Lily Belli is a food and drink correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz. With over a decade of experience reporting on Santa Cruz County’s vibrant food culture, she covers a range of topics including food production, organic farming, and restaurant innovation, while also exploring trends in the agriculture and hospitality industries. Lily's work has been featured in Lookout Local, and she brings her passion for local food and community to her writing.
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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.
Considering her emphasis on local culinary experiences and events, outreach to Lily could include promoting upcoming or ongoing food-related events in Santa Cruz County or pitching stories about unique dining experiences or new restaurant openings in the area. Additionally, if you have expertise related to the local culinary scene or trends in Santa Cruz County, it may be of interest to her audience.
Given that she covers specific areas within California (Santa Cruz) extensively while also touching upon broader U.S.-related lifestyle themes occasionally; targeting pitches relevant to these geographic locations would likely resonate well with her readership.
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By: Lily Belli
In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli catches up with chef Andy Huynh as he prepares to shutter Full Steam Dumpling, shares updates on Woody’s at the Watsonville Airport and Toriman in Capitola, spotlights a new chef at a Davenport landmark and plenty more.
By: Lily Belli
After Martinelli’s announced it would not renew contracts with local apple growers, one Pajaro Valley farmer has been flooded with calls, ideas and offers from community members eager to help replace the major buyer. While potential partnerships with school districts, nonprofits and other local organizations show promise, growers say finding markets large enough to absorb the thousands of tons of apples once sold to Martinelli’s remains a significant challenge.
By: Lily Belli
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s first major new thrill ride in a decade, Vertigo 360, offers riders a soaring, upside-down view of Monterey Bay while adding to the park’s growing lineup of attractions. Along the way, Lily Belli samples several new food offerings, from smash burgers and smoked brisket to beignets and dirty sodas, highlighting the Boardwalk’s expanding culinary options.
By: Lily Belli
In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli notes the opening of H&H West in the Swift Street Courtyard, a new long-term home for the Scotts Valley farmers market and an Old Town Salinas taproom for a Scotts Valley standby.
By: Lily Belli
A year after purchasing the historic Davenport Roadhouse, business partners Ginny Miller and Gavin Parsons have transformed the North Coast landmark into a destination with renovated guest rooms, an upgraded restaurant, expanded event spaces and a renewed focus on serving locals and travelers. Drawing on backgrounds in hospitality and design, the pair has modernized the property while preserving its artistic, coastal character, positioning the roadhouse for a sustainable future as a community gathering place and Highway 1 stop.
By: Lily Belli
The revitalized Davenport Roadhouse, chances to sample food and drink around Santa Cruz County and a multipurpose marinade are all on the menu in Lily Belli's Tuesday newsletter.
By: Lily Belli
In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli has updates on a brick-and-mortar for a food delivery service, summer tunes from a local winery, news on Grey Bears' fundraising efforts and her family's produce-filled season.
By: Lily Belli
The latest in Santa Cruz County food & drink from Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
A monthly roundup of Santa Cruz County dining highlights celebrates summer with four finds: a barley and kale salad in Davenport, a smash burger at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and a blue corn cookie and poke bowl in Santa Cruz.
By: Lily Belli
Bookie’s Pizza, an acclaimed Detroit-style pizzeria founded by chef Todd Parker, will relocate to a larger restaurant at Anton Pacific on Pacific Avenue, becoming the first retail tenant in the mixed-use downtown Santa Cruz development. The move marks an early milestone for Anton Pacific’s commercial leasing as developers work to fill new ground-floor retail spaces.
