Pop-Up Breakfast Series Westside Farmers market

Pop-Up Breakfast Series Westside Farmers Market

July 29 and August 12, 9:30am

Yes! Cheers to sitting together and eating together! The Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets (SCCFM) are head-over-heels to bring back a small, sweet version of the Pop-Up Breakfast Series in 2023, hosting two breakfasts this summer.

With a soft release on March 2, tickets have been moving and we are spreading the word. These beautiful meals are hosted at the Westside Farmers Market and highlight our rich, regional agriculture and food artisan community. Funds raised support SCCFM’s educational and food-access programs including the Foodshed Project and Market Match. View our photo album, check out this video clip and visit us for details after you read on below.

The Pop-Up Breakfast Series features admired local chefs and cooks and employs graduates of the Santa Cruz County FoodWhat?! youth empowerment program. Upon arrival guests choose seats by placing their own plate and silverware at a table. A local band plays old-time Italian, Spanish and bluegrass standards while folks drink a hot beverage and await the first course. At 10am plates of seasonal cuisine made with ingredients sourced from the markets begin rolling out. Guests eat and visit while farmers and chefs share their knowledge and perspective regarding agriculture, community and consumer choice within the food system.

This year Andy Huynh of Full Steam Dumpling will join us on July 29 followed by Chef Katherine Stern of The Midway on August 12. Huynh and the team of cooks at Full Steam are an experimental, curious, inspired crew, frequently changing the menu and playing with regional cuisines inside and outside of their own family traditions. They source seasonally and locally as much as they can, working with farms and ranches in the market circuit. Best known for their dumplings and ramen made from scratch, some kind of magic is certain to happen on this summer morning.

Chef Katherine Stern returns to the series in high demand. Stern was the head chef for a decade at La Posta, a small beloved Italian restaurant, and launched The Midway in 2020. The Midway serves fruit and vegetable-centric wholesome, savory and sweet dishes at the Westside and Live Oak markets. After a yearlong collaboration with Bad Animal in Downtown Santa Cruz, Stern is building out a permanent space, details to be announced. See her menu below.

This year Pop-Up Breakfast tickets range in price from $50-$150, a specific number of tickets available at each level. We ask people to sincerely consider what they are able to contribute and to do so, preserving the lower-cost tickets for visitors with less discretionary funds.

August 12 Menu with Katherine Stern
HOUSE-MADE YOGURT – stone fruit, toasted almond, honey
GEM SALAD – summer tomatoes, eggplant, walnut dukkah, herbs
POTATO & SWEET ALYSSUM FRITTATA – roasted onion and sorrel
FOGLINE FARM PORK SHOULDER – slow cooked with grilled fig and sage
FRESH SHELLING BEANS – summer peppers & greens with toasted breadcrumb salsa
LEMON VERBENA RICE PUDDING – slow-roasted strawberry, cornbread crumble
TASTY BEVERAGES COURTESY OF Syllable Coffee

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