Category Archives: Restaurants

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

Restaurants for Easter in Santa Cruz, South Bay and SF

Posted on April 17, 2019 by admin

Dining out for Easter 2019? It’s this coming Sunday; here are some restaurant and food vendor highlights for Santa Cruz, the South Bay, and San Francisco. Santa Cruz & Scotts Valley Chaminade Resort & Spa The Chaminade offers its annual … Continue reading →

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Christmas shopping: last minute restaurant gift card bonuses

Posted on December 22, 2018 by admin

Two weeks ago I posted this article with eight different “gift card bonus offers” from Santa Cruz and Capitola restaurants. Here are a few more for any of you doing very-last-minute shopping. Capitola, Scotts Valley and Watsonville Sushi Garden … Continue reading →

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Santa Cruz holiday shopping: Gift card bonus offers for restaurants

Posted on December 6, 2018 by admin

If you’re in Santa Cruz or Capitola and have some gift or stocking stuffer shopping to do, you’ll be happy to know that several restaurants are offering “gift certificate bonus deals” for the 2018 holiday season. Here are a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant News, Restaurants | Tagged Capitola, Capitola restaurants, Chili's, Denny's, holiday shopping, holiday shopping 2018, holidays, Hula's Island Grill, IHOP, Mission Hill Creamery, Paradise Beach Grille, Pono Hawaiian Grill, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Woodstock's Pizza | 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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More Mother’s Day restaurants for the Santa Cruz area

Posted on May 10, 2018 by admin

Did Mother’s Day 2018 sneak up on you? Mother’s Day is Sunday – some restaurants in the Santa Cruz area, including Bargetto Winery, which only has one seating – are fully booked, but others are still available. Below are a … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz & Monterey: Shadowbrook, Chaminade, Portola & more

Posted on May 3, 2018 by admin

Dining out on Mother’s Day is extremely popular, so if you haven’t made reservations yet, better hurry: here are a few restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz County and Monterey. I’ll publish more in the next few days. Santa Cruz, Capitola, … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant News, Restaurants | Tagged Aptos, Aptos restaurants, Capitola, Capitola restaurants, Chaminade, Hollins House, Monterey, Monterey restaurants, Mother's Day, Portola Hotel & Spa, restaurants, Sanderlings, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Shadowbrook | Comments Off

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 →

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Valentine’s Day dinner reservations available at Jacks Monterey

Posted on February 13, 2018 by admin

Jacks Monterey has an intriguing four-course prix fixe dinner menu available for Valentine’s Day 2018, and they are still accepting reservations (call 831-649-7874). Dinner is $64.95 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity. In addition to the meal below, diners … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving highlights for Santa Cruz & Scotts Valley

Posted on November 16, 2017 by admin

Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and there are lots of offerings you can choose from—including a unique day at Scotts Valley’s 1440 Multiversity, restaurants with lunch or dinner, and caterers and personal chefs that have prepared food options. Here are a … Continue reading →

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