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Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch founded Gordon Biersch in 1988 with the goal of making the most authentic German-style lagers outside of Germany. Twenty-five years later, Gordon reflects, “I can’t believe it, actually. When Dean and I started, we never thought 25 years. Being here, having the brewery in San Jose where I was born in an area where I had my college job working in the canneries located around it, it’s so hard to believe that this actually happened.”
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Downtown San Jose shoppers have a lot more to look at with the opening of Japanese minimalist shop Muji last week in the plaza next to the Fairmont Hotel. Described by company execs as a lifestyle store, the 4,590-square-foot retail space offers more than 2,000 items, from housewares and clothing to furniture.
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While most cities in California have seen development stall in the last few years, thanks to the recession and the dissolution of state’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs), Willow Glen has become an outlier, a DIY business community.
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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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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.
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Harvest Festival Brings Black Friday Shopping Opportunities
Shopping Nov 15, 2012, by Vanessa Contreras
Holiday shopping event Harvest Festival returns to San Jose for its 40th anniversary on Black Friday with more than 24,000 handmade crafts designed by featured exhibitors.
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Jingle Fest Shopping Event
Shopping Nov 15, 2012, by Vanessa Contreras
Jingle Fest, arriving at Napredak Hall on Nov. 18, is a family-run event started three years ago by San Jose residents Nathan Mallamace and his father Jim Mallamace.
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Muji Plans For San Jose Store
Shopping Nov 08, 2012, by Vanessa Contreras
Popular Japanese retailer Muji is planning to open a new store in downtown San Jose in 2013, it’s first store on the West Coast.
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Woofstock at the Mountain Winery
FestivalsShoppingWineries Aug 15, 2012, by Stett Holbrook
Woofstock, a wine- and music-filled event aimed at raising funds for Furry Friends Rescue, is set for Sept. 23 at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. And it’s never too soon to pick out an outfit for Fido.
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Whether its old-school favorites like classic 2D scrollers and RPGs or the latest releases, San Jose has great options for video game shopping.
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