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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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Hunan Home's shutters after 25 years in Los Altos
Uploaded: Sep 15, 2015
Hunan Home's Restaurant in Los Altos closed Sept. 13 after a quarter century of business, owner Jenny Yuan confirmed on Tuesday.
Yuan, whose family opened the Chinese restaurant at 4880 El Camino Real in 1990, said she and her husband Carson were ready to retire after 25 years. They recently sold the property, she said.
"We can't fully express our deep gratitude for your business and support," a message announcing the closure on the restaurant's
website reads. "Having had the opportunity to serve you has been nothing but an absolutely pleasure."
The Yuan family, who is originally from Taiwan, opened the first Hunan Home's in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1983. Yuan said that restaurant is still in operation.
Carson Yuan, owner of Hunan Home's Restaurant in Los Altos, prepares a meal inside the kitchen in 2006. Palo Alto Weekly file photo.
Last year, a younger member of the family, Jarvis Yuan, took over another local Chinese restaurant: Hunan Garden in Palo Alto, previously owned by his father, Simon Yuan. He
reopened the longtime restaurant as
Mandarin Roots in May 2014.
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