Palo Alto Restaurants

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If you are on the Stanford campus and want a light meal, try the Cool Cafe at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts. They have good soups, salads and sandwiches. You can eat inside or on the patio. The same owners have the JZ Cool Eatery in downtown Menlo Park.

Favorite Dish: We just had Arnold Palmers (iced tea and lemonade) and enjoyed the beautiful weather on the patio overlooking the Rodin Sculpture Garden. Not bad, huh!

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I have only eaten at La Bodeguita del Medio once but it was one of the best meals I ever had. Starting with the appetizer of yuca and plantain chips with black bean salsa through the dessert of Havana bananas (caramelized sweet bananas, walnuts, cinnamon, and vanilla ice cream), everything was delicious and well presented. If you are into that sort of thing, there is a cigar room in the back; I'll pass on that though. You will need to make reservations. Even though it is expensive, it is a very popular place.

Favorite Dish: The fish special with marinated yuca and brussel sprouts with horseradish was wonderful, but the Plato de Vegetales with black bean cakes, malanga mash, maduros, grilled vegetables, red pepper sofrito, and black bean muneta was great too.

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I have only eaten at Krang Siam once and it was excellent. Many people like it though. You may read their comments.

Favorite Dish: Som tom and gai yang (grilled beef and pork too) with sticky rice

Andalé is a small, but busy Mexican restaurant on University Avenue in Palo Alto. The food is basic tex-mex food with some hints of authentic Mexican cuisine (read: beans in every portion -- you can ask your meal without them, too).

The restaurant itself is very noisy, so the smallish patio facing a public park is much better alternative. You can watch the people passing by while enjoying your meal.

The place gets filled quite fast during lunch hours, so try to avoid the busy hour.

Very homey restaurant with wood panelling. Not a touristy place. Very authentic, delicious food. Often very crowded at lunch time (so sometimes service is slower then). It is usually less crowded at dinner. The staff are very friendly and the food is consistently good.

Favorite Dish: You can get your choice of many different items on a combination plate, with a different price for one, two, or three items. I prefer a smaller plate, and usually just get one item.

My favorite is the chile relleno with rice and beans. A second favorite is the red enchilada. Neither of these is extremely spicy, but both dishes have an excellent flavor. A good compliment is an ice cold Negro Modelo beer!

For a quick bite before headed to the airport, we stopped in at the Sushi House for lunch. It was almost fast food, but then again its not like you have to wait for the sushi to cook!

I had the combo platter, it was 15 dollars, and was very good. There were smaller platters for about 7 dollars... but you can never get enough sushi!

Not the best I have ever had, but it was very fast!

On the way to one of my business meetings, we stopped in at the Cook Book restaurant for breakfast. I had an omelette and it was delicious. Great place for a quick breakfast!

Enjoy it, and if you like them... try the cheese blintzes!

Peet's is a great little coffee shop right outside the Stanford University campus. The coffee was very fresh, and I had a tasty muffin. It was a lot less expensive than what I normally pay at Starbucks, so well worth the cup of Joe!