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Specialty's Café & Bakery closing all locations permanentlyCiting revenue that has been "decimated" by the coronavirus and shelter-in-place mandates, Bay Area-born chain Specialty's Cafe & Bakery announced...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on May. 17, 2020There are no comments yet. 16811 Views
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'A premature ending:' Palo Alto's Maum to reinvent itself with meal kits, online marketWhen Maum reopens in Palo Alto later this summer, it will no longer be the intimate, communal dining concept its chefs originally conceived of. Maum will instead...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jun. 15, 2020There are no comments yet. 15855 Views
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Coffee pop-up opens at Palo Alto wine bar SalvajeYou can now find Bryan Chiem serving espresso drinks out of a window during the daytime at Salvaje, the downtown Palo Alto natural wine bar. Chiem is the founder...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jun. 23, 2020There are no comments yet. 19142 Views
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Mountain View's Olympus Caffe converts outdoor patio into German beer gardenOlympus Caffe & Bakery's outdoor patio in downtown Mountain View has been transformed into a socially distanced German beer garden called Das Bierhauz. {IMG...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 1, 2020There are no comments yet. 14196 Views
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To preserve The Mountain House's future, owners close longtime Woodside eatery until further noticeWoodside's longtime Mountain House Restaurant & Bar is joining a growing number of restaurants closing temporarily, their owners hoping to ride out the economic...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 1, 2020There are no comments yet. 19413 Views
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Not "'farewell' but 'see you soon:'" Palo Alto's Maum closes until further noticeMaum, the acclaimed fine dining Korean restaurant in downtown Palo Alto, is closing for now while the owners figure out how to create a "Maum experience more...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 2, 2020There are no comments yet. 13758 Views
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Chez TJ reopens in Mountain View with new chef, patio and menusChez TJ, which has been closed since the start of shelter-in-place in March, will reopen this month in Mountain View with several major changes in place. The...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 3, 2020There are no comments yet. 15336 Views
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Los Altos Hills farm, embracing new models during COVID-19, starts offering collaborative CSA boxesLuna Vez Farm in Los Altos Hills has since 2018 exclusively grown produce for Maum, the high-end Korean...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 4, 2020There are no comments yet. 15647 Views
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Palo Alto's Vina Enoteca ends dine-in service 'until further notice'Saturday night marked the last dinner service at Vina Enoteca in Palo Alto for the foreseeable future.
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 16, 2020There are no comments yet. 16818 Views
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Palo Alto coffee favorite ZombieRunner is moving down the streetAfter 12 years of serving coffee from the back of a running store on Palo Alto's California Avenue, ZombieRunner is moving to a new location -- though it's not going...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 2, 2020There are no comments yet. 13117 Views
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Pop-ups & pastry delivery: Check out these local food events of noteMark your calendars: There are several food events of note happening on the Peninsula in the coming weeks, from a local pastry collaboration to a series of exciting...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 24, 2020There are no comments yet. 20405 Views
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Garlic naan and sizzling boti: Zareen's brings popular Pakistani-Indian fare to Redwood CityZareen's, one of the Peninsula's most popular Pakistani-Indian restaurants, has opened a new location at 2039 Broadway St. in downtown Redwood City. This is owner...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 5, 2020There are no comments yet. 17375 Views
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Community catering: How one SF Malaysian restaurant is delivering food to Peninsula neighborhoodsBefore the coronavirus, Azalina Eusope's "bread and butter" was catering gigs. The owner of the eponymous Azalina's in San Francisco would bring her Malaysian...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 21, 2020There are no comments yet. 19417 Views
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Get to know Oaxacan cuisine at this new Redwood City food truckCarmen Lopez and Reynaldo Hernandez started their dream food truck together two years ago, serving food from their native Oaxaca, Mexico, through catering gigs and...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 13, 2020There are no comments yet. 17424 Views
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Wood-fired everything: Burlingame's Rise Pizzeria expands with second restaurantOmid Zahedi grew up working at the Orange County pizza shop his father opened after immigrating from Tehran, Iran. Zahedi hated it. "I hated it because I...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 15, 2020There are no comments yet. 15513 Views
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Portland's hyper-sustainable Bamboo Sushi debuts at Westfield Valley FairBamboo Sushi, the Portland, Oregon sustainable sushi restaurant, is now open at Westfield Valley Fair on the border of Santa Clara and San Jose. Bamboo Sushi...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 16, 2020There are no comments yet. 14748 Views
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The swanky Selby's opened to much fanfare last year. It will now close temporarily.Since March, the Selby's dining room -- with mohair walls, custom chandeliers and table-side martini service -- has remained dark, while the kitchen focused instead...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 24, 2020There are no comments yet. 17103 Views
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Tokyo ramen favorite Afuri headed to downtown Mountain ViewUPDATE: Afuri Ramen + Dumpling is open in Mountain View for outdoor dining, takeout and delivery as of Nov. 14. Tokyo's Afuri Ramen + Dumpling, famed in...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Oct. 28, 2020There are no comments yet. 27021 Views
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Feel the burn: The Peninsula gets a new Nashville hot chicken jointJason Angeles boldly claims Love Burn Chicken makes the spiciest, largest and crispiest hot chicken sandwich out there. The new restaurant, opened two weeks ago...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Dec. 1, 2020There are no comments yet. 14088 Views
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Kale and community: Local nonprofit helps small farms bring produce to Peninsula neighborhoodsLast spring break, Los Altos School District computer science teacher Sheena Vaidyanathan spent her vacation building a website for a new grassroots effort she had...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jan. 4, 2021There are no comments yet. 14643 Views
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