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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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Cafe Brioche owner to open Greek restaurant on Cal Ave
Uploaded: Jun 30, 2016
The owner of Palo Alto French restaurant
Cafe Brioche is opening a Greek restaurant just two doors down on California Avenue this fall, Caglar Vural confirmed Thursday.
Vural has taken over the lease at 451 California Ave., which has been empty since Uzumaki Sushi closed
more than two years ago. He plans to open Kali Greek Grill, which he said will serve a "simple," small menu of organic, casual Greek food made from locally sourced ingredients.
In 2014, after Uzumaki Sushi closed, Robert Lindstrom took over the space and
said he intended to open a casual American grill called Evergreen Park Restaurant by Memorial Day of that year. There did not appear to be much, if any, activity at the space until Vural moved in this summer.
Lindstrom did not respond to a request for comment, but is currently working as manager at Mayfield Bakery & Cafe in Palo Alto, according to his LinkedIn page.
Vural said Kali Greek Grill will be distinct from the other Mediterranean options in the immediate area — Mediterranean Wraps on California Avenue and Anatolian Kitchen on Birch Street — but didn’t want to divulge any specific menu items yet.
Kali Greek Grill will also serve wine and beer, mostly from Greece.
Vural hopes to be open by mid-September. Stay tuned for updates along the way.
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