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.
It’s turkey trot season, and event company Collective Santa Cruz is hosting a 5K – 3.1-mile – holiday fun run with Cat & Cloud coffee Saturday morning. Runners meet at the Swift Street café in Santa Cruz at 9 a.m. to sign up and have a cup of joe, and the run starts at 9:30 a.m. Cat & Cloud roasted a special coffee for this event, a blend of coffees from Mexico and Costa Rica with a dark flavor profile and flavor notes of Oreo cookies, pecan pie and blueberry jam.
The Aptos Wine Wander returns to Aptos Village tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m. Sixteen Santa Cruz-area wineries, including Lester Estate Wines, El Vaquero Winery and Kathryn Kennedy Winery, will post up at 13 businesses to pour samples of wine while guests sip and shop. Each $45 ticket includes a wine glass and map of tasting locations.
Best of Santa Cruz County food and drink events, Nov. 21-27
Here are some upcoming local food and drink events you might be interested in:
Friday, Nov. 21
- Friendsgiving at the Nucleus | 3 p.m. @ The Nucleus in Watsonville
- Friendsgiving | 5 p.m. @ Davenport Roadhouse
- Friendsgiving at the Youth Center | 5 p.m. @ Youth Center in Watsonville
- Kianti’s “Jack Is Back” Holiday Performance | 6 & 8 p.m. @ Kianti’s Pizza & Pasta Bar
- Boardwalk Bites | 6 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Saturday, Nov. 22
- Aptos Farmers Market | 8 a.m. @ Cabrillo College
- Collective Santa Cruz x Cat & Cloud Coffee Holiday Run | 9 a.m. @ Cat & Cloud Swift Street
- Seeds of Resurgence Community Seed Dinner | 2:30 p.m. @ UC Santa Cruz farm
- Aptos Wine Wander | 4 p.m. @ Aptos Village
- “Jack Is Back” Holiday Performance @ 6 & 8 p.m. @ Kianti’s Pizza & Pasta Bar
Sunday, Nov. 23
- Live Oak Farmers Market Live Oak | 9 a.m. @ East Cliff Village Shopping Center
- Eat for the Earth Fall Feast Dinner Party | 3 p.m. @ Seventh-day Adventist Church – Sundean Hall (in the back)
Thursday, Nov. 27
- Thanksgiving Community Dinner | 11 a.m. @ Veterans Memorial Building