Cool Bay Area Restaurants

Note: Below is a handy list of phone numbers so that if you want to make reservations, please do, any time, and email me when and where to show up! The list was originally compiled and contributed by my friend, Pam.

Name, Location Telephone
Amarin Thai, 174 Castro St., Mountain View (650) 938-8424
Birk’s, Santa Clara (408) 980-6400
Blue Chalk Cafe, 680 Ramona, Palo Alto (650) 326-1020
British Banker’s Club, Menlo Park (650) 327-8769
Cafe Pro Bono, 2437 Birch, Palo Alto (650) 326-1626
Buca di Beppo, Emerson St., Palo Alto (650) 329-0665
Cafe Riache, Palo Alto (650) 328-0407
Chantilly Restaurant, 3001 El Camino Real, Redwood City (650) 321-4080
Compadres, Palo Alto (650) 858-1141
Don Giovanni, 235 Castro St., Mountain View (650) 961-9749
Empire Tap Room, Palo Alto (415) 321-3030
Evvia’s, 420 Emerson, Palo Alto (650) 326-0983
Fish Market, El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 493-9188
Fresh Taste, El Camino Real, Mountain View (650) 324-8749
Garden Fresh, 1245 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View (650) 961-7795
Hahn’s Hibachi, 460 Ramona St., Palo Alto (650) 323-2555
Hunan Garden, 3345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 565-8868
I Gatti, 25 E Main St, Los Gatos, CA (408) 399-5180
Il Fornaio, 520 Cowper, Palo Alto (650) 853-3888
Iron Gate, 1360 El Camino Real, Belmont (650) 592-7893
Kuleto’s, Burlingame (650) 342-4922
La Cheminee, 530 Bryant Street, Palo Alto (650) 329-0695
Left Bank (650) 473-6543
Maddalena’s, 544 Emerson, Palo Alto (650) 326-6082
McArthur Park, Palo Alto (650) 321-9990
Mike’s Cafe Etc, 150 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park (650) 327-6453
Minokichi, 150 University Ave., Palo Alto (650) 321-9990
Park Hyatt Grill, San Franciso (415) 392-1234
Scott’s Sea Food, Palo Alto (650) 856-1046
Scott’s Sea Food, San Jose (408) 971-1700
Spago, 265 Lytton, Palo Alto (650) 833-1000
Spalti’s, California St., Palo Alto (650) 327-9390
Square One, San Francisco (415) 788-1110
Straits Cafe, El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 494-7168
Suppenkuche, 525 Laguna, SF (415) 252-9289
Tamarine, 546 University, Palo Alto (650) 325-8500
Tied House, Villa St., Mountain View (650) 965-2739
Totoro, Villa St., Mountain View (650) 691-0796
Toshi’s Sushiya, El Camino Real, Menlo Park (650) 326-8862

You can find more Bay Area restaurants, with brief reviews, on Jason and Terry’s Bay Area Review