Local Blogs | Palo Alto Online |

Local Blogs

Interested in becoming a blogger?   Show all bloggers


Sort by:  Most recent blog/comment   Most viewed   Most comments

Navigation tip: Clicking on any blog label will display all recent posts on that blog

PENINSULA FOODIST

The sisters behind Palo Alto's Tamarine are opening a Vietnamese fast-casual restaurant in Mountain View

In a sign of the times, the owners of a longtime white-tablecloth Vietnamese restaurant, Tamarine, are setting their sights on a fast-casual concept. Sisters...

Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jan. 9, 2020
There are no comments yet. 17515 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Owners of San Mateo's All Spice search for new home, plot new Half Moon Bay cafe

After nearly a decade of running All Spice out of a 1906 Victorian home in San Mateo, husband and wife owners Sachin Chopra and Shoshana Wolff are searching for...

Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jan. 31, 2020
There are no comments yet. 19033 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Long a 24-hour hangout, Palo Alto's Happy Donuts to shorten hours

Starting Monday, March 16, people will no longer be able to satisfy their middle-of-the-night cravings for crullers and doughnut holes at Happy Donuts in Palo Alto....

Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Mar. 12, 2020
There are no comments yet. 14470 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Specialty's Café & Bakery closing all locations permanently

Citing 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 16858 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

'A premature ending:' Palo Alto's Maum to reinvent itself with meal kits, online market

When 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 15904 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Coffee pop-up opens at Palo Alto wine bar Salvaje

You 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 19204 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Mountain View's Olympus Caffe converts outdoor patio into German beer garden

Olympus 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 14247 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

To preserve The Mountain House's future, owners close longtime Woodside eatery until further notice

Woodside'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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 19470 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Not "'farewell' but 'see you soon:'" Palo Alto's Maum closes until further notice

Maum, 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 13808 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Chez TJ reopens in Mountain View with new chef, patio and menus

Chez 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 15409 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Los Altos Hills farm, embracing new models during COVID-19, starts offering collaborative CSA boxes

Luna 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 15699 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 16862 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Palo Alto coffee favorite ZombieRunner is moving down the street

After 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 13164 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Pop-ups & pastry delivery: Check out these local food events of note

Mark 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 20467 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Garlic naan and sizzling boti: Zareen's brings popular Pakistani-Indian fare to Redwood City

Zareen'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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 17429 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Community catering: How one SF Malaysian restaurant is delivering food to Peninsula neighborhoods

Before 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 19470 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Get to know Oaxacan cuisine at this new Redwood City food truck

Carmen 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 17483 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Wood-fired everything: Burlingame's Rise Pizzeria expands with second restaurant

Omid 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 15561 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

Portland's hyper-sustainable Bamboo Sushi debuts at Westfield Valley Fair

Bamboo 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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 14797 Views

PENINSULA FOODIST

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, 2020
There are no comments yet. 17154 Views
<< < 181 182 183 184 185 > >>
Page 183 of 198

Stay informed.

Get the day's top headlines from Palo Alto Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.

California must do a better job spending cap-and-trade revenue
By Sherry Listgarten | 4 comments | 2,489 views

Got the Munchies at Hardly Strictly? Your Weekend Guide.
By Laura Stec | 2 comments | 1,992 views