My family and I recently went to TL Beer Garden in Sunnyvale to check out their beer offerings and atmosphere, but we were surprised by how much we liked the food.
My family and I recently went to TL Beer Garden in Sunnyvale to check out their beer offerings and atmosphere, but we were surprised by how much we liked the food.
Amy Anderson, events and promotions manager for the San Jose Downtown Association for the last seven years, is behind some of San Jose’s most popular events: the year-long Farm Fresh Fridays farmers’ market, Zombie-O-Rama, Live & Local Music Spotlight, Starlight Cinemas Free Outdoor Movies, Fountain Blues Fest and many more.
Following the release of their 19th full-length album and the finale of the Time Machine Tour last year, progressive rock legends Rush are back on the road. The band will be making a stop at the HP Pavilion on November 15.
Fans of the locally produced Discovery Channel program Mythbusters can now safely immerse themselves into that scientific fray at “Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition,” a new interactive exhibit at the Tech Museum in San Jose that offers visitors the chance to try several hands-on experiments, watch live demonstrations, see props from the show and more.
The origins of Halloween date back to the ancient Celts, who held a fall festival called Samhain (pronounced Sow-in). It was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth around this time of year. In order to ward them off, the ancient Celts would dress up in costumes generally made of animal heads and skins.
Downtown San Jose isn’t exactly a hot spot for Indian restaurants, particularly those with a bent toward southern Indian cuisine. Luckily, we do have Dosa & Curry, a casual, inexpensive restaurant on Fourth Street, across from San Jose State University..
For an unusual first date or a fun place to take visitors in Santa Clara, Shabuway fits the bill nicely. The restaurant is chic but casual, and the wait staff is friendly and very attentive, but the main reason to try Shabuway is its distinctive style of serving food.
The Blank Club is opening its doors to all rude boys and skanking enthusiasts when the Bay Area ska-punk favorites Monkey come to San Jose on Oct. 26.
One hears Ike’s before seeing Ike’s. The new gourmet sandwich shop, which opened Monday across the street from Santa Clara University, bursts with a contagious energy spread by exuberant employees, loud music and chattering customers.
Years from now, residents of San Jose will tell their children and grandchildren about simpler times—when phoning a neighbor meant punching in seven digits. Those will have been the days. When we were a community that rallied around a single area code. But starting Saturday, the laborious and confusing process of using 11 digits starts, as a new area code—669—is introduced to the South Bay.