Guidebook for Palo Alto

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Guidebook for Palo Alto

Food Scene

A busy spot with great coffee, a great assortment of desserts and foods, and a place where VC's, S/W grunts, Stanford kids work and meet. This is of Facebook fame. When Facebook was young and HQ on University Ave, Zuckerberg and team used to go here for their coffee. Later they supplied FB directly, and it's now in all FB buildings. In the movie Social Network, the final scene the camera pans past a Coupa Cafe cup to Zuckerberg as he clicked refresh on his friends list.
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Coupa Cafe - Ramona
538 Ramona St
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A busy spot with great coffee, a great assortment of desserts and foods, and a place where VC's, S/W grunts, Stanford kids work and meet. This is of Facebook fame. When Facebook was young and HQ on University Ave, Zuckerberg and team used to go here for their coffee. Later they supplied FB directly, and it's now in all FB buildings. In the movie Social Network, the final scene the camera pans past a Coupa Cafe cup to Zuckerberg as he clicked refresh on his friends list.
Locally sourced, farm fresh, breakfast, salads, sandwiches in an open, relaxed environment. Great food and place to eat.
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Local Union 271
271 University Ave
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Locally sourced, farm fresh, breakfast, salads, sandwiches in an open, relaxed environment. Great food and place to eat.
Vegan Chinese. What more can I say? Always tasty and healthy! The owners are also very nice and friendly.
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Garden Fresh Chinese Vegan Cuisine
1245 West El Camino Real
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Vegan Chinese. What more can I say? Always tasty and healthy! The owners are also very nice and friendly.
Nice contemporary Latin Tapas in a swanky, busy (and noisy) environment. A great place to eat and people watch.
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JOYA Restaurant and Lounge
339 University Ave
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Nice contemporary Latin Tapas in a swanky, busy (and noisy) environment. A great place to eat and people watch.
Great salads. Always fresh ingredients, reasonable prices.
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Sprout Café
168 University Ave
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Great salads. Always fresh ingredients, reasonable prices.
Better hurry, they are closing. For your sweet tooth, this is the place to go. Great pastries and cakes! A Palo Alto establishment - it's been here forever!
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The Prolific Oven Bakery
550 Waverley St
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Better hurry, they are closing. For your sweet tooth, this is the place to go. Great pastries and cakes! A Palo Alto establishment - it's been here forever!
A contemporary take on classic Pakistani & Indian fare. It's always packed, and food is delicious. And it has a Michelin star rating!! The the chicken tikka masala, the chicken memoni samosas, and the garlic Naan are to die for!! Everyone gives it great reviews.
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Zareen's
365 California Ave
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A contemporary take on classic Pakistani & Indian fare. It's always packed, and food is delicious. And it has a Michelin star rating!! The the chicken tikka masala, the chicken memoni samosas, and the garlic Naan are to die for!! Everyone gives it great reviews.
Palo Alto Sol has been around for years. They specialize in traditional Puebla cuisine. I'm here every weekend for the Chicken Mole Poblano. It's absolutely the best. I heard that it's so good that Zukerberg had one installed at the FB campus.
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CinéArts at Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real
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Palo Alto Sol has been around for years. They specialize in traditional Puebla cuisine. I'm here every weekend for the Chicken Mole Poblano. It's absolutely the best. I heard that it's so good that Zukerberg had one installed at the FB campus.
Great Cuban food.
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La Bodeguita del Medio
463 California Ave
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Great Cuban food.
A great Italian place. Featured in a NYT food article.
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Terún
448 California Ave
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A great Italian place. Featured in a NYT food article.
A great breakfast/lunch restaurant across the street from both Stanford and Palo Alto HS
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Mayfield Bakery & Cafe
855 El Camino Real
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A great breakfast/lunch restaurant across the street from both Stanford and Palo Alto HS
A very nice restaurant. Great food. The Grateful Dead got its start at the old place a block down the street.
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Saint Michael's Alley
140 Homer Ave
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A very nice restaurant. Great food. The Grateful Dead got its start at the old place a block down the street.
Inexpensive, but delicious wraps. A great place for a quick bite for lunch/dinner.
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Mediterranean Wraps
433 California Ave
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Inexpensive, but delicious wraps. A great place for a quick bite for lunch/dinner.
A diner everyone goes to at one time or another. While having a burger with friends one night, Mark Zuckerberg came in with his wife and got a huge togo order. This was a couple years ago, and no one bothered him.
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Palo Alto Creamery
566 Emerson St
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A diner everyone goes to at one time or another. While having a burger with friends one night, Mark Zuckerberg came in with his wife and got a huge togo order. This was a couple years ago, and no one bothered him.
Terrific NY style bagels with just about anything you could want on them. This place is a classic!
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Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels
477 California Ave
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Terrific NY style bagels with just about anything you could want on them. This place is a classic!
Great laid back breakfast place.
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Joanie's Cafe
405 California Ave
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Great laid back breakfast place.

