Decades before the sushi bar became popular the oyster bar was the place where Americans bellied up for a taste of raw seafood. The tradition is well represented in San Jose.
Articles by Stett Holbrook
Cold, wet weather is soup weather. From minestrone to bun bo Hue, San Jose has the soup for you.
Part of the Twinkies Hostess’ demise may be that its products are so overtly bad that the even the most recalcitrant junk-food consumer probably feels a little sheepish sliding a box of Ho Ho’s to the cash register.
A good sandwich can transform sliced bread, meat and cheese into something great: a meal.
If there is a thread running through the rise of modern Indian food in Silicon Valley, it’s chef Sachin Chopra. In 2003, Chopra moved from New York to California to be part of the launch team and executive sous chef for Santana Row’s Amber India, arguably the first contemporary Indian restaurant in Silicon Valley. Now he’s opened the high-style Arka in Sunnyvale.
Main Street Burgers has upgraded its burgers. When the place first opened, it served Harris Ranch “natural” beef burgers, factory-farmed burgers that made loose claims to being antibiotic-free. Now they serve Niman Ranch beef. A better choice. The dessert menu has expanded, too.
With a longstanding Japanese community, a constant influx of Tokyo businessmen and a resident sushi loving population, San Jose boasts a great diversity of sushi bars. Here are five top spots.
It wasn’t so long ago when finding a good cup of coffee in San Jose was a challenge. Those days are over as cafes serving good coffee abound. Here are places that brew it right.
Good ideas can come from anywhere. Even 6-year-old girls. Mountain View resident Liz Snyder was enjoying a visit to the park with her daughter, Helen Liles. A popsicle vendor walked by, and Helen pleaded for a treat. Snyder said no because of the artificial and highly processed ingredients found in popsicles and ice cream. “I gave her a lecture for the umpteenth time,” she recalls.
With the benefit of hindsight and digestion, here are some of the best things I ate in the year that was.
