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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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Cheese Steak Shop Palo Alto shutters
Uploaded: Mar 12, 2015
Palo Alto's Cheese Steak Shop has closed "due to the high cost in the area," according to a sign that appeared in the El Camino Real restaurant's windows this week.
The owners did not respond to requests for comment, so no further explanation than that for now. The inside of the restaurant at 2305 El Camino (near California Avenue), which opened in 2011, was in disarray when I peeked in earlier this week, with receipts and food wrappers strewn on the floor and what looked like somebody's old lunch from Panda Express sitting on a counter.
The first Cheese Steak Shop opened in San Francisco in 1982. Then came Berkeley, Walnut Creek, San Jose and numerous other locations throughout the Bay Area. The company franchised in 2002 and opened even more outposts (including, according to the website, one in Manila and another in Singapore).
For mourning cheese steak fans, reminisce with this July 2012 review,
Say cheese steak, and the photo below.
The original 7" Philly Cheese Steak at the Cheese Steak Shop features grilled beef, onions, provolone cheese, sweet and spicy peppers and served on Amoroso's rolls (a bakery in Philadelphia) and a side of fries. Photo by Veronica Weber.
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