A new market opening in San Jose’s SoFA district takes inspiration from the San Pedro Square Market’s successful model of offering an array of eateries serving a diverse selection of cuisine. The SoFA market’s first tenant, Falafel Bar, opened late last month.
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Oak & Rye sets itself apart as colorfully different. This relative newcomer to Los Gatos’s N. Santa Cruz Avenue serves a menu of wood-fired pizzas, tasty small plates and an inviting selection of cocktails, wine and draft beer.
The warm season’s on the wane, but the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce has plans to sneak in one more outdoor party centered around cold beer on a hot (late) summer day—and some music in the park—before autumn creeps in.
DAVIDsTEA is pretty much the Ben & Jerry’s of tea. The company offers 150 blends for sale, many of them playfully named to reflect unconventional—and sometimes odd—ingredients.
When it came to culinary school, First to Market executive chef Domingo Wolbert never got the memo. Instead, the Santa Rosa native says, he absorbed as much as he could during time spent working at Whole Foods and practiced his cooking skills at home, making meals for his family
It’s guaranteed to be a hot Labor Day Weekend in San Jose with the recent announcement that the debut Eletronic Sriracha Festival will expand to two days with a second day of special events.
Brain Regan re-ties his shoes before walking onstage. After all, it would look really unprofessional if a shoe came off in the middle of his performance.
One part craft beer bottle shop and one part deli makes for a successful recipe at Spread in downtown Campbell. The deli’s proprietor, Jordan Trigg, owns a fair share of responsibility for helping build up the South Bay craft beer scene with both Jack’s Bar and Lounge in Japantown and Liquid Bread, a neighbor to Spread in downtown Campbell.
Veggielution improves upon the farm-to-table meal with a dinner that brings the table to the farm. The urban farm holds its annual fundraising dinner, Bounty of Heart’s Delight, on August 23 right where all the magic happens.
Rapper and San Jose native Rey Resurreccion can usually be found in his studio room, perched several floors above the bustle of downtown San Jose’s streets. Freestyling since 1999, the rapper now has multiple LPs and EPs and has gone on tours throughout the States—all with no record label.
