Category Archives: Restaurants
Family-friendly Santa Cruz events: Mission Hill birthday, Mole & Mariachi festival
Here are a couple upcoming family-friendly events in Santa Cruz. Mission Hill Creamery’s 2nd birthday celebration: Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 Owner Dave Kumec invites the community to visit Mission Hill Creamery’s Scoop Shop and Dessert Café on Monday, Sept. 15 … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, events, family-friendly, free, Ice cream, kids, Mexican food, Mission Hill Creamery, mole, Mole & Mariachi Festival, Organic, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Santa Cruz’s Chaminade: food, wine, and beer events during September
Santa Cruz’s Chaminade Resort & Spa is offering several opportunities to feast and indulge during the month of September. Saturday, Sept. 6: Beer, Brats & Blues At the 2nd annual Beer, Brats & Blues, from 5-8 p.m., reps from local … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, Chaminade, Chaminade Resort & Spa, events, farm, farm-to-table, Morgan Winery, restaurant news, restaurants, Route 1 Farms, Santa Cruz, Wine
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Limited tickets remain for California Beer Festival; learn about beer week events
The California Beer Festival, held in Aptos August 9-10, is nearly sold out. The 4th annual festival has expanded to two days— Saturday’s theme is “craft beer heaven” and Sunday it’s the “hamburger and hops music festival.” Also, it’s currently … Continue reading
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Summer specials at Aptos restaurant Au Midi
Aptos restaurant Au Midi started two summer promotions last month, one for Wednesday and one for Thursday, and it just added a third which will occur every Tuesday. Each one is a special dish for $19.50. Tuesday they serve “Viva … Continue reading
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Tagged Aptos, Au Midi, Date Night Santa Cruz, Discount, discounts, French cuisine, French food, paella, restaurants, summer 2014
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National Ice Cream Month — win ice cream for a year in Santa Cruz
To celebrate National Ice Cream Month, there is a delicious Downtown Santa Cruz-sponsored contest with a grand prize of free ice cream for a year! One winner receives 50 gift certificates for free ice cream – so the idea is … Continue reading
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Tagged Coldstone Creamery, Ice cream, Marini's Candies, Mission Hill Creamery, National Ice Cream Month, Pacific Cookie Company, Penny Ice Creamery, Santa Cruz
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Manresa fire, & Love Apple Farms repercussions such as produce available to public
There was a serious fire at the Michelin-star-winning Los Gatos restaurant Manresa on Monday, and it will be closed for a few months. The restaurant’s closure strongly affects Love Apple Farms, as Cynthia Sandberg and her biodynamic farm have served … Continue reading
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Tagged CSA, Cynthia Sandberg, David Kinch, farm, farmers, Love Apple Farm, Manresa, Manresa Restaurant, Organic, produce, Santa Cruz, sustainable, tomatoes
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A few 4th of July restaurant & food events: San Francisco, Oakland, & Monterey
Crazy how time flies; we are two days from Independence Day 2014 — here are a few highlights for menus or events in San Francisco, Oakland, and Monterey. SAN FRANCISCO A16 For those headed to Chrissy Field to watch the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, A16, A16 Rockridge, Bocanova, Cannery Row Brewing Company, Cibo Ristorante Italiano, Independence Day, Monterey restaurants, Oakland restaurants, Off the Grid, Off the Grid: Picnic at the Presidio, Restaurant 1833, San Francisco restaurants
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Santa Cruz’s Chaminade launches 2014 Farm to Table Wine Dinners
It’s officially summertime, and here in Santa Cruz we have one more reason to celebrate: Chaminade Resort’s annual Farm to Table Dinner series has begun! The always-enjoyable series showcases local farms and local wineries. I had the pleasure of attending … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaminade, Chaminade Resort & Spa, Chef Kirsten Ponza, farm, farm to table dinner, farm-to-table, Pelican Ranch Winery, Santa Cruz, Wine, wine dinner, Yellow Wall Farm
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