Dining Reviews
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4.5KTwo Local Wines For the Holiday Table
Distinguished local wines from Birichino and Alfaro, plus housemade bread at Soif and a winning appetizer at Oswald
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6.2KLooking Back on Gabriella Cafe’s 25 Years in Santa Cruz
Gabriella Cafe turns 25, plus a celebration for Live Earth’s Farm Discovery Program
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4.7KCompanion Bakeshop Gears Up for Season of Sweets
Companion Bakeshop gears up for the sweetest season, plus Muns wines featured at Home Restaurant
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5.2KBirichino Tasting Room Opens on Church Street
Plus gorgeous heart-shaped persimmons ready for the picking in Santa Cruz
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4.9KCocktails at Assembly, Plus Stagnaro Bros. Turns 80
Mixology game is strong enough for dinner at Assembly, plus Stagnaro Bros. turns 80
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7.7K1Ristorante Avanti Celebrates 30 Years
Plus the New Cocktail, a vintage with legs, and an update on the Octagon
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4.7KPasta Night at the Test Kitchen at 1440 Multiversity
The secrets of homemade pasta, plus ice cream happy hour and the New Cocktail
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4.9KUCSC Garden Hosts Garlic-Growing Workshop, Plus a Cocktail Review
Holy Water at Front & Cooper may be more water than holy, but it's still refreshing
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9.6K3Vinocruz Reinvented, Plus O’mei to Stay Closed
Vinocruz returns with new owners, business model and Soquel location
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5.1KBountiful Harvest for Mission Figs
Local figs, a sensory class at New Leaf and O'Mei reopens.
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4.8K1Bantam Adds Bar, Plus Parish Opens in Aptos
Bantam unrolls its liquor license with a fleet of exquisite cocktails
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6.7KSanta Cruz County Vineyards on This Year’s Grape Harvest
Local viticulturists on how their grapes—including the sensitive Pinot Noir—fared the end-of-summer heat wave
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4.2KPreview: Second Annual Vanilla Festival at Food Lounge
Author Patricia Rain talks vanilla prior to Vanilla Festival with Chef David Jackman
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4.5KHome’s Kitchen Garden Doubles as a Classroom
Home’s new gardening and cooking class series is designed for bilingual children
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8.3K3Innovative Chef and Gracious Setting at Hollins House
Culinary star John Paul Lechtenberg takes the Hollins House to new heights
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6.4K1Cookbook Author Beth Love Teaches Plant-Based Creations
A ‘Raw Vegan Coolinary’ workshop, plus dry-farmed tomatoes and Mole and Mariachi Festival
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4.3K1Autumn Sustain Supper Benefits Homeless Garden Project
Local chefs come together for dinner on HGP’s organic farm
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5.3KCelebrating a Bagelry Classic
Why the Duke is Santa Cruz’s best bagel
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9.3K3Caffe Pergolesi Prepares to Close
The beloved coffee shop shuts down Aug. 26
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4.4KFifth Annual Waiter’s Race To Entertain Downtown Santa Cruz
Waiter’s Race downtown showcases skill and dexterity of eight restaurants’ servers
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4.7KWindy Oaks Opens New Tasting Room in Carmel Valley Village
Windy Oaks Expands, Plus the Community Bridges Farm to Fork Gala Dinner is Aug. 5
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4.8KTramonti’s New Dining Patio is a Cozy Seabright Destination
Authentic Italian al fresco, plus the first dry-hopped nonalcoholic beer and Don Quixote’s changes hands
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6.8K2A Day at Abbott Square Market
From breakfast to cocktails at Abbott Square Market
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6.7K1A Bold and Varied Vegetarian Menu at Malabar
Sri Lankan and Asian fusion dishes on Front Street, plus two cheese alternatives that rival the real thing
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4.9KPreview: Santa Cruz Cider Week Kicks Off on July 15
Santa Cruz celebrates craft cider with seven days of apple-themed events
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7.7KKickin Chicken Opens Kitchen at Motiv
Upstairs kitchen at Motiv changes hands, plus two must-go events
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4.8KFive Farmers Market Hacks for Longer-Lasting Produce
From basil to berries, here are some clever tricks to extending the life of summer’s bounty
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8.3KAlex Krause and John Locke to Open Birichino Tasting Room
Birichino will offer an intimate wine tasting experience with an old-world feel
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5.3KDine Al Fresco at Sustain Supper and Avant Garden Party
This weekend’s Sustain Supper benefit, plus a garden party with Jozseph Schultz
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4.7KOdonata Winery Releases a Wine for Alzheimer
Odonata Winery releases Remembrance, with proceeds funding a cure for Alzheimer’s
