Thursday, May 2, 2024
Elyse: elevated French Vietnamese cuisine in the heart of Downtown San Jose
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Elyse has a full-blown wine room
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Fitoor is now open, bringing high-end Indian cuisine and late-night music to Santana Row
Source: The Mercury News
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Eox & Nyx - meet Downtown San Jose's newest flagship restaurant and bar
Source: Eater SF
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Raising Cane's is opening their first San Jose location in Evergreen
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Chick-fil-A proposed near Downtown San Jose
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
iChina hires a rockstar chef, obviously aiming for the stars
Sunday, December 10, 2023
New Taiwanese restaurant will replace Flames in Downtown San Jose
Source: The Mercury News
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Famous Korean BBQ spot Baekjeong opens first Northern California location in San Jose
Friday, July 21, 2023
San Jose restaurants featured on TV
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
ADEGA, first and only Michelin Star restaurant in San Jose is shutting down 😢
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Petiscos in San Jose gets a rare Michelin Guide distinction
Thursday, July 13, 2023
30+ awesome brunch places to try in San Jose 🍳🥩
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Hobee's beer garden coming to Downtown San Jose
Friday, March 5, 2021
We're back in the Red Tier, indoor dining is back!
This week we officially went from a Covid tier status of purple to red, which means indoor dining is open for business again! Hopefully restaurants will never close like this again (everyone please get your vaccine as soon as you can). As a reminder the scale goes from purple, to red, to orange, and finally to yellow which has the fewest restrictions.
Restaurants will be able to open their indoor dining rooms again effective immediately. However, they will be limited to 25% of their maximum capacity or 100 guests, whichever number is lower.
What else can we look forward to in the red tier? Movie theaters can reopen at 25% as can museums, zoos, and aquariums. Stores can now operate at 50% capacity. Even indoor gyms can finally reopen, albeit at a meager 10% capacity.
California is also planning to ease the requirements to get into less restrictive tiers when we hit two different milestone. The first is when we distribute 2 million vaccines in the most disadvantaged zip codes, and then when we hit 4 million vaccines in those same areas.
The stats have been looking very promising in the Bay Area--let's hope this nightmare ends soon and the post-covid era will be another Roarin' 20s.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Outdoor Dining in San Jose is back!
After a two month hiatus, outdoor dining has returned! If you have a favorite restaurant that you would like to keep in business, now is probably a good time to support them. The restaurant industry has not fared as well as the tech industry throughout the pandemic.
Almost all of the Santana Row restaurants appear to be open again. You can click here for the full list. I had a chance to try King's Fish House in the Valley Fair expansion over the weekend--one of the rare new restaurants to open during COVID. It's the only one in Silicon Valley and was pretty spectacular for a chain restaurant.
Petiscos by ADEGA in Downtown San Jose is an amazing option if you want to try out something new and unique. I don't believe there is another Portuguese tapas restaurant like in anywhere in the Bay Area.
With the vaccine rolling out and infection rates slowly dropping, hopefully we'll get a bit of normalcy back by Spring 2021!
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Breaking News: indoor dining resumes today at San Jose restaurants!
Yesterday we officially went from a Covid tier status of red to orange, which means indoor dining is coming back! The scale goes from purple, to red, to orange, and finally to yellow which has the fewest restrictions. Technically we could have resumed indoor dining in red status but Santa Clara County has chosen to enforce stricter rules than what California mandates.
Restaurants will be able to open their indoor dining rooms again effective immediately. However, they will be limited to 25% of their maximum capacity or 100 guests, whichever number is lower. A few other restrictions may be lifted as well on religious gatherings and movie theaters.
Slowly we're headed back toward some level of normalcy.
Source: SVBJ
Monday, June 22, 2020
Mezcal makes the best out of a difficult situation
The restaurant is now open for outdoor dining and features an assortment of Oaxacan mole sauces and many new items like grilled octopus, a black mole tamale, a ribeye, and a salmon burger. If you're feeling adventurous you can even try grasshoppers (which are surprisingly delicious by the way).
Mezcal is open from noon to 8pm, Tuesday through Sunday, at 25 W San Fernando St.
Source: SVBJ
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Scott's Seafood reopens in the middle of the COVID crisis
On May 21st, they opened for takeout at 200 S. 1st which is at the intersection of Paseo de San Antonio. This is a famous spot that has housed Casa Castillo, Asqew Grill, Zing, Ruffled Feathers Eatery, The Blackbird Tavern, and Social Policy. This corner has had so much turnover, that some believe it to be cursed. If there is one restaurant that can break the curse of Case Castillo, I think it's Scott's Seafood. They have a loyal fan base and will offer a more impressive menu and cocktail selection than any of their predecessors.
Just as exciting as this opening is Scott's plan to expand their brand and build a second restaurant in Downtown San Jose. They are looking to open a takeout soup and salad eatery called Scott's Chowder House which will feature their excellent seafood chowders. We don't have a great casual bread-bowl place in Downtown San Jose, so I can't wait! Meanwhile, please patronize Scott's and your over faves so we can keep as many of our restaurants as possible this year.
Source: SVBJ