The decor of this Japanese/Hong Kong cafe is simple, but the place bubbles with activity. Loud, energetic music plays on the speakers, and there is a rack of random magazines available for perusing, not to mention several board games.
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The fourth installment, KraftBrew WinterBall will be held Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Landmark Ballroom at the San Jose Woman’s Club. The event will feature tastings of more than 35 seasonal and holiday beers, many reflecting variations of bold, complex and spicy notes in aroma and flavor.
The new Liquid Bread Gastropub opened in downtown Campbell just a month ago and is on the fast track to becoming a South Bay hot spot for top-notch food and beer offerings. Liquid Bread boasts 20 rotating craft-beer taps and 70 to 80 bottled beers for in-house consumption or purchase to go. There is also a selection of fine wines and soda.
This Persian bakery comes close to one-of-a-kind status—there aren’t many in the South Bay. Yet, it is different, even for Persian food. They make a point, he told me, to select items that wouldn’t be found at Persian restaurants in the area.
Anyone who has been to Isla Vista near UC-Santa Barbara knows that the students there famously party hard. Equally famous is Isla Vista’s institution for late-night munchies, Freebirds World Burritos. Founded in 1987, Freebirds aimed to step up the traditional taqueria experience. Slowly, the brand has expanded to Texas and several locations in California, and it has now arrived in San Jose, taking the former location of Baskin-Robbins on the corner of The Alameda and Race Street.
When it comes to the culinary world, everything begins with the earth and sea. California has always been at the forefront of the farm-to-table movement, which promotes the idea that food should be produced locally for local consumers.
Kris Zankich didn’t want to open a restaurant; he thought owning a food truck would be more exciting. So a few months ago, he fired up Gold Rush Eatery, located in San Jose. The bright-red, cheery truck is decorated with a cartoon gold digger and offers burger and sandwich options for lunch or dinner.
Each Dishcrawl takes place within a particular city, downtown area or neighborhood, with at least four participating restaurants, all within walking distance of one another. Lee hopes that this gives diners the opportunity, not only to become more familiar with the restaurants in their community, but to become better acquainted with their community as well.
For most Americans, a waffle is a waffle is a waffle. End of story. Judy Vandoorne, on the other hand, actually went to Belgium to study the art of making waffles properly. Her new food truck, Waffle Amore, steers clear of the American-diner version and instead offers waffles with the authenticity of a Belgian street vendor. She even purchased an oven imported from Belgium.
Among the many gourmet food trucks in the greater San Jose area, Kona Ice is a real attention grabber. A snow-cone truck rocking calypso music and painted in the vivid colors of a tiki bar.