Essentials

Your typical medium sized WF. A short walk down the street.
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Whole Foods Market
4800 El Camino Real
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Your typical medium sized WF. A short walk down the street.
This is a Super Safeway, and probably has anything you might need.
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Safeway
2811 Middlefield Rd
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This is a Super Safeway, and probably has anything you might need.
Local Costco for goods. There's also a larger Costco in Redwood City.
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Costco Wholesale
1000 N Rengstorff Ave
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Local Costco for goods. There's also a larger Costco in Redwood City.

Arts & Culture

Newly remodeled, but still playing great, artsy, quirky, indi movies.
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Landmark Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson St
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Newly remodeled, but still playing great, artsy, quirky, indi movies.
You'll have to visit the Rodin sculptures.
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艾瑞斯与B.杰拉尔德坎特视觉艺术中心
328 Lomita Dr
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You'll have to visit the Rodin sculptures.
Check the Stanford web site for events at this concert hall.
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Bing Concert Hall
327 Lasuen St
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Check the Stanford web site for events at this concert hall.

Sightseeing

You have to stop by the Apple Store in Palo Alto, as it's only steps away from your studio! My kid camped out here overnight to be the first in line for one of the early iPhones.
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Apple Palo Alto
340 University Ave
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You have to stop by the Apple Store in Palo Alto, as it's only steps away from your studio! My kid camped out here overnight to be the first in line for one of the early iPhones.
The birth place of Silicon Valley. HP bought it in 2005. Before that, it was an ordinary rental. Some friends lived here and were having a BBQ, I brought the boys, and took pictures of them in front of the garage!!
367 Addison Ave
367 Addison Avenue
The birth place of Silicon Valley. HP bought it in 2005. Before that, it was an ordinary rental. Some friends lived here and were having a BBQ, I brought the boys, and took pictures of them in front of the garage!!
A Cactus Garden on the Stanford Campus, of all places. A very strange place as some of them are as tall as trees!
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Stanford Arizona Garden
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A Cactus Garden on the Stanford Campus, of all places. A very strange place as some of them are as tall as trees!
Within the Googleplex, misc desserts after which every version of Android is named: ie cupcape, eclairs, honeycomb, jellybean...as well as the surrounding Google area.
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Google Android草坪雕像
1981 Landings Dr
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Within the Googleplex, misc desserts after which every version of Android is named: ie cupcape, eclairs, honeycomb, jellybean...as well as the surrounding Google area.
A half day trip to Half Moon Bay. Check the tide tables and go during low tide sun set. It's an amazing sight.
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菲茨杰拉德海洋保护区
200 Nevada Ave
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A half day trip to Half Moon Bay. Check the tide tables and go during low tide sun set. It's an amazing sight.
This used to be the old Sun Microsystems campus. If you take a look at the back of the FB sign, you can see that they just covered up the old Sun sign. Zuckerberg's not so subtle message to FB employees not to end up like Sun Microsystems!
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Facebook
1 Hacker Way
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This used to be the old Sun Microsystems campus. If you take a look at the back of the FB sign, you can see that they just covered up the old Sun sign. Zuckerberg's not so subtle message to FB employees not to end up like Sun Microsystems!

Landmarks

An amazing place, if you can get inside. Winter holiday events in the evening are both free and breathtaking. Check the Stanford events calendar for details.
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纪念教堂
450 Jane Stanford Way
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An amazing place, if you can get inside. Winter holiday events in the evening are both free and breathtaking. Check the Stanford events calendar for details.