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.
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By: Lily Belli
After nearly five decades of baking bagels in Santa Cruz County, Bagelry founder John Hamstra has retired and handed the business to former employee Sidney Grant and his wife, Tal Cameron. The new owners say they intend to keep the local institution unchanged, from its menu and affordable prices to its longtime staff.
Stockwell Cellars will close its Westside Santa Cruz tasting room Sept. 1 after a decade, as owners Eric Stockwell and Suzanne Zeber-Stockwell shift the business toward wine distribution and a smaller wine club-focused model. The move comes as the couple says the traditional tasting-room model has become less viable amid a broader downturn in wine consumption, rising costs and changes in how people spend their time and money.
By: Lily Belli
It's last call for Stockwell Cellars' Westside Santa Cruz tasting room, at LGBTQ+-oriented pub The Neighbor's downtown and at Pleasure Point mainstay Over The Hill Gang Saloon, Lily Belli reports in her Tuesday newsletter.
Brie Reiter Smith, vice chair of Driscoll's board of directors, has replaced Soren Bjorn as chief executive officer, the Watsonville-based company announced on Tuesday.
By: Lily Belli
In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli shares news of the passing of Bernie Shapiro, notes upcoming events at Humble Sea Brewing Co., Bookshop Santa Cruz and farms around the county, plus plenty more.
By: Lily Belli
Two ocean scientists turned a pandemic-era gin hobby into Fathom Spirits, a Watsonville craft distillery making small-batch gins infused with Santa Cruz-inspired botanicals. Founders Elisha Wood-Charlson and Chad Kecy plan to open in September, with private Saturday tours and tastings while they work to get their experimental gins into local bars and restaurants.
By: Lily Belli
Lily Belli introduces the scientists who have turned their gin hobby into Watsonville's newest distillery, relays how Pacific Cookie Company is honoring Dolly Parton, looks ahead to the Santa Cruz County Fair and plenty more in her latest newsletter.
By: Lily Belli
Barilla, the world's largest pasta producer, will purchase Santa Cruz-based Gooder Foods, the maker of Goodles, the company announced Thursday.
Santa Cruz County chefs went all out in August with four playful dishes, from tomato-loaded pasta to unconventional burgers and a memorable wedge.
By: Lily Belli
Highlights from Lily Belli's August culinary adventures plus a look ahead of autumn happenings around Santa Cruz County – you'll find all that and more in her Tuesday newsletter.
