5/26/2023 0 Comments Goodtimes pizza![]() ![]() Rob and Kathleen Genco, owners of Discretion Brewing in Soquel, said they are also used to paying a bit more for their organic brewing supplies. But the barley shortage, caused by drought and heat rather than supply chain issues, adds a sobering uncertainty to the future availability of quality brewing supplies. Purgason and his partner and fiancée, Tallula Preston, haven’t had to raise their prices from $5-7 per 12-ounce beer since they opened in 2019, despite rising costs. “All of our costs, from aluminum cans to cardboard to CO2 and the shipping to bring them all to the brewery have increased,” says David Purgason, co-owner of Fruition Brewing in Watsonville. But according to local brewers, it’s not just the cost of barley, the main ingredient in beer, that’s going up - it’s everything. Brewers might have to raise their beer prices due to a nationwide barley shortage, the San Francisco Chronicle reported last week. Venus Pie Trap, Tuesday-Sunday, 7am-3pm 113 Esplanade, Aptos. Arrive in the morning for coffee and pastries, lunch on a New Haven pizza slice and then slide on over to the Venus cocktail outlet right next door for drinks and some aquatic theme dining. So essentially you can make a single all-day stop at Rio del Mar. ![]() ![]() Coffees will come from Santa Cruz fave 11th Hour. The new beachfront Pie Trap will source pies from Oakland’s Edith’s Pie (so we don’t have to make the oft-challenging drive up to Oakland), pastries from the awesome Manresa Bread and bagels from Holey Roller. So that means we’ll be able to sample such New Haven pies (I still need to check out the exact definition of “New Haven” pie) as the clam and garlic variety, and many others. Venus Pie Trap is deeply interested in pies, pies as in the sort with sweet and savory fillings pies as in pizza pies, especially the New Haven-style pizza Sean Venus recalls from his Connecticut childhood days. I’m convinced that distiller and hospitality entrepreneur Sean Venus stays up nights dreaming up new extensions to his delicious empire, because now there’s one more reason to thank Venus, and that’s the new pie, coffee and pizza place right next door to the still brand-new Venus Beachside, the posh saloon and dining place facing the beach at Rio del Mar. Yes, it is a clever play on the name of that carnivorous plant we all used to tinker with in junior high botany classes. Could this be the restaurant revitalization we’ve all been waiting for? Hope so. Meanwhile, going into Bad Animal will be a new Thai cookery called Hanloh. Where once there was Oyunaa’s Mongolian Cuisine, there will now be a new dinner house featuring Stern’s vibrant stylings. Turns out that Katherine Stern, longtime chef at La Posta, and current chef at Bad Animal, will be leaving in mid-September to take her expertise to her own dining room (something many of us have fantasized about her doing for several years) next door to the Rio Theater. That’s all we know for now, but if you’ve ever stopped by the mothership in Los Gatos, or swooned over the beautiful pastries from Manresa that regularly stock the displays at Verve coffee shops, you know to stay poised and ready! More New News The outstanding bakery devised by wünder-baker Avery Ruzicka and chef David Kinch is planning to open a new location in Santa Cruz this autumn on the Westside. But of course, there’s much more on this appetizing site. California halibut, starry flounder, dorado (aka mahi-mahi), are among the fresh catches now available. The rich and delicious fish is now going for $25/lb, and all you need to do is pop on over to the page and begin shopping. Thanks to the intrepid fisherguys of Ocean2Table, you can whip up some dreamy mahi-mahi tacos at home. ![]()
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