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I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in journalism. Though my first love is journalism, food is a close second. I am constantly on the lookout for new restaurants to try, building an ever-expanding "to eat" list. As a journalist, I'm always trolling news sources and social media websites with an eye for local food news, from restaurant openings and closings to emerging food trends. When I was a teenager growing up in Menlo Park, I always drove up to the city on weekends with the singular purpose of finding a better meal than I could at home. But in the past year or so, the Peninsula's food culture has been totally transformed, with many new restaurants opening and a continuous stream of San Francisco restaurants coming south to open Peninsula outposts. Don't navigate this food boom hungry and alone! Feed me your tips on new chefs and eats and together we'll share them with the broader community.
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Figo shutters in downtown Palo Alto
Uploaded: May 13, 2014
Another one bites the dust: Italian restaurant Figo, which has operated at 326 University Ave. in Palo Alto since January 2013, has closed.
Owner Gianni Chiloiro could not be immediately reached for comment. He has been at the 326 University Ave. space for years, operating
Pasta Q for 15 years before doing a major renovation and concept revamp to reopen as Figo.
Now-shuttered Figo at 326 University Ave. in downtown Palo Alto.
Pasta Q also later reopened -- at 160 Castro St. in Mountain View -- and this year was reborn as new pizzeria
Doppio Zero.
The Daily Post reported last week that Chiloiro initially closed the restaurant after making a deal with the owners of Opa!, a local Greek restaurant group with a location in Los Altos, but Opa! pulled out at the last minute.
Bruce Breitman, a business broker who specializes in the sale and leasing of restaurants in the Bay Area (he moved
Lavanda in and out years ago), said he's in the preliminary stages of doing paperwork for a transaction for the University Avenue space.
"There's a lot of interest," he said.
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