When a two-alarm blaze engulfed and gutted two-Michelin-starred Manresa restaurant last summer, head baker Avery Ruzicka had to scrounge for a place to bake. Chef-proprietor David Kinch’s phenomenally influential Los Gatos eatery was in the process of building out its first brick-and-mortar spin-off to sell…
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At Tapsilog Bistro in Campbell, all the comfort food criteria are met and in large portions at that. The restaurant is named after tapsilog, a dish with cured meat, fried rice and an egg, but they offer all types of silog dishes. In short, a…
The Vietnamese food scene in San Jose is a competitive environment, especially in the noodle soup category. One of the longtime established top contenders is Pho Kim Long on North Capitol Avenue near the Great Mall. The line is long on weekend mornings but luckily…
Brunch often feels like the most simple of meals. It usually consists of a combination of eggs, potatoes, a fatty protein and a fruit cup. These ingredients typically take shape as scrambled or poached eggs, with hashed or skillet potatoes, and meat comes in the…
Izakaya, a popular style of restaurant in Japanese culture that serves a menu of small plates meant to be enjoyed with friends over drinks, has grown quickly in popularity in the West. Bushido Izakaya is just one example why. With a casual setting in downtown…
Instead ofventuring into the fog for SF Beer Week, craft brew aficionados can stay local and sample some of a dozen-plus beers in (relatively) warm, windless San Jose. The third annual San Jose Beerwalk takes place from 2 to 5pm Saturday in Japantown. The event…
Lure + Till has the swankiness and cool one would expect in a neighborhood where bumper-to-bumper Teslas park and venture capitalists power lunch. An industrial chic dining atmosphere in step with its home at the luxuriously modern Hotel Epiphany, Lure + Till makes presentation a…
After a short-lived season of business, the SoFa Market will temporarily close with the exception of one vendor during renovations that will bring several new offerings to the market. In a Facebook announcement, SoFa Market posted a rather detailed status announcing that the difficult journey…
At the corner of an innocuous strip mall in Cupertino is a large but not grand restaurant, and yet it serves up some of the tastier Shanghai dumplings in the South Bay. The lack of frills is present in the restaurant’s simple name, Shanghai Dumpling….
Mixx in Mountain View shakes up the dining scene on Castro Street with a head chef experienced in modern cooking techniques and a menu of updated renditions on American gastropub fare. On first impression, I really wasn’t sure what to make of Mixx. In a…
