Category Archives: Restaurant
Mixer at Mediterranean Grill House & Sana’a Cafe
The recently remodeled and revamped Mediterranean Grill House was the site of our April neighborhood mixer. A family business, owned and operated by Hasan Ibrahim and managed by his daughter, Alia. We met early in the evening on Monday, April … Continue reading
Restaurant Scene: May 2025
Simply Sabor is the newest restaurant tenant inside Ava’s Market, 340 Castro, offering Mexican specialties. A license-change notice at 475 Castro (a dormant Korean table-top grilling restaurant) has shown a pending new business “Yakiniku Ginza”. Yakiniku is a related grilled-food … Continue reading
Restaurant Scene: February 2025
New downtown-MV restaurants galore! (Listed as usual in approximate order of opening, projected opening, or other news.) Venerable popular Mediterranean Grill House (650 Castro #110, https://www.mediterraneangrillhouse.com/) undertook remodeling in December for “a new coffee and tea and dessert section called … Continue reading
Restaurant Scene: October 2024
216 Castro’s Quality Bourbons & Barbecue or QBB (BBQ spelled backwards, not by chance), which opened September 2017, celebrated its last day September 25 (thanks to Mark Flider for the tip). QBB’s managing partner John Andino, whom I first met … Continue reading
Plant-based Microbakery in OMV
by Stephanie LinA new plant-based microbakery making small batches of artisanal baked goods based out of Old Mountain View has been delighting the local community with its delicious treats. For the last decade, the owner was working a corporate desk … Continue reading