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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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Coffeebar's third Peninsula cafe opens today, Monday, Nov. 11, at Facebook in Menlo Park. Despite being on the social media giant's campus, the cafe is open to the public.
Dubbed Coffeebar Menlo Park 2.0, it's located at 150 Independence Drive at Facebook's Building 60, next to the
Hotel Nia.
Inside Coffeebar's newest cafe in Menlo Park. Photo by Paje Victoria/courtesy Coffeebar.
Coffeebar got its start in Truckee and first expanded to the Peninsula with a
cafe in Menlo Park in 2018. Owner Greg Buchheister
opened a second local outpost in downtown Redwood City in September.
The space is large at over 5,000 square feet and has a full kitchen, so will be able to offer more food and do full lamination for pastries, Buchheister said in a previous interview.
The new Coffeebar will initially be open Monday-Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. When the space gets its beer and wine license, likely in late December, the cafe will be open seven days a week and later in the evenings, Buchheister said.
For those of you who are worried about parking there, Coffeebar has 15 visitor spots on first floor of a parking garage and all parking there is free for the first 30 minutes.
Photo courtesy Coffeebar.
Buchheister created Coffeebar as an all-day concept — coffee and pastries during the day transitioning to wine and small bites at night — inspired by Italian establishments of that nature. Coffeebar roasts its coffee beans in house and bakes pastries and desserts daily. The cafe also partners with local farms to source fresh produce, dairy and other food products.
