By Elena Kadvany
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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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Third-wave coffee cult favorite
Blue Bottle is no longer moving into Palo Alto's new Lytton Gateway building.
Communications Manager Byard Duncan said that the Oakland-born coffee company -- which
announced in October 2013 that it would be moving into the new Survey Monkey building across from the downtown Caltrain ? "decided against moving forward with the Lytton Avenue location, but we're committed to a presence in Palo Alto."
"We love the city, and we're eagerly exploring a few other opportunities there," he added.
Lytton Gateway property owner Boyd Smith did not immediately return a request for comment.
Stay tuned for future details on Blue Bottle's potential Palo Alto presence.
The only retail shop officially set to open at Lytton Gateway is
Gelataio, an independent gelato shop owned by a Palo Alto couple (both first-timers in the food business).
With Blue Bottle out, two retail spaces remain open -- a 1,199-square-foot space on Lytton and a 1,336-square-foot space on Alma, according to Jason Nortz, city planner for the Lytton Gateway project.
