{"id":1033,"date":"2012-12-29T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T00:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2012-12-29T20:59:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T00:59:32","slug":"last-minute-santa-cruz-food-related-new-years-information-plus-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Last-minute Santa Cruz food-related New Year\u2019s information &#8212; plus contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1034\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lago-pasta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1034\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1034\" title=\"lago pasta\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lago-pasta-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lago-pasta-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lago-pasta.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seafood ravioli at Lago di Como Ristorante &amp; Pizzeria<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some details on Santa Cruz restaurants and food-related venues, plus a contest where you can win a food-related prize (<em>see end of article for details<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Refer to my articles on selected Santa Cruz and San Jose restaurants open on New Year\u2019s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1026\">Part 1 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1030\">Part 2 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A few more restaurants open for New Year\u2019s:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bantam<\/li>\n<li>Crow\u2019s Nest<\/li>\n<li>Gabriella Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Lago di Como Ristorante &amp; Pizzeria<\/li>\n<li>Shadowbrook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closed for New Year\u2019s (Eve and\/or Day)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Casablanca (re-opening Jan 4)<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Hong Kong (re-opening Jan 2)<\/li>\n<li>Mission Hill Creamery (open until 1 a.m. New Year\u2019s Eve until early morning New Year\u2019s Day; closed the rest of New Year\u2019s Day)<\/li>\n<li>Kelly\u2019s French Bakery (Open New Year\u2019s Eve regular hours; closed New Year\u2019s Day)<\/li>\n<li>Tramonti (closed both NYE and NY Day)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adjusted Hours<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>New Leaf Community Markets \u2013 all locations are open both New Year\u2019s Eve and Day, with shortened hours. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newleaf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">web site<\/a> for exact hours (varies by location).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">****<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CONTEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>RULES<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>1) If you are one of the 12 people who won a prize during my recent \u201c12 Days of Christmas\u201d promotion, you are ineligible for this contest.<\/p>\n<p>2) Pick contest A or B to enter \u2013 you can only enter one!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contest A<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelsonmain.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael\u2019s on Main<\/a> has graciously donated a certificate for two people to enjoy its Tuesday night food, wine &amp; beer pairing series. The normal price is $25\/person, so this certificate is worth $50. These events include live music and occur throughout the year on Tuesdays from 6:30 \u2013 8:30 p.m. The next series starts Jan. 8 and lasts through March 26. Here is the January line-up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1-8 We love Pork! <\/strong>In all it\u2019s goodness&#8230;.bring a bib for juicy pork spareribs, pork sliders, wedge salad with Corralitos bacon and more. <strong>Soquel Vineyards <\/strong>will be pouring and <strong>Ken Constable <\/strong>will be playing. Don\u2019t miss it!<\/li>\n<li><strong>1-15 Crab Feed with Guest Chefs Paul and Terry Gregory <\/strong>Quick! Before the season ends&#8230;Who can be satisfied with just one crab dinner? Not us. Reservations are required to be sure we have enough crab for everyone. Wines will come up from Monterey County\u2019s <strong>Scheid Vineyards <\/strong>and music from <strong>Jay Alvarez.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1-22 Cioppino &#8211; Soquel\u2019s own Pinky Gilmore <\/strong>is known for her famous Cioppino. You usually have to wangle an invitation to her house for some but tonight she will make it at Michael\u2019s. If you haven\u2019t tried the <strong>Renwood Zin<\/strong>, now\u2019s your chance. Also pouring the <strong>Lee Family Farms Verdelho. <\/strong>And they both go great with cioppino. <strong>Kevin McDowell<\/strong> will play guitar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1-29 Grandma\u2019s House <\/strong>Come on down for some meatloaf, mashed potatoes and all the cozy comfort foods from Grandma\u2019s kitchen. An old-time Soquel favorite, <strong>Bargetto Winery <\/strong>will be pouring and <strong>David O\u2019Connor <\/strong>will play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contest B<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/kellysfrenchbakery.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kelly\u2019s French Bakery<\/a> has generously donated a $25 gift certificate. Choose sweets, savories, or anything in between!<\/p>\n<p>To enter, email your name to <a href=\"mailto:tfatemiwalker@yahoo.com\">tfatemiwalker@yahoo.com<\/a> and include the words \u201cContest A\u201d or \u201cContest B.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Entry deadline is Sun. Dec. 30 at 6 p.m.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The drawing will take place that evening; the winner will be notified via email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Here are some details on Santa Cruz restaurants and food-related venues, plus a contest where you can win a food-related prize (see end of article for details). &nbsp; &nbsp; Refer to my articles on selected Santa Cruz and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1033\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,3],"tags":[401,357,253,174,38,289,371,106,402,87,424,119,43,56,7,207,363],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-news-2","category-restaurants","tag-bantam","tag-casablanca","tag-charlie-hong-kong","tag-crows-nest","tag-events-2","tag-gabriella-cafe","tag-holidays-2012","tag-kellys-french-bakery","tag-lago-di-como-ristorante-pizzeria","tag-mission-hill-creamery","tag-new-years-eve-2012","tag-restaurant-news","tag-restaurants-2","tag-san-jose","tag-santa-cruz","tag-shadowbrook","tag-tramonti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}