News

Historic Toll House Hotel Revamps Restaurant With ‘Verge’

Historic Toll House Hotel Revamps Restaurant With ‘Verge’

A popular but hidden gem with a beautiful courtyard, the Toll House Hotel sits at the valley’s edge, where tolls were once collected before stagecoaches headed over the mountain pass to Santa Cruz. After a revamp and the addition of a new chef, the hotel…

Continue reading →

MOOYAH is No Ordinary Fast Food Joint

MOOYAH is No Ordinary Fast Food Joint

MOOYAH had me at free “fried onion strings” as a topping. Located in a strip mall in Los Gatos, this recently opened franchise touts fresh ingredients and build-your-own burgers in a no-frills atmosphere. Sounds a bit like Five Guys, right? But MOOYAH is no ordinary…

Continue reading →

Rock-N-Cook Combines a Tapa Feast with Live Music

Rock-N-Cook Combines a Tapa Feast with Live Music

When your brother is a world-class chef, you make the most of it. On Sunday, Aug. 16, San Jose music promoter Barbara Wahli and her sibling, Marco Baudenbacher, will host the first annual Rock-N-Cook, a 10-course gourmet tapa feast accompanied by a live performance from…

Continue reading →

Review: Small Plates With Big Flavor at Orchard City Kitchen

Review: Small Plates With Big Flavor at Orchard City Kitchen

Warm summer nights beg for outdoor dining, and Orchard City Kitchen answers the call with a large patio perfect for dinner under colorful umbrellas and twinkling lights.

Continue reading →

Tips For Biking in San Jose

Tips For Biking in San Jose

San Jose and surrounding cities have worked hard in recent years to promote bicycling, making Silicon Valley one of the top regions for bicycling in the country.

Continue reading →

Jazz Summer Fest Returns to San Jose

Jazz Summer Fest Returns to San Jose

Back for its 26th year, San Jose Jazz Summer Fest draws music fans from around the world to Downtown San Jose for three days of jazz, R&B and funk.

Continue reading →

Bricks by the Bay Unites Lego Fans in Santa Clara

Bricks by the Bay Unites Lego Fans in Santa Clara

The final pieces are coming together for Bricks by the Bay at Santa Clara Convention Center, billed as the largest Lego exhibition in the Bay Area. Starting August 6, serious Lego enthusiasts will have the opportunity to attend a three-day convention with workshops and presentations,…

Continue reading →

Vons Chicken Nails a Korean Speciality: Double-Fried Chicken

Vons Chicken Nails a Korean Speciality: Double-Fried Chicken

Welcome to Silicon Valley’s Koreatown: the portion of El Camino Real that runs through Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Barbeque, beer and chicken are the heart of the food culture here. Korean fried chicken is known for its double-fried crispy skin, and a few outstanding restaurants…

Continue reading →

Food and Wine Odyssey: Croatia, Venice and Farewell

Food and Wine Odyssey: Croatia, Venice and Farewell

This is latest of a series of posts documenting Bohemian and Pacific Sun newspapers publisher Rosemary Olson’s wine and food cruise around Italy and Croatia with Duckhorn Vineyards and Food & Wine Trails. Both publications are affiliates of SanJose.com Croatia and Slovenia In Zadar, Croatia…

Continue reading →

Roots & Rye Provides a Modern Twist on the Gastrolounge

Roots & Rye Provides a Modern Twist on the Gastrolounge

Smoky cocktails and a modern take on American cuisine are the specialties of Roots & Rye, a dapper new gastrolounge and whisky bar that calls Santana Row home. Tucked in the corner of a buzzing, artificially turfed public square that sits off the main drag,…

Continue reading →

Page 64 of 323 ← First ... 62 63 64 65 66 ... Last →