{"id":1373,"date":"2013-11-11T01:02:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T05:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2013-11-11T01:02:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T05:02:47","slug":"a-taste-of-santa-cruz-2013-features-30-restaurants-wineries-and-breweries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1373","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of Santa Cruz 2013 features 30 restaurants, wineries and breweries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1374\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/zameen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1374\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1374\" alt=\"Offerings from the restaurant Zameen at a previous &quot;A Taste of Santa Cruz&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/zameen-218x300.png\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/zameen-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/zameen.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Offerings from the restaurant Zameen at a previous &#8220;A Taste of Santa Cruz&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 9th annual \u201cA Taste of Santa Cruz,\u201d at the Cocoanut Grove on Thursday, Nov. 14, features 30 participating restaurants, wineries, and breweries. The event runs from 5:30-9 p.m. and benefits first-time home buyers. Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the door. Buy tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/atosc2013.eventbrite.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/atosc2013.eventbrite.com\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees sample food and drinks from 30 restaurants, food vendors, breweries and wineries. Proceeds from the event benefit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scaor.org\/hf\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.scaor.org\/hf\/\">Santa Cruz Association of REALTORS Housing Foundation<\/a> grant program that provides closing costs for first time, low-income home-buyers in Santa Cruz County.<\/p>\n<p>Participating food providers include Aquarius, Cowboy Diner, Johnny\u2019s Harborside, Michael\u2019s on Main, Barbara &amp; Company Catering, S\u00fcda, Main Street Garden &amp; Caf\u00e9, and Zameen Mediterranean Cuisine. Wineries and breweries include Trout Gulch Vineyards, Joyce Vineyards, Seabright Brewery, and Uncommon Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights at the event: live music from West Coast Soul and Depot Dogs,\u00a0 an appearance by the Derby Girls, and a silent auction with over 100 items. Items up for bid include jewelry, crafts, and vacation lodging in New Orleans. There will also be a raffle; the prize valued at $1,300 is a three-night stay at an artisan home in Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>Several hundred people attend this event each year; purchasing your tickets in advance is recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Event location: Cocoanut Grove Grand Ballroom, 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz 95060<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re on Twitter follow me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\">@santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 9th annual \u201cA Taste of Santa Cruz,\u201d at the Cocoanut Grove on Thursday, Nov. 14, features 30 participating restaurants, wineries, and breweries. The event runs from 5:30-9 p.m. and benefits first-time home buyers. Tickets are $40 in advance or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1373\">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":[9,33,3],"tags":[628,63,629,631,19,10,630,38,13,633,11,356,43,7,281,608,317,632,634,1121,403],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits","category-events","category-restaurants","tag-a-taste-of-santa-cruz","tag-aquarius","tag-atosc","tag-barbara-company-catering","tag-beer","tag-benefit","tag-cowboy-diner","tag-events-2","tag-johnnys-harborside","tag-joyce-vineyards","tag-main-street-garden-cafe","tag-michaels-on-main","tag-restaurants-2","tag-santa-cruz","tag-santa-cruz-restaurants","tag-seabright-brewery","tag-suda","tag-trout-gulch-vineyards","tag-uncommon-brewers","tag-wine","tag-zameen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","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=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1375,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}