San Jose - Food & Drinks

A popular Bay Area-based ramen chain that has expanded well beyond California has just opened a new location in Silicon Valley.

There’s now one less option to grab Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits in the South Bay. One of the San Jose locations of the iconic seafood chain has closed after nearly 40 years in business.

San Jose’s Little Italy neighborhood near downtown just got a new food hall, appropriately dubbed The Littlest Little Italy.

A chic new Spanish tapas restaurant has opened in Silicon Valley. Vida Tapas has now started serving customers in downtown Mountain View, taking over the space formerly occupied by Xanh Vietnamese at 110 Castro Street.

Acclaimed Bay Area bagel shop Boichik Bagels, which got national recognition as being among the best in the country, even compared to New York City standards, has opened a new outpost on the Peninsula.

SoCal's Slater’s 50/50 will be opening up its first Northern California location in South San Jose at the Westfield Oakridge mall off Blossom Hill Road later this month.

The new location is in San Jose’s Edenvale neighborhood and has the address of 5815 Silver Creek Valley Place near the intersection with Coyote Road. It opens on September 29th. 

Silicon Valley will be getting two more higher-end dining options in the near future, thanks to a Los Angeles-based restaurant group that is in the middle of a tech-based expansion.

The upscale Mexican restaurant in the Peninsula town of Los Altos, opened by celebrity chef Traci Des Jardins, has suddenly and mysteriously closed just six months after it opened.

An annual barbecue competition and food festival that started in 2016 is coming back for its fifth year this weekend, after taking two years off during the pandemic.

San Jose is expected to get a massive new Vietnamese market that is unlike anything the Bay Area has ever seen.

The Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto, is about to open Momosan Santana Row as part of his sake and ramen chain, which has locations in New York City, Seattle, Waikiki, and a few other cities.

A fried chicken chain that has items that are so hot they’ve sent people to the emergency room has opened its third Bay Area location.

In a shocking, unexpected announcement, one of the most well-known chefs in Silicon Valley is leaving his much-acclaimed restaurant in Los Gatos.

Popular Bay Area Peruvian chicken chain Limón Rotisserie is prepping to open a sixth location in Mountain View.

One of the first Northern California locations of a popular seafood restaurant chain has shut down abruptly, leaving customers shocked and saddened.

4th Street Pizza Co. at the corner of East Santa Clara Street and South 4th Street, will shut down when its lease expires at the end of September.

Amy’s Kitchen, known for its high-end grocery store line of frozen pizzas and entrees, will be closing its production facility in San Jose sometime in September, after just one year in operation.

A new Korean food store is taking over the former Sprouts Farmers Market store in Fremont — which closed in late May.

It’s considered one of the most treasured ‘made in San Jose’ specialties. The world-famous Orange Sauce sold at La Victoria Taqueria is the stuff of legend.

A 4th of July parade that has been underway in San Jose for more than 120 years proved to be a significant boost to the local economy this year.

After six years in business and surviving the business-crippling pandemic, a popular Silicon Valley coffee maker has just opened its fourth location in the South Bay.

A Silicon Valley coffee shop and eatery known for its specialty breakfast sandwiches has just leased a new space in downtown San Jose.

A new music venue and bar/restaurant is rising today in San Jose’s SoFA District from the ashes of jazz club Café Stritch, which officially succumbed to the pandemic earlier this year.

The extremely popular burger-and-milkshake chain Shake Shack has just confirmed it will open a new location at Westfield Oakridge mall off Blossom Hill Road in South San Jose.