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By Elena Kadvany
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I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in journalism. Though my first love is journalism, food is a close second. I am constantly on the lookout for new restaurants to try, building an ever-expanding "to eat" list. As a journalist, I'm always trolling news sources and social media websites with an eye for local food news, from restaurant openings and closings to emerging food trends. When I was a teenager growing up in Menlo Park, I always drove up to the city on weekends with the singular purpose of finding a better meal than I could at home. But in the past year or so, the Peninsula's food culture has been totally transformed, with many new restaurants opening and a continuous stream of San Francisco restaurants coming south to open Peninsula outposts. Don't navigate this food boom hungry and alone! Feed me your tips on new chefs and eats and together we'll share them with the broader community.
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What local restaurants do you miss the most?
Uploaded: Jun 2, 2014
In light of the seemingly endless ebb and flow of restaurant closures and openings on the Peninsula, from years-long standbys to short-lived stints, I've long wanted to ask readers: What local restaurants do you miss the most?
One Palo Alto restaurant's absence I lament is Zao Noodle Bar, which operated out of the 261 University Ave. space now successfully occupied by Oren's Hummus Shop.
I'm sure others miss
Zibbibo and
Empire Tap Room. I know Menlo Park residents miss the Su Hong sit-down restaurant, though the to-go outpost is still busily serving up its famous general's chicken. (The sit-down restaurant on El Camino is not officially gone, but has been mysteriously closed for many months.)
Perhaps soon-to-be on Stanford students' list is Ike's Place, the San Francisco sandwich cult favorite that's
closing mid-June.
What local eateries are on your most-missed list?
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