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<\/a>Salad at Cafe Cruz, one of 20-plus restaurants and caterers participating in the 2012 Capitola Art & Wine Festival<\/p><\/div>The 2012 Capitola Art and Wine Festival, offering a variety of food from many restaurants plus wine, beer, and art, takes place on Saturday September 8 and Sunday September 9 from 10am-6pm.<\/p>\n
The event, held at The Esplanade in Capitola Village, has free admission and includes live entertainment such as musicians and dancers. Visit event site<\/a> to view entertainment schedule and information on parking and free shuttles from the Capitola Mall. More than 150 artists will be displaying juried art including ceramics, glass, metal art, and mixed media. For more information call the Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce at (831) 475-6522.<\/p>\n The 29th annual festival features wine from 21 Santa Cruz area wineries (see list below) and food from many venues. There will be two \u201cfood court areas\u201d with items available for purchase such as honey-infused burgers and ribs, artichokes, crabcakes, steak sandwiches, crab-stuffed mushrooms, deep-fried ravioli, coconut milk soup, falafel, meatloaf sandwiches, pizza, rice bowls, crepes, and Greek, Indian and Mexican fare. <\/p>\n Participating restaurants\/caterers include<\/strong> Participating wineries<\/strong> The festival, hosted by the Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce, features a children\u2019s art area with ongoing crafts. No pets are allowed. A portion of festival proceeds will be donated to community groups including Soquel High School Sports Foundation and Music Foundations, Pacific Collegiate Fusion Dance Team, and Harbor High Leadership.<\/p>\n On Twitter? Follow me @santacruzfoodie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2012 Capitola Art and Wine Festival, offering a variety of food from many restaurants plus wine, beer, and art, takes place on Saturday September 8 and Sunday September 9 from 10am-6pm. The event, held at The Esplanade in Capitola … Continue reading
\nArtichoke Connection
\nCaf\u00e9 Carlos
\nCaf\u00e9 Cruz
\nCrown Cafe Catering
\nDelk Bees Honey Caf\u00e9
\nE & J Catering
\nFalafel of Santa Cruz
\nGrandma Catherine\u2019s Homemade Meatloaf
\nIndia Gourmet
\nMichael\u2019s on Main
\nPizza Gypsy
\nRainbow Girls BBQ
\nSimply Sue\u2019s Kitchen
\nSouza\u2019s Ice Cream
\nSurf City Distributing Frozen Fruit Juice Bars
\nSweet Pea\u2019s Caf\u00e9
\nTaste of Mexico
\nTrue Olive Connection<\/p>\n
\nBargetto Winery
\nBeauregard Vineyards
\nBruzzone Family Vineyards
\nBurrell School Vineyards & Winery
\nChaucer\u2019s Cellars
\nCinnabar Winery
\nDomenico Winery
\nHallcrest Vineyards & Organic Wine Works
\nHeart O\u2019 The Mountain
\nHunter Hill Vineyard & Winery
\nMartin Ranch Winery
\nNaumann Vineyards
\nNicholson Vineyards
\nPelican Ranch Winery
\nRoudon-Smith Winery
\nSilver Mountain Vineyards
\nStorrs Winery
\nThomas Fogarty Winery & Vineyards
\nTrout Gulch Vineyard
\nZayante Vineyards<\/p>\n