Category Archives: Restaurants
Fogo de Chao on Santana Row: great for family brunch, date night, or weekday lunch
A couple weeks ago, I decided to try out Fogo de Chão on Santana Row with my family. From the moment we walked in, the service was impeccable. To me, having attentive staff greet you upon arrival is the signal … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazilian cuisine, date night, family-friendly, Fogo de Chao, lunch specials, restaurant news, San Jose restaurants, Santana Row, weekend brunch
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Food Trucks A Go Go expands with weekly Westside Santa Cruz, Soquel & Scotts Valley offerings
Great news for local food truck fans: starting this week, Food Trucks A Go Go is going to operate weekly events in Westside Santa Cruz, Soquel and Scotts Valley. First, the Westside SC details: Starting July 26, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ate3One, Aunt LaLi’s, Aunt LaLi’s Mobile Café, Conscious Creations, food trucks, Food Trucks A Go Go, G's Tacos, Holopono, Humble Sea Brewing Company, Pono Hawaiian Grill, pop-up, pop-up dinner, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Saucey'z, Scotts Valley, Soquel, Stockwell Cellars, Zameen, Zameen Mediterranean Food Truck
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Tickets available for Friday farm to table wine dinner at Chaminade
The second installment of Chaminade Resort’s annual Farm to Table Dinner summer series is Friday, July 8, and there are still some tickets available for this event with local libations from Summit to Sea Wineries and fresh ingredients from … Continue reading
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Tagged Burrell School Winery and Vineyard, Chaminade, Chaminade Resort & Spa, farm-to-table, Fiesta Farm, Loma Prieta Winery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Summit to Sea Wineries, Wine, Wrights Station
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Room discounts through July at luxurious Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel
Summer is underway—a beautiful season in the Monterey Bay Area—and Carmel’s Quail Lodge & Golf Club is offering a special “Summer Breakaway” package through the end of July, giving out-of-towners AND locals the perfect excuse to take a vacation or … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmel, Carmel hotels, Carmel restaurants, discounts, Edgar's, hotels, luxury accommodations, Quail Lodge & Golf Club
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Charlie Hong Kong hosts benefit for Amigo Bob
On Thursday, June 30, during the entire time it’s open (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.), Santa Cruz restaurant Charlie Hong Kong is donating 10% of sales to organic pioneer Amigo Bob Cantisano. The man who many call “Amigo” has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian food, benefit, Charlie Hong Kong, cheap eats, family-friendly, organic food, restaurant news, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants
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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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Tagged beer, benefit, chef Santos Majano, Discretion Brewing, Farm Discovery at Live Earth, Haven of Hope, Live Earth Farm, Organic, organic beer, PAMF, restaurant news, Santa Cruz, Soquel, The Kitchen at Discretion, Young at Heart
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Pleasure Point Street Fair: family-friendly benefit with great food and drinks
Next Saturday is the fourth annual Pleasure Point Street Fair in Santa Cruz, with a variety of local food and drinks for sale. The event, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Portola Drive between 38th and 41st Avenues, has … Continue reading
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Tagged Ate3One, Chill Out Cafe, Conscious Creations, East Side Eatery, family-friendly, free, Lucy’s Hot Dogs, New Bohemia Brewing Co, New Leaf, New Leaf Community Markets, Pleasure Pizza, Pleasure Point Street Fair, Pono Hawaiian Grill, Real Good Fish, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Fish Company, Santa Cruz restaurants, Zameen
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Food Truck Friday with Food Trucks A Go Go in Scotts Valley
Food Trucks A Go Go is participating in an event Friday, June 17 at Skypark in Scotts Valley. The Scotts Valley Educational Foundation is hosting this 5-8 p.m. event. There will be drinks for all ages, including water, sodas, regional … Continue reading
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Tagged Ate3One, Aunt LaLi’s, food trucks, G's Tacos, India Gourmet, Pastime Meats & Eats, Santa Cruz Ale Works, Santa Cruz restaurants, The Choke Coach, Zameen, Zocalo Tamales
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Bay Area Father’s Day restaurants, Part 2—Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, Moss Landing
Father’s Day 2016 is now three days away; have you made your plans? Here are details on a few options in Santa Cruz and nearby including restaurants and wine events. If you missed my first Father’s Day post, here are … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaminade, Father's Day, Food Lounge, Moss Landing restaurants, Santa Cruz Food Lounge, Santa Cruz restaurants, Soif, Summit Wineries, The Haute Enchilada, Wine
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