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<\/a>Verve Coffee Salt on Circulated Live Earth Farm Egg with Pea Puree and Mushroom bacon from April 4 Community Dinner<\/p><\/div>Bonny Doon Vineyard\u2019s restaurant, formerly known as the Cellar Door, is now Le Cigare Volant<\/a> and boasts a new Executive Chef, Ryan Shelton. Bonny Doon Vineyard has also expanded lunch service to its tasting room.<\/p>\n The restaurant\u2019s renaming officially took place on April 1st. The name Le Cigare Volant corresponds to one of Bonny Doon Vineyard\u2019s most popular wines, which is slated to be released in its 25th vintage this year. Winemaker and BDV founder Randall Grahm commented on the restaurant name change: \u201cIt represents a commitment to a more refined, if not empyrean level of cuisine and service, as well as a proclamation of a deeper association between the restaurant and the winery itself.\u201d<\/p>\n New chef Ryan Shelton arrives at Le Cigare Volant from two-Michelin-starred Palo Alto restaurant Baum\u00e9 where he served as Chef de Cuisine and Pastry Chef. His experience includes positions at Chez TJ in Mountain View, and The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel. Shelton is excited to be cooking in Santa Cruz. He says, \u201cMore than anywhere else I\u2019ve cooked in the Bay Area, people in Santa Cruz know what \u2018locally sourced, thoughtfully prepared\u2019 actually tastes like. It\u2019s a great thrill to be held to such high standards.\u201d<\/p>\n Le Cigare Volant is open for dinner Wednesday\u2013Sunday, and for lunch on Saturday and Sunday (12-3pm). The tasting room, open Thurs-Sun from 12-5, just started offering lunch plates so you can have a meal \u2013- such as Devil\u2019s Gulch Pork Shoulder Sliders — while you do your wine tasting.<\/p>\n Wednesday evenings in the restaurant are devoted to Community Table, a special prix fixe, family-style meal celebrating the experience of food and wine shared communally. These have been occuring for about a year; the price is $35. The Community Table theme for April is biodynamic and sustainable farming. April 4\u2019s dinner featured Verve coffee and farms including Devil\u2019s Gulch Ranch. April 11\u2019s dinner is highlighting produce from BDV\u2019s biodynamic San Juan Bautista farm.<\/p>\n On Twitter? Follow me @santacruzfoodie<\/a><\/p>\n The Details<\/strong> Bonny Doon Vineyard\u2019s restaurant, formerly known as the Cellar Door, is now Le Cigare Volant and boasts a new Executive Chef, Ryan Shelton. Bonny Doon Vineyard has also expanded lunch service to its tasting room. The restaurant\u2019s renaming officially took … Continue reading
\nLe Cigare Volant Restaurant & Tasting Room
\n328 Ingalls Street (in Swift Street Courtyard), Santa Cruz
\n(831) 425-6771<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"