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PENINSULA FOODIST
Dunkin' Donuts to fill a hole in Redwood CityEast Coast transplants and die-hard donut devotees, rejoice. Dunkin' Donuts is coming to Redwood City. The international donut and coffee chain is planning a...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 5, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 12, 2019 at 12:08 pm | 24 comments | 6878 Views
TODDLING THROUGH THE SILICON VALLEY
Stay a part of their dayNow that school and other activities are back in session, I’m slowly getting back into a routine. Going to sleep and waking up earlier. Getting everyone to school...
Original post made by Cheryl Bac on Sep. 12, 2019There are no comments yet. 1216 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Stanford’s Cantor Museum banner raises questions, some unintendedThe banner was stretched across the large entrance to the Cantor Museum at Stanford University. It spread across half the room, although the right side was not completely...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by Al Ward, on Sep 11, 2019 at 5:07 pm | 23 comments | 3607 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Local Transit to the Rescue?Will better local transit get more people out of cars? ==I This is the second in a series of posts on using buses to reduce emissions, the first being about
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 18, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 9, 2019 at 7:45 pm | 39 comments | 5896 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Taste Buds Kitchen to offer cooking classes for all ages in Palo AltoA local franchise of Taste Buds Kitchen, "a kids kitchen by day and BYOB adult kitchen by night," will open this fall in Palo Alto. Scott and Susie...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 9, 2019Last comment by Resident, on Sep 9, 2019 at 3:51 pm | 2 comments | 4724 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Skeptics, Dupes, and ParanoidsI am a natural-born skeptic. I like to question things and play devil’s advocate, so much so that for a while some friends called me “Sherry Contrary”....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 9, 2019 at 9:41 am | 33 comments | 4685 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Taiwanese desserts shop opens in Mountain ViewTaiwanese shaved snow, milk tea and baked goods are on the menu at the newly opened Oh! Honey Snow Ice in Mountain View. The sweets shop is located at 1030 Castro...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Sep. 3, 2019Last comment by SJ, on Sep 5, 2019 at 6:48 pm | 3 comments | 8771 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Eating Green on the Green – August 25Summer’s not over yet. Here’s your invitation to some plant-forward outside-fun, sponsored by the impassioned folks of
Original post made by Laura Stec on Aug. 20, 2019Last comment by Maria, on Sep 4, 2019 at 3:33 am | 7 comments | 3106 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Blue Bottle Coffee to open at Stanford Shopping Center this weekCome this Friday, Palo Alto will be home to not one but two Blue Bottle Coffee cafes. The Oakland-born string of cafes is opening its newest location at Stanford...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 28, 2019Last comment by musical, on Sep 2, 2019 at 6:16 am | 5 comments | 4159 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Worrying patterns in our climate personalitiesWhen I wrote about climate personalities two weeks ago, I got an angry response...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 25, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Aug 31, 2019 at 10:46 pm | 7 comments | 3346 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
After 39 years of cakes and pastries, Palo Alto institution Prolific Oven to closeIt started with a scaling back of the eclairs. The owners of The Prolific Oven struggled to find an available baking decorator to hire, so they temporarily made...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by Who can afford it?, on Aug 31, 2019 at 12:34 am | 62 comments | 23528 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Round Table Pizza bites the dust in downtown Palo AltoA longtime Round Table Pizza outpost in downtown Palo Alto has closed for good. The 263 University Ave. restaurant closed on Sunday, Aug. 19, according to an...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 23, 2019Last comment by Nayeli, on Aug 30, 2019 at 2:44 pm | 32 comments | 13920 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
New cafe brings boba, mochi waffles to Menlo ParkBoba shop Green Bubble Cafe is now open at 604 Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Menlo Park. Green Bubble was started by three San Francisco State University graduates...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by Bike Menlo Park, on Aug 30, 2019 at 2:09 pm | 1 comment | 3542 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Mountain View gets its own Ike's sandwich shopEver-expanding sandwich chain Ike's Love & Sandwiches opened its newest location this week at 1020 N. Rengstorff Ave., Suite F, in Mountain View. Ike Shehadeh...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by Costco, on Aug 30, 2019 at 11:26 am | 11 comments | 8522 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Coupa Cafe opens 10th location in downtown Redwood CityThe latest outpost of mini local coffee empire Coupa Cafe is now open in downtown Redwood City. Coupa's 10th cafe is located at 695 Main St., in the ground floor...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 29, 2019Last comment by Dave S., on Aug 30, 2019 at 8:37 am | 1 comment | 2859 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
San Francisco's Saint Frank Coffee comes to Menlo ParkSan Francisco third-wave coffee shop Saint Frank Coffee is now pouring single-origin espressos from a 250-square-foot outdoor kiosk in Menlo Park. Saint Frank...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 20, 2019Last comment by Charlotte, on Aug 29, 2019 at 1:31 pm | 5 comments | 3922 Views
COUPLE'S NET
"The 5 Love Languages" by Gary ChapmanIf I had to pick a triumvirate of books for couples, "The 5 Love Languages" is one of the chosen three (along with "We Do" and "Difficult...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 23, 2019Last comment by Nayeli, on Aug 28, 2019 at 7:09 pm | 3 comments | 4474 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Singapore's oldest cafe to bring imported coffee, kaya toast to Palo AltoCome this fall Killiney Kopitiam, known as Singapore's oldest cafe, will have its first U.S. outpost in downtown Palo Alto. Amanda Steckler, a Singaporean native...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jul. 29, 2019Last comment by Singaporean Food Fan, on Aug 28, 2019 at 5:03 pm | 4 comments | 10415 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Morsey's Creamery brings buffalo-milk gelato to downtown Palo AltoMorsey's Farmhouse Kitchen, the Los Altos restaurant that serves dairy products made from...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 19, 2019Last comment by BuffaloGelatoIsAThing, on Aug 26, 2019 at 2:23 pm | 15 comments | 4986 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Peninsula Foodist is getting its own newsletterSix years ago I pitched my editors at the Palo Alto Weekly on a blog that would focus on restaurant news on the Peninsula. At the time the local food scene was rarely,...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jul. 12, 2019Last comment by Michelle, on Aug 26, 2019 at 1:24 pm | 15 comments | 5103 Views
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