Here, find a curated list of the best food and drink events in Santa Cruz County for the coming week. At the top, I share my picks of unmissable local happenings.
Hop N Barley Beer Festival, Santa Cruz County’s local and long-running beer festival, returns to SkyPark in Scotts Valley tomorrow. A $50 ticket includes unlimited tasting of more than 60 beers and ciders from dozens of breweries and cideries from throughout California. Plus, the event offers two stages of live music, a lineup of local food trucks and vintage Volkswagen bus eye-candy courtesy of a local club.
Monkeyflower Ranch, home of Garden Variety Cheeses, is hosting a farm dinner on Saturday evening at its idyllic ranch outside of Watsonville. Guests will visit the farm’s sheep and tour its dairy and cheesemaking facilities before sitting down to an al fresco four-course meal, which will feature pork, lamb, eggs and cheeses produced on the farm, as well as organic produce. Tickets are $100.
Friday, July 12
- Neighborhood Night Barbecue with Pajaro Pastures | 5:00 PM – 8:00Pm @ The Groove Cafe, Felton
Saturday, July 13
- Hop N Barley Beer Festival | 11 a.m. @ Skypark | $50
- Santa Cruz Mountains Classic Car Show | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM @ 6265 Hwy 9
- Boomeria Lives On! | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM @ St Andrew’s Episcopal Church | $59
- Farm Dinner at Monkeyflower Ranch | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ Garden Variety Cheese | $100
Sunday, July 14
- Solstice Foods Summer Festival | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM @ 3811 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz
Thursday, July 18
- Taste of Napa | 5:00 – 8:00 @ Bittersweet Bistro | $95
- Throwback Thursday | 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM @ Big Basin Vineyards
- Eastern European Dinner and Wine | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM @ The Grove Cafe, Felton | $130
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