El Camino
Palo Alto
Not many restaurants have croccodile on the menu.
Dessert menu is weak.
452 University Ave
Palo Alto
(650) 321-9908
Last reviewed 3-98
Excellent Italian seafood
Dessert menu is weak. Spimoni, tiramisu... boring desserts.
Santa Clara
Open 7 days 7AM-3PM, Dinner Thurs-Sun
Kinda an irregular schedule, but hey, they're Brazilian!
Pao de queijo - (cheese bread)
Guarana - popular Brazilian soft drink
farofa (mandioca flour)
Feijoda (meat & black bean combo)
Muqueca de peixe (fish filet, salmon this evening)
Coxinha de galinha - chicken fritters
Dessert - Romeo & Julieta (queijo e goiabada)
If you are interested in trying Brazilian food, this is the only
place nearby.
Pretty good, although my Brazilian friend wasn't that impressed, she
gave
it a 7 out of 10. "Joao probably has trouble getting the
ingredients", she said.
971 San Antonio Road
Los Altos
(415) 948-9865
Reviewed March 1996
Their specials are on a table for you to see when you walk in the
door. Neat idea,
first time I've ever seen this. We're not talking plastic food
either.
El Camino Ave
Menlo Park
If you are into designer pizza, this is the place to go.
Example.... Scandanavian Pizza. Salmon, sour creme
If you are not into designer pizza, no problem, they can make as
dull a pizza as you like. (I like Canadian Bacon and Ground
Beef).
433 Emerson
Palo Alto
(415) 328-6885
Last Reviewed 9-97
All the standard Szechuan stuff, but with some interesting
twists.
Skip the desserts, you are right next door to a really good gelato
place.
971 San Antonio Road
Los Altos
(415) 948-9865
Supposed Southwestern food. Oh yeah? Not a blue corn tortilla in the
house.
It won't make you forget Santa Fe. Nothing special., although my
dinner companion
liked the place. Nice atmosphere
140 University Ave
Palo Alto
(650) 323-9449
Good solid japanese food, nothing out of the ordinary. Sushi is its
speciality.
A real frenetic atmosphere. You know thay play the music fast and
loud in order to
make you eat faster and clear out. It's still fun even though you
have to
yell to talk across the table. It's not the place for intimate
conversations.
So take someone you really don't want to talk to. If it's just a
physical relationship
but you still want to go out and eat... this is the place.
The new location now includes disco lighting and a smoke machine.
What dining experience would be complete without one?
233 3rd St.
Los Altos
(415) 948-5209
Reviewed 10-96
This is a fairly new place that bills itself as an "American Restaurant", unfortunately, the menu is rather confused.
The architect for the restaurant deserves kudos, the chef doesn't.
The restaurant specializes in roast chicken, and various beef entrees. Unfortunately, I had the salmon. It was fixed teriaki style (hardly American) and came with a side order of rice salad. No bread was served with the meal, a side order of jalipeno cornbread (good) was available at an extra cost. Another strange side order was "mashed potatoes". For $2.50, with no gravy, it seemed a bit much.
My dinner companion liked her hamburger though.
My dog liked her side order (Free Dog Bone was on the menu).
The dessert menu, which is one of my main factors in rating a restaurant, was slim to say the least. Creme Brulee (American?) and an Oreo cookie concoction. I passed on both.