Community favorite Restaurant James Randall, located at 303 N Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos, is no more. It was owned by Brenda Hammond, who named the restaurant after her late brother who died of cancer 15 years ago. Hammond’s son, Chef Ross, will head the kitchen at successor restaurant Oak and Rye, now open in the same location.
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Co-owners Charlie Mann and Jordan Trigg hired Chris Velasquez, former sous chef of Alexander’s Steakhouse, to create the menu of their new gourmet sandwich shop Spread in downtown Campbell. The result is a menu full of artisan sandwiches, draft micro-brews, and 78 different bottled beers. SanJose.com talked with Mann and Trigg about how running a sandwich shop with Michelin Star connections came about.
From finding costumes to trick-or-treating with the tots to fun for adult ghouls and goblins, we’ve highlighted a couple ways to get the most of the Halloween season in the South Bay.
Winter is almost upon us, which means snowboarding and skiing are right around the corner. The Snow Bomb Ski and Board Festival will help kick off snow season in the Bay Area. According to founder Jim McAlpine, the draw is that it isn’t a typical snow-season expo.
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination celebrates the movie series at San Jose’s Tech Museum with a 10,000 square foot exhibition that features a host of original costumes, models and props from all six of the franchise’s movies, along with a variety of hands-on and interactive displays that educate visitors about subjects such as robotics, space travel, prosthetics and more.
San Jose Rock Shop, a music store near downtown, addressed a petition to Councilman Sam Liccardo this week on Change.org, asking for him to support the installation of an outdoor music stage at St. James Park.
Extreme hunger leads a man to a drastic decision in the play Macario, making its world premiere at Teatro Visión.
Within just one year of operation, Chromatic Coffee has built a newfound collaborative energy in the South Bay coffee community. Chromatic’s three co-founders decided it was time to create a sustainable coffee community—perhaps their biggest accomplishment thus far has been introducing a South Bay edition of latte art competition series, TNT. The coffee company celebrates its first anniversary with the fourth South Bay TNT on Oct 17.
Some of the biggest name’s in Silicon Valley’s dining scene are back for the fall edition of Silicon Valley Restaurant Week.
“Out the gate, we’re starting with hot dogs,” said local restauranteur Jim Stump, “in Chicago and New York, hot dogs are kings. Everybody here loves hot dogs, but there’s not a venue for it.” Stumpy’s Burgers Frys and Dogs aims to provide that venue in downtown Willow Glen.
