Roger Springall first brought the San Francisco-based regional cafe chain Caffe Trieste to San Jose in 2008. Last August, he transformed it into Caffe Frascati, an authentic Italian-style cafe named after a small town in Italy where Springall used to live.
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Willow Glen succeeds because of its small town feel, walkability and good things to eat. Here’s where we like to go.
San Jose native Monisha Murray opened Black and Brown in 2005 with a vision of creating a new kind of recycled clothing store. The self-labeled “modern and vintage clothing store” and art gallery celebrates its seventh anniversary next month and its recent move to The Alameda with a spring fashion show on March 10.
Author and MSNBC news show host Rachel Maddow will appear with broadcaster Pat Thurston at the Morris Daily Auditorium Feb. 25 to accept the John Steinbeck Award. First presented in 1996, previous recipients include Bruce Springsteen, Dolores Huerta, Arthur Miller, Joan Baez, Garrison Keillor, Sean Penn and Michael Moore.
Stomach growling as you sit in a boring presentation at the McEnery Convention Center? Break out and eat at one of these walkable restaurants.
After graduating from the San Jose State University’s theater arts department, Randy King co-founded San Jose Stage Company and has remained artistic director and a regular cast member in the company’s productions for over 29 years.
Former San Jose Sharks team captain Owen Nolan, one of the most successful players franchise history, announced his retirement today after 18 seasons in the National Hockey League.
A good diner is more than a place to eat. It’s an American institution where the coffee is plentiful and breakfast is served all day long.
San Jose native Ryan Sebastian and his wife put all their savings into starting a karaoke ice cream truck, and less than two years later, he’s calling it “one of the best decisions we’ve ever made.”
Leave it to the little guy to have the most ambitious of goals. But when Raul Lozano tells a story—the punch line often punctuated with an expression treading between a smile and a grimace—it’s clear his plans are no joke.
