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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Menlo Park has a new Japanese restaurant, the third to open in the city in the last six months.
32 Fahrenheit Japanese Bistro soft opened at 604 Santa Cruz Ave. last week, an employee confirmed. It follows the nearby openings of
Octopus Japanese Restaurant at 925 El Camino Real in June and
Kyosho Sushi at 605 Santa Cruz Ave. in July.
32 Fahrenheit Japanese Bistro opened in the former Quizno's space on Santa Cruz Avenue. Photo by Elena Kadvany.
32 Fahrenheit is open for lunch and dinner. The lunch menu includes sushi rolls, all with imitation crab inside and other seafood and toppings, including Parmesan cheese. There are also salmon or tuna poke bowls, served with either rice or salad.
The larger dinner
menu includes appetizers, sashimi, nigiri and different rolls.
The restaurant is open Sunday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; and Friday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.
The owner, Barry Hung, also owns a Japanese restaurant in Newark called Pier 98 Sushi Bar & Grill.
