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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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Time to get your juice on, Mountain View. Southern California-based Nekter Juice Bar opened a new location at The Village at San Antonio Center today, June 26.
The Mountain View outpost is part of a massive expansion push and is one of 23 stores set to open in the next 23 weeks, including four others in Northern California (Sunnyvale, Napa Valley, Mill Valley and Danville).
"Our goal is to recreate juice the way Starbucks recreated coffee," CEO Steve Schulze said in a statement.
Nekter serves up classic fruit-and-vegetable juices like "The Buzz" (carrot, orange, lemon and ginger) or "The Sublime" (lime, orange, parsley, kale, spinach and cucumber) in 16-ounce ($4.75), 24-ounce ($6.75) and 32-ounce ($8.50) sizes. There's also smoothies (pre-set or make your own, same size and pricing as juices) and acai bowls (about $7). View the full menu
here.
It looks like it's still in beta phase, but the company does offer an
online takeout option.
Nekter is located adjacent to the shopping center's gateway plaza at the El Camino/San Antonio corner.
Nekter Juice Bar
685 San Antonio Road, Mountain View
www.nekterjuicebar.com
