We’re somehow in the home stretch of 2026 despite it feeling more like summer rather than a mere three months until the year’s up. The beach weather will make it easy to live in denial a little longer, but I just stuck the fall wreath on the front door and started sifting through Halloween decorations. Winter is coming.
Given that there are 365 days in a year, what are the odds that two of the year’s buzziest new restaurants would open within a week of each other? In Palo Alto, Japanese cafe, konbini and marketplace Yutori soft opened its full-service restaurant last Thursday, offering modern adaptations of traditional Japanese dishes and drinks inspired by Japanese ingredients.
And in Burlingame, Bacchus Management Group – the restaurant group behind The Village Pub and Selby’s, among other well-known establishments – unveiled its newest addition today. The Old Post Office is set in a historic building that formerly served as (you guessed it) a post office, one with terrazzo floors and marble walls.
Those floors and walls were preserved as part of the new restaurant’s dining room, along with other nods to the building’s past life. Its history also helped inspire the menu, which adopts techniques and plating from the 1940s. Dishes on the opening day menu include white polenta tortellini with Iberico ham consomme, fondue and a standout plate that’s not even listed on the menu. Read up on these two additions to the Peninsula dining scene in this week’s edition.
Julia Brown
Six Fifty Editor
editor@thesixfifty.com
A historic Peninsula post office is reopening as a fine-dining restaurant from the restaurant group behind The Village Pub and Selby’s
The Old Post Office in Burlingame combines 1940s-inspired fare with architectural flair.
Meet the landscape artist blurring the line between indoor rooms and outdoor spaces
Whether it’s a peaceful retreat, a hot spot for entertaining or a fantasy made real, when landscape designer Cevan Forristt takes on a project, he doesn’t just strive to make a garden look nice. He aims to extend his clients’ homes into the outdoors and create for them a one-of-a-kind space that reflects their personalities, preferences and living styles.
Yutori debuts its highly anticipated Japanese restaurant and bar
The Palo Alto cafe, konbini and marketplace opens its full-service restaurant with modern takes on Japanese dishes.
Congrats to Cynthia D. of San Mateo, who was the first reader to correctly identify where last week’s photo was taken (it’s “Reverse Coriolis” by artist Royce in Dana Park in Mountain View!).
The first person to reply to this email with the correct place where the below photo was taken will win a gift card from The Six Fifty and a shoutout in our next newsletter!
Fall Baylands Bioblitz: Oct. 3 Environmental Volunteers leads a community science day of gathering data on biodiversity at Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve and Byxbee Park.
Bailar!: Oct. 3 The city of Menlo Park hosts a family-friendly afternoon of music, live dance performances and more, with a kids’ zone and a car show.
Movies in the Park: Oct. 3, Oct. 24 John L. Carter Park in Half Moon Bay hosts a new pilot program of free outdoor movie nights. Coming up, “The Princess Bride” and “The Sandlot.”
FabMo Artisans Market: Oct. 4 Find handcrafted gifts and goods made from materials that have been repurposed, reused or recycled and saved from the landfill by local organization FabMo.
Upscale Pub Crawl: Oct. 7 Redwood City Library Foundation’s 5th annual pub crawl includes discounted small bites and drinks from participating downtown Redwood City businesses. Held in conjunction with Banned Books Week, volunteers share information relating to this year’s theme: “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.”
Evening Explorations at Alpine Pond: Oct. 10 Midpen docents lead a leisurely, family-friendly twilight hike in hopes of spotting some fall wildlife.
San Carlos Art & Wine Faire: Oct. 10-11 Downtown San Carlos hosts its annual festival of artists, live entertainment, food and drink, and family fun.
Plan Ahead:
Murdle Party: Oct. 15 Books Inc. Mountain View hosts a party celebrating the release of “Murdle Heist: 56 Clever Capers to Crack with Logic!” with an in-store scavenger hunt.
Shovels & Rope: Oct. 16 Folk and rock duo Shovels & Rope perform at the Guild, with opening act Nolan Taylor.
Palestine Culture Day: Oct. 17 Find Palestinian food, arts, dance and more at this long-running annual celebration of Palestinian culture and heritage.
Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival: Oct. 17-18 A cherished autumn event featuring giant gourds, pumpkin carving, pie eating, a parade, a run and more returns to the Coastside. The festivities kick off earlier in the week with the pumpkin weigh-off Oct. 12.
Sharktacular: Oct. 21 Learn about the importance of white sharks in the ocean ecosystem. Surfrider San Mateo presents a free, kid-friendly educational talk and Q&A from experts with California White Shark Project, plus a prize drawing.
Mini World Oddity Class: Oct. 22 Make a mini decorative display with materials such as bones, bugs, flowers and crystals at this class at Little Green.
Mountain View Makers Market: Oct. 23, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18 Castro Street hosts monthly makers markets this fall featuring all kinds of local artisan vendors.
Silicon Valley Whisk(e)y Festival: Oct. 24 Meet distillers and sample whiskies from local, national and international brands, plus hear live music from folk-pop duo Honey Disposition.
Nightfall: Through Nov. 1 See the spooky side of Filoli, when by night the estate is transformed into a Halloween-ish wonderland, including a glowing forest, a witch’s village, eerie pumpkin scarecrows and more.
These Peninsula pumpkin patches go beyond the gourds with family-friendly festivities
From corn mazes and petting zoos to hayrides and flower u-picks, here are 13 pumpkin patches to explore this fall
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