By Elena Kadvany
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I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in journalism. Though my first love is journalism, food is a close second. I am constantly on the lookout for new restaurants to try, building an ever-expanding "to eat" list. As a journalist, I'm always trolling news sources and social media websites with an eye for local food news, from restaurant openings and closings to emerging food trends. When I was a teenager growing up in Menlo Park, I always drove up to the city on weekends with the singular purpose of finding a better meal than I could at home. But in the past year or so, the Peninsula's food culture has been totally transformed, with many new restaurants opening and a continuous stream of San Francisco restaurants coming south to open Peninsula outposts. Don't navigate this food boom hungry and alone! Feed me your tips on new chefs and eats and together we'll share them with the broader community.
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Mountain View's Bierhaus, which rebranded itself last year with a
new name and menu, is launching brunch this weekend.
From 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays from here on out, grab some brunch to go with your beer.
Here's the opening menu:
- Crispy potato wedges with apple sauce, chive crème fraîche and fruit ($6.25); add a poached egg for $2
- Bierhaus Benedict: soft poached egg with chicories, crispy potato wedge and hollandaise sauce ($9); add smoked salmon, ham or haus country pork sausage for $3
- Southern-style pork schnitzel: poached egg with wild mushroom sauce on toast ($12)
There will also be locally roasted coffee ($3) and orange juice ($4).
Customers eat in the Bierhaus garden. Photo by Michelle Le.
Earlier this year, the Castro Street beer house and eatery snagged chef Aubree Arndt, who most recently cooked at Maverick in San Francisco and Penrose in Oakland (opened by a Chez Panisse alum). She quietly left recently; kitchen manager Angel Nava has stepped up to take her place.
Read the recent Weekly/Voice review of Bierhaus:
Better than pub grub.
