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About this blog: 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 jo...
(More)About this blog: 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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A San Jose sushi restaurant will replace Cocina Central at Mountain View's The Village at San Antonio Center, Cocina Central owner Randy Everman confirmed Monday.
Everman, who
opened Mexican eatery Cocina Central at the renovated El Camino Real shopping center in 2014, said he decided to sell because his operating partner, based in San Diego, "was unable to keep up with the regular management, so it didn't make sense to hang onto it."
Everman had teamed up with Isabel Cruz, who owns and operates six restaurants, including Isabel's Cantina in San Diego, to open the Mountain View Restaurant. He said in 2014 that they intended to open two or three more locations, though that plan never came to fruition.
The now-shuttered Cocina Central at 2590 El Camino Real in Mountain View. Photo by Elena Kadvany.
Everman sold the restaurant about six months ago to Mizu Sushi Bar & Grill, which also has a location in Southern California.
A public notice of the ownership-change application was posted in the restaurant's windows in late December.
Mizu opened in San Jose in 2008. The restaurant serves traditional sushi — rolls, nigiri and sashimi — as well as fusion appetizers, Korean barbecue and udon bowls. View the menu
here.
Stay tuned on an opening date for the new restaurant. Mizu will join a myriad of dining options at the shopping center, including
Paul Martin's,
Veggie Grill, Sajj Mediterranean,
Pacific Catch, The Counter, Pizza Studio and Nekter Juice.
