San Jose’s SoFA District became home this week to a smorgasbord of small plates spotlighting Southeast Asia street food flavors with a contemporary take. Owner Thoi Trinh and managing partners Sammy Sok and Ivy Li say they wanted to add a new, more laid-back choice…
Restaurants News
Restaurants are reopening across Silicon Valley and newly vaccinated diners are looking for places to grab a drink with a friend, have an overdue date night, drop in for a quick bite or top off a meal with some sweets. This guide has all of…
A few weeks ago, Jennifer Echeverri thought about selling her San Jose home to keep Habana Cuba, her restaurant of 19 years, afloat in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now that option has been pushed to the back of her mind, as Santa Clara…
Santa Clara County may be on its way to legalizing indoor dining again soon, as cases and infection rates dip. That will be welcome news to restaurateurs that have spent the past year trying to eek by with limited seating outdoors. Until then, eateries are…
Valentine’s Day approaches, and while this year the struggle may not be to lock in a coveted reservation, making the day special from home will be a new challenge. Here’s a sampling of businesses offering specials for the holiday, including wine pairings, sweet treats and…
Eating in is the new eating out in 2021 while everyone waits for the sea change that a vaccine and the end of a second wave of the pandemic is expected to bring. In the meantime, date night, casual food to-go or warm, easy-to-like comfort…
Reader, we did it. We left 2020 in the dust and now we’ve arrived in a brand new year, where surely everything will be better. But no one promised a miracle overnight, unfortunately. Across Silicon Valley, restaurants are still doing what they have to do…
The tap rooms and patios we know and love are closed, but the California ingenuity has kept the Silicon Valley businesses alive through nine months of closures, canceled gatherings and sky high delivery fees. So, as we collectively say goodbye to 2020, let’s do it…
The holidays at the end of the year have arrived and while we may not be able to be physically in the same room as the people we love and like to party with, we can still have fun and send the year off right….
As the pandemic lockdowns tighten across most of the Bay Area, 2020 will bring a Christmas like no other. Gatherings outside of a single household are prohibited and restaurants are relegated to takeout and delivery only—except in San Mateo County, where officials have pleaded with…
