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PENINSULA FOODIST
Palo Alto's beloved Prolific Oven is back with home baking kitsIf you've been mourning the loss of The Prolific Oven's chocolate rum cake since the
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on May. 1, 2020Last comment by Carolyn, on May 27, 2020 at 5:10 pm | 12 comments | 20831 Views
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San Agus opens in Palo Alto with Mexico City street food -- for takeout onlyManuel Martinez of LV Mar and La Viga opened his latest project, San Agus Cocina Urbana & Cocktails, in downtown Palo Alto on Friday, though it's not quite what...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on May. 22, 2020Last comment by vegetarian, on May 25, 2020 at 11:53 am | 7 comments | 12295 Views
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Downtown Palo Alto Farmers' Market to reopen, masks requiredAfter a two-month hiatus, the Downtown Palo Alto Farmers' Market is returning on May 30 with new safety guidelines. All vendors, customers and volunteers at the...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on May. 15, 2020Last comment by More Options Needed, on May 19, 2020 at 10:14 am | 16 comments | 8612 Views
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San Francisco's Wayfare Tavern is now delivering fried chicken on the PeninsulaThe first day of the Bay Area's stay-at-home order, chef Tyler Florence had an idea: to rent a food truck that would allow his San Francisco restaurant, Wayfare...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 27, 2020Last comment by paheidi, on May 13, 2020 at 3:42 pm | 4 comments | 11376 Views
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A coronavirus revival: Mountain View's beloved Milk Pail returns as a drive-through marketNearly a year after shutting down in Mountain View, the Milk Pail Market is back -- albeit in a vastly different form. The beloved market itself is not reopening;...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 20, 2020Last comment by S Palo Alto Resident , on May 5, 2020 at 10:22 am | 18 comments | 31778 Views
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With restaurants closed, local farms team up to bring their extra produce to your front doorThe rhubarb is just starting to come in at Happy Quail Farms in East Palo Alto, and cucumbers and peppers are around the corner. But the customers that would...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 27, 2020Last comment by Karin, on Apr 29, 2020 at 6:59 pm | 4 comments | 7338 Views
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Longtime Daly City wine importer dies from COVID-19Merrick Dowson, founder of Adventures in Wine in Daly City, died on April 10 from COVID-19, the company confirmed. "Merrick was a force in the industry and...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 14, 2020Last comment by Deborah Stratmann, on Apr 27, 2020 at 10:44 am | 3 comments | 10401 Views
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'A devastating impact:' The coronavirus claims Clarke's Charcoal Broiler, Mountain View's oldest operating restaurantThe family behind Clarke's Charcoal Broiler in Mountain View has decided to close the 75-year-old restaurant in the wake of a shelter-in-place order that has brought...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Mar. 31, 2020Last comment by Samson, on Apr 25, 2020 at 11:11 am | 32 comments | 20858 Views
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Umami Burger calls it quits in downtown Palo AltoUmami Burger has closed after nearly seven years on University Avenue in Palo Alto. The 452 University Ave. burger eatery "closed due lease expiration,"...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Feb. 13, 2020Last comment by Jorge, on Apr 24, 2020 at 5:42 pm | 16 comments | 16135 Views
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Ghost kitchens, fast growing and controversial, offer a lifeline for some restaurants during COVID-19Long before the coronavirus hit the Bay Area, the owners of San Francisco Indian restaurant Dosa partnered with Virtual Kitchen Co. with plans to open 20 delivery-only...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 21, 2020Last comment by resident, on Apr 24, 2020 at 3:05 pm | 4 comments | 13139 Views
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'They're all scared beyond belief.' Palo Alto's Dan Gordon's closes as local restaurants face uncertain futureDan Gordon's -- the reinvented version of the original Gordon Biersch brewery and restaurant, born in the same downtown Palo Alto space in 1988 -- has closed permanently. Owner...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 13, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Apr 20, 2020 at 5:05 pm | 47 comments | 22082 Views
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Virtual pizza making? Instagram live cocktail hour? During COVID-19, local businesses turn to online classesI've never met Tian Mayimin of Little Sky Bakery but on a recent afternoon, I watched her make pizza from scratch in her home kitchen in Menlo Park -- all from the...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 17, 2020Last comment by Max Hauser, on Apr 17, 2020 at 9:51 am | 1 comment | 7829 Views
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Singapore's oldest cafe was about to open in Palo Alto. Then, the coronavirus hit.When six Bay Area counties first ordered all residents to shelter at home for three weeks in mid-March, Killiney Kopitiam, a Singaporean cafe in downtown Palo Alto,...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 8, 2020Last comment by Martin Engel, on Apr 15, 2020 at 5:08 pm | 6 comments | 19941 Views
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San Mateo e-commerce company launches takeout platform to help local restaurantsRakuten is an international e-commerce company that gives cash back and shopping deals to 13 million users in the United States. Starting today, though, the...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Apr. 13, 2020Last comment by chris, on Apr 13, 2020 at 8:46 pm | 2 comments | 10092 Views
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Drive-through farmers markets? The Peninsula's food industry pivots to the new normal.Two local food operators, a farmers market and a restaurant, are pivoting to drive-through service models to adapt to the Bay Area's shelter in place order. The...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Mar. 23, 2020Last comment by C, on Apr 1, 2020 at 11:38 am | 8 comments | 13437 Views
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Restaurants shutter temporarily while other double down on delivery, ways to survive coronavirus downturn==I For more updates on restaurant closures, read this story:
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Mar. 13, 2020Last comment by West Menlo, on Mar 26, 2020 at 4:27 pm | 9 comments | 13800 Views
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Facing monthslong closure due to chemical contamination, Mountain View brewery Tied House calls it quitsMountain View's longstanding Tied House abruptly closed over the weekend after owner Louis Jemison received "disappointing" news about a lengthy, required...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Dec. 23, 2019Last comment by hleatherjackets, on Mar 20, 2020 at 12:18 pm | 30 comments | 41300 Views
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'Nobody is dining out.' Palo Alto Chinese restaurant Taste is on the brink of permanently shutting down amidst coronavirus spread==I For more updates on the coronavirus impact on local restaurants, read this story:
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Mar. 10, 2020Last comment by 40-year Chinese cook, on Mar 16, 2020 at 11:05 am | 39 comments | 37676 Views
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Palo Alto's Fowl Play Roadside Chicken shutters for 'maintenance'Fowl Play Roadside Chicken at 3850 El Camino Real in Palo Alto has been dark for several weeks,...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Dec. 19, 2019Last comment by MRM22, on Mar 14, 2020 at 5:49 pm | 11 comments | 9248 Views
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San Francisco's RT Rotisserie, Italian Homemade Company start delivery on the Peninsula out of DoorDash virtual kitchenTwo popular San Francisco restaurants are now delivering on the Peninsula out of DoorDash's shared commissary kitchen in Redwood City: RT Rotisserie and the Italian...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Mar. 11, 2020Last comment by Tod, on Mar 11, 2020 at 4:47 pm | 1 comment | 6724 Views
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