Palo Alto

by Melanie Wong 2 months ago

On the Third Day of (Jewish) Christmas, a field trip to the new babka bakery and coffee shop. The Four Barrel coffee logo was displayed but the La Marzocco espresso machine on the counter had not b...

I’m looking to buy homemade frozen dumplings, but SF and Oakland are too far of a drive. Does anyone know of Chinese home cooks who can make and sell homemade dumplings that can be cooked at h...

After our lunch at Shang Hai Taste Delight, we swung by Little Shanghai a couple blocks away with the intent to do a taste comparison of xiao3 long2 bao1. To our surprise, the building is vacant a...

by macdog 5 years ago

Just got back from a 5 day trip to the peninsula. We moved to Santa Barbara from Menlo Park area 4 years ago and I was struck anew by the difference in the 2 places and my preference for SB food a...

by Melanie Wong 7 years ago

Silicon Valley has a long-standing tradition of good things emerging from garages. Last weekend I visited Palo Alto’s The Chocolate Garage and learned that this applies to esoteric chocolates as we...

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

A shy chowhound in Palo Alto reports that Protégé is ready to open. Friends and family event tonight, then the plan is to open to the public on Tuesday, March 20. Not yet accepting reservations, wa...

I was fortunate enough to have lunch at Mayfield Bakery & Cafe last week during a friends and family event (even though I am neither friend nor family!). This is the new restaurant in the Bacchus ...

by macdog 3 years ago

Note: This post was split from a comment to http://www.chowhound.com/post/dinner-recommendation-resevation-als-place-1036702?commentId=9858625 . Going to Palo Alto this weekend (sad food scene)...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

As a fan of Tootsie's at the Stanford Barn since Day 1, I was delighted to learn from a friend that Rocco and team have opened Vina Enoteca, taking over California Cafe's space. I hope to get in th...

by macdog 3 years ago

Only Nobu I've been to is the Malibu branch and that was more for the view than food. But probably a good addition to Silicon Valley. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2016/03/04/rumor-has-...

by macdog 2 years ago

Need a spot in Palo Alto for a 6 person birthday celebration. Haven't been to Tamarine in a few years but used to like it a lot back in the day. I like Evvia and have been in the last year or two. ...

The title should read: Authentic San Francisco Sourdough In Palo Alto? I asked this in one of the other sourdough threads but didn't get a reply. Palo Alto is on the bay area peninsula about 30 mi...

We are traveling to the Palo Alto area next week. Our daughter has a severe dairy allergy. We are looking for good restaurants that would be particularly mindful of this. Many thanks for any recomm...

by ssfire 2 years ago

Pastry chef John Shelsta will have a pop-up pastry operation at Zola in Palo Alto on Saturday, from 10 AM - 12:30. Photos of the pastries on Instagram look really good. https://www.instagram.co...

by Melanie Wong 11 years ago

This week I stopped by Su Hong in Palo Alto with crab XLB in mind for a quick lunch. But I shifted gears when I saw the new expanded menu. That is, expanded in the sense that the “secret” Shangha...