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After five months of extensive renovations, The Picnic Basket in Santa Cruz has reopened — with greatly expanded offerings (like a frittata panini with housemade sweet chile jam, and a Southwest Bowl with sweet potato, quinoa, pinto beans, and more) and seating options.
Britannia Arms is donating 50% of proceeds all day long on Sept. 27 to the Capitola Wharf Enhancement Project (an all-volunteer community group). Breakfast starts at 10:30 a.m., followed by lunch and dinner. The group is raising funds to enhance the city of Capitola’s Wharf Resiliency and Public Access Project — creating extra features like picnic tables.
Local bakery Emily’s Good Things to Eat (1129 Mission St.) has permanently shut down after more than 40 years in business. The venue’s popular menu items included savory and sweet croissants, breakfast burritos, quiche, cookies and muffins. Co-owners and husband/wife Emily Reilly and Robert Nahas have retired
Marianne’s Ice Cream has created a new ice cream flavor to honor Santa Cruz’s famous otter. The ice cream, Otter 841, is cinnamon caramel featuring chunks of snickerdoodle dough from local Pacific Cookie Co. A portion of proceeds will be donated to ocean conservation efforts