On Saturday, Ryan Agamie Melchiano and Ryan Hisamune, seasoned San Francisco restaurateurs, unveiled their finished product, SP2, in San Pedro Square.
Articles by Kristine Bautista
At its inception last year, Strawberry Fields started off as a place to buy locally sourced, organic produce in suburban south San Jose. Baked goods and pastries were secondary offerings. That is, until they started to steal the show.
What’s different about San Jose’s new Smashburger? Their Certified Angus burgers are smashed and seared to order; a technique that purportedly seals in all of the juices. But that’s not all that sets it apart from the competition.
Brown’s “The Edible Inevitable Tour” plays with the topic of food through stand-up comedy, experimentation, crowd participation and ponchos.
Cream (“Cookies Rule Everything Around Me”) is a summer crowd pleaser, with homemade ice cream sandwiches for about $2.50, ice cream by the cone and milkshakes.
At Dolce Bella Chocolate Café, serves small plates and light fare, as diners prepare themselves for some truly stunning desserts.
Shaved ice isn’t just relegated to that nostalgic, syrupy snow cone. In fact, a new construction of shaved ice is starting to develop in the South Bay.
At Walia in San Jose, our order was on its way. The server lowered a solitary platter onto our table with a hazel colored sheet of injera, or Ethiopian bread, stretching towards the edges. He took his time to ladle all of our dishes onto this cushiony surface, activating a series of radiant aromas. When he was done we allowed our eyes to feast on this colorful palette as the warm steam hit our noses.
As George Gershwin once wrote, “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy.” Blues music was in full swing as we entered the dining room of the The Smoking Pig BBQ Company on North Fourth Street in San Jose. Bent notes and smooth, hypnotizing rhythms brought some sass to the scene as the waitress fixed a hair over her ear and jaunted over cheerily to greet us.
I was at Habana Cuba, a local go-to for Cuban food in the South Bay that is also shaking up the breakfast scene. Tropical morning cocktails and intriguing plates like the “not-so-French” Cuban French toast have drawn many diners to this iconic location on Race Street, which is now serving a Cuban brunch from 8am to 1pm on the weekends.
