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.
Articles by Amulya Datla
Friends, family members and fans gathered at Jake’s in Willow Glen on Monday night for a season finale viewing party of Next Great Baker TV show on TLC to cheer for local baker Jen Kwapinski, owner of Jen’s Cakes. Unfortunately, it wasn’t her night to shine in the TV spotlight.
Jen Kwapinski, a professional baker from San Jose, made it to the final round of Next Great Baker, on TLC. with competitors Gretel Ann Fischer (Colchester, VT) and Ashley Holt (Louisville, KY). The finalists will be competing in Las Vegas for the season finale in a two-part challenge special. The challenge, judging from the trailer, appears to kick off with a similar challenge as last season’s finale – bake and sell as many Carlo’s Bakery specialties to make the highest profit along with creating the best Las Vegas themed cake.
Celebrity chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert will stop in San Jose this spring on the Good Vs. Evil Tour, one of only nine dates on a short tour created for both to share their insights and experiences in the restaurant industry.
The Color Me Rad 5K adds some color to the San Jose running scene September 1. Participants in the fun run, inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, wear white clothing while bombarding friends and other runners with colored dust.
We Sushi, co-founded by Sofian Halim and Thomas Wu and based in Santa Clara, delivers sushi with fresh fish purchased from local fish markets every morning.
The Eat on Monday food truck started as a Monday only lunch service in downtown Mountain View. The truck now serves Chinese fusion and new American cuisine throughout the Bay Area, including most Santa Clara County cities.
The Night Market is a new Asian open-air market featuring San Jose brands set to debut with a grand opening on July 21 in Berryessa across from the San Jose Flea Market.
San Jose native and American Idol finalist DeAndre Brackensick returns to San Jose on July 22 for the American Idol Live Tour at HP Pavilion.
The Chairman Bao food truck, also referred to as The Chairman, serves a unique blend of all Asian cooking styles into street food. Based in San Francisco, the food truck can be found at South Bay locations Willow Glen and Garden City.
