Category Archives: Food & Food News

Free cookies at Pacific Cookie Company in Santa Cruz for 35th anniversary

Santa Cruz’s Pacific Cookie Company is celebrating its 35th anniversary this month, and the store is offering customers free cookies plus the chance to win a dozen cookies per month for a whole year. Through Wednesday, Oct. 28, if you … Continue reading

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Food truck/family film event & Jamaican restaurant opening in Scotts Valley & Santa Cruz

Here are details on a couple restaurant events occurring Friday, Oct. 23: a Scotts Valley food-truck-and-film event and a Jamaican restaurant opening in Santa Cruz. Dinner and Movie in the Park After a very successful debut event in September with … Continue reading

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New Leaf offers birthday discounts & party plus employees get raises

New Leaf Community Markets is celebrating its 30th birthday with lots of discounts through Sunday, Oct. 25, at its stores in Santa Cruz, Capitola, Half Moon Bay and Pleasanton. Also, the Westside store will hold a community block party on … Continue reading

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Love Fest at Whole Foods Market: 25-cent coffee and other discounts/prizes

At Whole Foods Market locations across the country, including our local Santa Cruz and Capitola stores, customers can get 25-cent cups of coffee (just for a few more days) and win a $500 gift card as part of the company’s … Continue reading

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Food truck, Homeless Garden Project events in Scotts Valley & Santa Cruz

There are many food events occurring this weekend in local cities such as Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley—here are details for a first-time Scotts Valley food truck event Friday and a benefit feast with star chefs at Homeless Garden Project … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz, Capitola, Gilroy, & San Jose food and beer events this weekend

There are many food and beer events occurring this weekend in local cities including Santa Cruz, Capitola, San Jose, and Gilroy. Below are details for a few of them, including two that start today. Friday, July 24-Sunday, July 26: Gilroy … Continue reading

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National Ice Cream Month in Santa Cruz includes Mission Hill Creamery’s birthday

July is National Ice Cream Month, and here in Santa Cruz this coincides with Mission Hill Creamery’s 5th birthday plus a contest where you can win free ice cream for a year. First, the Mission Hill Creamery news: Dave Kumec … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz Farmers’ Markets Pop-Up Breakfast Series continues Saturday

The summertime pop-up breakfast series at the Westside Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley farmers markets is in full swing, with the next event this Saturday, July 18 in Scotts Valley. There is limited seating; tickets are $36 and are available … Continue reading

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Ocean2table hosts Santa Cruz Pescetarian PopUp Dinner

Santa Cruz-based Ocean2table is partnering with several other local businesses to host their third Pescetarian PopUp Dinner on Thursday, July 16, at the Food Lounge in downtown Santa Cruz. Tickets are $50 for the multi-course dinner and there will be … Continue reading

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Event Santa Cruz hosts PopUp Santa Cruz Night

Matthew Swinnerton has done it again: he started Event Santa Cruz in September 2013 to tell stories about local businesses and the people behind them, and he’s been bringing our community fantastic monthly events—always sell-outs—ever since. The next one, “PopUp … Continue reading

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