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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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California-focused wine bar Bottle Shop will open today, Friday, Dec. 7, at 2627 Broadway St. in downtown Redwood City, according to an
Instagram post.
Zu Tarazi, who began his career as a manager at the longtime John Bentley's in Redwood City and went on to open two local restaurants, including the nearby
Kristie Marie’s, is behind Bottle Shop, along with his wife, namesake Kristie Marie.
An Instagram post announcing Bottle Shop's Dec. 7 opening.
An earlier Instagram post describes Bottle Shop as "a gathering spot with great hard-to-find wines and a chance to catch up with friends and family over a glass (or three!)." The wine bar will serve primarily small-production California wines, plus champagne. View the wine list
here.
Bottle Shop will be pouring wine and "hella bubbles" for the Friday opening as well as serving cheese, charcuterie and focaccia from Kristie Marie’s, the Instagram post reads.
Wine will also be available for purchase to take to go or to open at the bar. Bottle Shop also offers a wine club membership focused on small-production wines hand-selected by Tarazi.
Bottle Shop will be open Monday-Saturday, 3-10 p.m.
