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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UPDATE: The Mountain View City Council discussed this project on Tuesday, June 14. Read a recap of the meeting from the Mountain View Voice here.
Big news for fans of Mountain View's Chez TJ: The longtime fine-dining restaurant, along with neighboring restaurant and brewery Tied House, are pursuing a joint plan to build a four-story office building at their sites on Villa Street, Chez TJ executive chef Jarad Gallagher said Wednesday.
For more on the development and what this means for the future of Chez TJ, read a story I wrote for this week's Mountain View Voice:
Chez TJ, Tied House team up for mixed-use project
Executive Chef Jarad Gallagher in the kitchen at Chez TJ in 2016. One of the reasons he and owner George Aviet want to be part of a forthcoming redevelopment is that the restaurant is growing out of its current space, Gallagher said. Photo by Michelle Le.
