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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Redwood City tea cafe
Teaquation opened a new outpost in downtown Palo Alto this weekend.
During its soft-opening phase, Teaquation Tonic is serving a limited menu of serving tea-based drinks and food at 115 Hamilton Ave. The drinks are are made from fresh-steeped tea, fruits and homemade ingredients. Later, beer and wine will be incorporated to make true tea cocktails.
From left, Teaquation's Sunset Boulevard, The Joker, Orange n' Black and Lucky Break drinks. Photo by Michelle Le.
Dishes include a buffalo cheese dip, a meatball sandwich,
pork belly sandwich and housemade macarons.
Owner Mercedes Mapua, a former tech designer from the Philippines, opened Teaquation in 2016.
Teaquation Tonic is currently open for limited hours. Follow the cafe on
social media for the latest hours.
