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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The owner of Daigo Sushi in San Francisco has officially expanded south with a new location in Palo Alto.
Daigo Sushi No. 2 is located at 2363 Birch St., last occupied by Hidden Garden Sushi and before that, the longtime Homma's Brown Rice Sushi. Both specialized in brown-rice sushi, which Daigo does not.
The newly opened Daigo Sushi, tucked in a small space off Birch Street in Palo Alto. Photo by Elena Kadvany.
The dinner menu includes traditional Japanese appetizers, nigiri, sashimi, maki and hand rolls. Omakase is also available, from a five-piece sashimi tasting ($20) to a 12-piece nigiri tasting ($75). Daigo also offers daily nigiri and sashimi specials from Japan. At lunch, the restaurant serves donburi (rice bowls) and teishoku, a Japanese meal set, including karaage chicken, miso katsu, chicken curry or braised mackerel served with miso soup, steamed rice and sides.
The teishoku menu changes every two weeks.
Daigo Palo Alto is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday-Saturday, and from 3-9:30 p.m. on Sunday.
