News, notes, recommendations and more from around Santa Cruz County food & drink via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.

Smooth, shiny, and full of chocolate love! 🤎🍫 This cake battle features a rich bundt cake with glossy chocolate glaze, strawberries, and crunchy bites, versus a playful LEGO-inspired block cake that ...

Here’s how it works. Choosing the best coffee maker is a daunting task, but I have distilled Tom's Guide's 75 coffee maker reviews and my 5 years of reviewing experience into one guide to try ...

That's a relatively high price, even for one of the best coffee makers, but the Ninja Luxe Café doesn't just brew espresso. It's a multi-functional machine that can also prepare tasty filter ...

“America’s Best Restaurants,” an ongoing series that highlights local restaurants, is coming back to Berks County to film segments at two county restaurants. Leesport Diner, 5407 Pottsville ...

With Panda failing his interview after stumbling upon Shirokuma Cafe, he manages to land a job ... Although Maika Sakuranomiya tries her best to land a part-time job in order to afford to study ...

In late February, The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops, an organization that ranks cafés around the world, unveiled its list of the top caffeine hot spots on the planet. It used data from public ...

The bar seats on the second floor offer the best views, making it a perfect spot to unwind. Coffee lovers will appreciate the Costa Rican single-origin brews (NT$280), while those with a sweet ...

Whether you're looking for a new friendly feline to join your family or you'd just like to unwind with a drink to the soothing sound of purring fur babies, these cat cafés are the best places to ...

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Los Angeles is a coffee city. In fact, it might just be the best coffee city. There are world-class coffee shops, internet-famous cafes ...

The best board game cafes in Toronto pair charming menus with a dizzying number of tabletop games. Places to hang midday, unwind at night or head to on weekends, these spots can always be relied ...