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Indeed, chef/owner Anthony Secviar and Master Sommelier/owner Dennis Kelly are protégés of The French Laundry, and that fine dining experience is on full display throughout a meal here, whether opting for the 7-course tasting menu (in the dining room) or à la carte in the lounge or on the patio. Palo Alto’s Michelin-starred destination on the Caltrain end of California Avenue has a stellar sidewalk patio that strikes the perfect balance of sophisticated and relaxing. Where to find it: 898 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park The parklet feels as if it’s been around for a decade, not a few months. The wraparound sidewalk and parklet setup for Camper is extremely well done - nicely heated, spacious, quiet, charming. Of course, Camper’s high caliber, seasonal cooking is also worth a visit on its own any night. # 102, Palo AltoĪfter a visit to OTG Menlo Park, a cocktail might be in order, and the leading cocktails in town can be found after a stroll down Santa Cruz Avenue at Camper. Where to find it: 444 California Ave., Palo Alto 200 Sheridan Ave. Meanwhile, Caffé Riace has always been a spacious, enchanting patio-driven restaurant with wonderful Sicilian-cuisine accented by elements of seasonal Californian cooking. Backyard Brew is a fun, funky shaded craft coffee “shop” that is always popular with digital nomads, Stanford students, friends meeting up, and dogs who can “sign” the dog autographs wall. There are several great choices among those patios, but let’s also not forget the nearby places that have always been either mostly or entirely all patio settings since before the pandemic. While many towns closed their streets to cars last summer for the pandemic, California Avenue in Palo Alto is one of the few remaining streets that are still closed and home to restaurant patios extended into the street. Cocktails (nearby craft cocktail bar The Amandine Project is its sibling) and desserts are of particular note and have a devoted following on the Peninsula. And it truly is a wonderful setting for the refined but not overly elaborate dishes such as seared smoked duck breast and confit leg, served with raspberry chutney and blood orange compote. Where to find it: Wednesdays 5-9 PM at 1120 Merrill St., Menlo ParkĬalling this Los Altos restaurant’s outdoor dining area a “patio” doesn’t do it justice. And since it’s probably 75 degrees or warmer in Menlo Park each summer Wednesday, Jolly’s Old-Fashioned Teas Cream might be on hand to cool you down with a scoop or orange cardamom chai ice cream. Right by the Menlo Park Caltrain station, the weekly collection of OTG food creators each Wednesday (5-9 PM) is always a special event on the Peninsula - and it’s even convenient for people coming to Menlo Park for a weekday-fun day from the South Bay or San Francisco! A half dozen or so creators are on hand for each gathering and offer a fun variety of dinner choices from Fresh Catch Poke’s poke bowls to pork katsu and gyoza courtesy of The Rolling Duck. Where to find it: 140 Homer Ave., Palo Alto There is usually an ahi tartare rendition offered and it’s always a smart way to start dinner on warm summer evenings. The menu changes pretty frequently and it’s hard to go wrong. Even though the patio isn’t a garden or a courtyard, it manages to feel like both, and it’s wonderfully quiet from it’s somewhat secluded location away from busy University Avenue. When it comes to Peninsula power patios, this longtime California cuisine stalwart is probably the winner for most deals signed, proposals made and Stanford graduations celebrated. Here’s where we like to eat when we eat outside around the Peninsula From fried chicken sandwiches in adorable backyards to al pastor burritos in a park, here are some of our favorite spots for a great meal and savoring the wonderful Peninsula weather. There are quirky parklet setups, plazas dotted with tables, sprawling backyards, intimate courtyards, and much more, as long as fresh air is involved (and even then, there are plenty of “outdoor” tents, but we don’t count those as truly outdoor dining). Of course, as we’ve certainly learned for the past 16 months, “outdoor dining” means all kinds of things.
Throughout the pandemic, Bay Area diners have dined alfresco in all kinds of conditions, whether it’s raining or 98 degrees, and now is the prime time of year for savoring the postcard-perfect summer afternoons and mild nights on the best outdoor dining Peninsula patios. Summer around the Bay Area is a Goldilocks-like affair - too foggy and cold on the coast and by the bay or a little too hot inland - but just right in a few “between” spots like the Peninsula.
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