information that might … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Food News, Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged Aptos, Aptos restaurants, Assembly, Benten, Food Lounge, Mutari Hot Chocolate, Noah's Bagels, restaurant news, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurant news, Santa Cruz restaurants, Soif, The Greek, The Hideout, Verve Coffee
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