After a short-lived opening last summer, the Trout Farm Inn is bringing a full food and beverage menu, including a signature cocktail program, to the table next week. Reopening the pool will likely wait until later in May, but it’ll be full speed ahead on food and drink amid the redwoods.
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Modern Filipino pop-up takes over Sunday evenings at After Hours
Paul “Alex” Suniga is branching out from street-food pop-up Masarap to bring the fine dining-inspired Pare for a downtown Santa Cruz residency through June at 11th Hour Coffee and After Hours. “This was a passion project,” Suniga says of striking out on his own amid the pandemic, “but now I’ve taken the next leap.”
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Zelda’s reopens following significant storm damage
After getting pounded inside and out by storm surge in January, Zelda’s on the Beach is back seven days a week at its oceanfront spot on the Esplanade in Capitola Village. “I’m glad to hang up my nail bags and put my apron back on,” kitchen manager Josh Whitby says. “We’re open and ready to have some fun.”
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A (definitely not definitive) guide to lunch in Watsonville
There’s no shortage of options when the noon hour finds you in Watsonville with a rumbly tummy. Laura Sutherland has a few suggestions, from a seafood standby to farm-to-table and airport views to a taqueria/craft beer gem tucked speakeasy-style inside a gas station.
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Lily Belli on Food: Plant-forward Vietnamese cuisine, cocktail crash courses and fab vegan cheese
Hello eaters! Jessica M. Pasko here. While Lily is out on maternity leave, I’m pitching in on the latest local food news. A little about me — I’m a writer and a native of upstate New York, living in Santa Cruz for over a decade. Our rich food culture is just one of the many […]
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With new cookbook, Santa Cruz author Andrea Nguyen doubles down on veggies
“It’s a very flexible book, it’s very sustainable, and it’s for everyone,” Andrea Nguyen says of “Ever-Green Vietnamese.” Her seventh cookbook comes out next week, and she’ll talk about it in June at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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Watsonville’s El Mercado farmers market opens for season
El Mercado, the farmers market operated by the Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley at Ramsay Park in Watsonville, heads into its third year of a mission to improve access to healthy produce.
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Crafting the perfect cocktail with Venus Spirits
Whether it’s margaritas, a drink that begs for a tiny umbrella or something fizzy, Westside Santa Cruz distillery Venus Spirits has a full slate of classes that’ll up your home cocktail game.
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Let the booch loose: Why you should be drinking kombucha (and brewing it, too!)
UC Santa Cruz student Thomas Mahady thinks kombucha solved his long-term stomach issues. He became an avid kombucha brewer because he couldn’t afford to buy the sweet-sour, ancient but newly trendy brew. He cooks it up in his dorm for half the price of buying it — and he thinks you should do it, too.
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Here Comes the Summer: Now’s the time to look ahead to the season of fun in Santa Cruz County
It’s been a bumpy few years, to say nothing of an awful winter, but with the sun shining, we deserve a little fun (or a lot!), and who better to help us fill our calendars with the really good stuff than Wallace Baine?