Last weekend’s Silicon Valley International Motor Show featured the big guns of the auto industry and some surprising guests. The automobiles on display gave potential consumers the opportunity to sample hundreds of options without having to visit an auto mall. That seemed to be the main focus of the show, and it was a bit disappointing that dealerships and not actual manufacturers took up a large portion of the real estate at the Convention Center.
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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.
The complexity of San Jose’s plastic bag ban, which went into effect Jan. 1, has less to do with any potential fallout as where and how the ban is being implemented.
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.
Amie Frisch, co-founded Veggielution in 2009 as a post-college experiment. Since then, it has blossomed into a radical project to change the way people think about their food and their community.
In celebration of one of the greatest performers of all time, Cirque du Soleil presents Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour on January 13-15 at HP Pavilion.
If smoking and obesity statistics are the most accurate measurements of health, San Jose comes ranks best among all cities in the US.
The Gaslighter Theater in Campbell will remain dark, for now. Campbell’s City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to deny an appeal put forward by Melodann, Inc., which had hoped to convert the historic building into a night club named Dasha.
A brand-new, spacious $90 million police substation sits empty and unused in south San Jose. It’s one of five publicly funded buildings—built at a cost of more than $130 million—which were set to open in the last 15 months yet remain vacant due to budget woes.
