Tips for Dining, Eating, and Food Shopping in the SF Bay Area (including Berkeley, Oakland, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, and San Jose)
Start New ThreadI've read the older posts, but there's nothing recent. Is this the kind of place where I can drop in without a reservation on a Sunday evening, fairly early, without a problem? And is the food still good? Anything in particular I should order? I really want to try the Village Pub, but it's too expensive for this excursion.
By Glencora
on Nov 25, 2011 09:41 PM
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This is a famous diner with standard average diner food. If you are a foodie, i would not recommend this place. Is ok to meet for business breakfast or lunch.
-O
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Sunday evening shouldn't be a problem-and if it is busy there is always the bar where they will serve you dinner. The food is very mediocre though, there's nothing I would specifically recommend. The Village Bakery in the same shopping complex serves dinner and is better.
If I were down that way I'd want to try the new lobster place in the Ladera Shopping Center in Portola Valley. I also have a soft spot for Mike's; it's not great but it's better than Buck's.
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>Village Bakery<
Did you mean Woodside Bakery & Cafe? If so, there were very bad reports after an ownership change. Has it come back in quality? It was a favorite of mine in its prior incarnation.
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Woodside Bakery & Cafe
3052 Woodside Rd, Woodside, CA
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I do mean the Woodside Bakery & Cafe. When did the ownership change? I've not eaten there in about 1 year.
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Woodside Bakery & Cafe
3052 Woodside Rd, Woodside, CA
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This is from two years ago.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/645190
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I think I've been there since then and it was just fine. But you know the older I get the more the years blur...so it could have been 2 years ago since I went. I haven't heard any of my friends who live locally complain about it.
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I ate at Woodside Cafe last week, I thought it was good enough. I had a lamb panini, some fries, and I enjoyed it. Business lunch. Better than buck's.
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Okay, forget Buck's. Maybe I'll wait till I'm in the area on a weekday afternoon and try the pub menu at the Village Pub. (They apparently don't offer it on Sunday.) Or the Woodside cafe. I'm having fun exploring towns I've never visited -- or haven't for a long time -- after trips down to Palo Alto. So far I've "done" Mountain View and Menlo Park, using tips from this board. I wanted to try Woodside today, but didn't make it. Did have a nice dinner at Nola, though.
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Village Pub
2967 Woodside Rd., Woodside, CA 94062
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