When Angela Cartwright, never to be forgot as “Penny Robinson,” comes to the San Jose Super Toy, Comic and Collectible Show this weekend, she carries with her the residual electricity of having been a passenger on perhaps the bravest of 1960s TV spaceships, the Jupiter 2.
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Gordon Biersch Brewing Company—not the brewpub but the brewing and bottling facility located on Taylor Street in San Jose—has started offering limited-release, big-bottle beers with special flip-tops as part of the Braumeister Selekt series. The first issue is the Imperial Pilsner Brau, which was released last summer and has garnered much acclaim, enchanting those who’ve been curious to taste a hoppy Gordon Biersch beer.
Chef Justin Perez has jumped through a lot of hoops in recent years—a series of unfortunate circumstances that Perez said are behind him at last. For now, every ounce of Perez’s focus is directed at his new vision for fine dining, Justin’s Appetite for Expression.
Greek food is, in some ways, the opposite of Indian food. Instead of blending a lot of spices together and creating complex flavors, the trick is to use just a few to achieve a simple, pleasing taste. Maria Vlahopouliotis, the owner of Souvlaki Greek Skewers in San Jose, understands this not just from growing up in a Greek household but also from spending over a decade, until 2011, living in Greece, where she saw firsthand how the food is prepared.
Flames restaurant and bar has built a loyal following since debuting on South 4th Street in 2008 with a fun Las Vegas style atmosphere, daily happy hour specials and bottomless mimosas for Sunday brunch. We sat down with the manager, Rickey Fleming, well known as a greeter at the restaurant, to find out more about the restaurant and what he likes most about working in San Jose.
As managing director at San Jose Repertory Theatre, Nick Nichols oversees one of San Jose’s most popular theater destinations. Each year, the theater hosts a variety of performances from theatrical standouts like …
Sperry Station is a relatively new business collective located in a historic building in downtown San Jose. Since last October, it has quickly established itself as an ambitious purveyor of the arts and a spot for creative types to exhibit and sell their work.
Hidden in plain sight is the somewhat generic-sounding Asian Bistro in Campbell, a source for both Vietnamese and Chinese food. It’s located in an area not surrounded by other Asian restaurants, and from the outside, the building is unremarkable, so I was pleasantly surprised at how well Asian Bistro delivered on both cuisines.
Cinequest Film Festival has a lot to offer this year, with hundreds of films and indie filmmakers and celebrities Harrison Ford and Chuck Palahniuk visiting San Jose. The Festival starts its 23rd year on Feb. 26 at California Theatre and continues at various venues in San Jose through March 10.
Although the Retro Dome closed its doors in January of this year, Shannon Guggenheim is keeping active and looking for a new location in the Silicon Valley for the theater. We interviewed her about the recent closure of the Retro Dome, how she spends her time when she’s not working and some of her favorite local hangouts.
