Lily Belli is a correspondent for Lookout Local, focusing on local food and drink in Santa Cruz County, California. With a passion for highlighting the culinary scene and showcasing the people behind it, Lily covers restaurant updates, food events, and profiles of chefs and artisans in the area.
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Lily Belli focuses on local food and beverage events, restaurants, and breweries in Santa Cruz County. Her articles are centered around event coverage, seasonal features, lifestyle topics such as house & home with a primary focus on food & beverage.
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With an eye on sustainable seafood, Lily Belli finds chef Trent Lidgey using every part of the fish for a unique bar snack at Mexican seafood restaurant Dos Pescados in Seascape Village.
On Nov. 21, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will assess the risk of marine entanglement in order to determine whether or not the commercial Dungeness crab fishing season can open in early December. The fishing season has been postponed for the last six years due to an abundance of migrating whales off the coast, which can become entangled in the fishing gear used to harvest crabs.
By: Lily Belli
Lovingly nicknamed "The Bean," Watsonville Mexican restaurant El Frijolito reopened on Nov. 8. It was closed for nearly two years in order to complete extensive renovations, which doubled the size of the dining room and expanded the kitchen and other facilities.
By: Lily Belli
Oregon-based Nico’s Real Fruit Ice Cream, known for its New Zealand-style soft serve-like ice cream blended with fruit, opened a location on Locust Street in downtown Santa Cruz in early November.
By: Lily Belli
In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli covers an expanded dining room and kitchen with the same neighborhood favorites at El Frijolito, the magic of real fruit at Nico's Ice Cream in Santa Cruz, another chapter in Woodhouse Blending & Brewing's pursuit of live music and more news and notes from our local food & drink scene.
By: Lily Belli
In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the Santa Cruz City Council denied an appeal by a local business owner that would have limited Woodhouse Blending and Brewing's live music events, upholding the zoning commission's decision to expand the Santa Cruz craft brewery's use permit to allow outdoor entertainment.
The commercial Dungeness crab season throughout California will remain closed until at least Dec. 15 due an abundance of migrating whales off the coast, which can become entangled in the fishing gear.
By: Lily Belli
After 40 years, Santa Cruz chocolate maker Mackenzies Chocolates is closing. Husband-and-wife team Ian and Mary Rose Mackenzie, along with one employee, make all of the chocolate and candy by hand, and said they're ready to retire and spend more time with family. The last day to purchase chocolates is Dec. 24.
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout's BOLO events calendar.
A local collaboration between bartender Enrico Zampieri and winemaker Les Wright of 37th Parallel Winery in Scotts Valley is Lily Belli's go-to to break up the parade of holiday wine and to refresh the palate amid heavy foods.
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