{"id":2470,"date":"2016-09-22T23:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T03:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2016-09-22T23:54:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T03:54:49","slug":"food-wine-and-beer-at-2016-grazing-on-the-green-benefiting-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Food, wine and beer at 2016 Grazing on the Green benefiting cancer research"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 13th annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green\u2014Saturday, Sept. 24 at Aptos Village Park, features 70-plus vendors including local restaurants and caterers, other food businesses, and local wineries, breweries, and spirits distilleries. Proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group (SCCBG<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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The event is from noon to 4 p.m. Buy $65 tickets at New Leaf Community Markets (downtown, Westside or Capitola locations) or online http:\/\/sccbg.org<\/a> or it will be $70 at the door if it\u2019s not sold out. If you have a group of 10, you can get tickets for $60 each. Adult admission includes food, drinks and a souvenir wineglass. Kids 10 and under are free; kids ages 10-20 are $35.<\/p>\n

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Participating restaurants, farms, and food vendors for 2016 include The Crow’s Nest, Caf\u00e9 Cruz, Caf\u00e9 Rio, Real Good Fish, Niman Ranch, SunRidge Farms, Ashby Confections, Zameen Mediterranean Cuisine, Cremer House, Ella\u2019s at the Airport, Surf City Sandwich, Hula\u2019s, Hollins House and Sid\u2019s Smokehouse.<\/p>\n

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Participating wineries, breweries and distilleries include Alfaro Family Vineyards and Winery, Beauregard Vineyards, Hallcrest Vineyards, Kathryn Kennedy Winery, Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard, Sones Cellars, Wargin Wines, Wrights Station Winery, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Discretion Brewing, Seabright Brewery, New Bohemia Brewing Co. and Venus Spirits.<\/p>\n

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Proceeds from SCCBG\u2019s events benefit these local cancer support and research organizations: Hospice of Santa Cruz County, Jacob\u2019s Heart Children\u2019s Cancer Association, Katz Cancer Resource Center, researchers from UC Santa Cruz, the Teen Kitchen Project, and WomenCARE Cancer Advocacy.<\/p>\n

For more information on the event, see www.sccbg.org.<\/p>\n

There is free shuttle service every 15 minutes from Cabrillo College; parking is also free.<\/p>\n

Aptos Village Park<\/strong>: 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos<\/p>\n

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