As part of our efforts to highlight small businesses and introduce readers to the hidden gems and longtime mainstays that make up the Peninsula, we’ve been publishing neighborhood guides featuring restaurants, coffee shops, bars, historical features, shopping spots and more.
Each guide focuses on a particular city, like this one about Pescadero, or even a single street, such as these guides to Grand Avenue in South San Francisco and Mission Street in Daly City. This week, Edwina Dueñas shines the spotlight on Broadway in Burlingame, home to locally owned shops and restaurants serving a diverse range of food — Japanese curry, Nepalese dumplings, Turkish kebabs and more.
What part of the Peninsula should we write about next? Let us know about your favorite underrated local neighborhood or a spot you’d like to know more about.
Bounding down Broadway,
Julia Brown
Six Fifty Editor
editor@thesixfifty.com
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Where to celebrate Lunar New Year in Silicon Valley
From special storytimes and art workshops to lion dance performances, unique meals and traditional music, here’s how to celebrate Lunar New Year.
A slice of local history: How the original Round Table pizzeria got its start in Menlo Park
While Google’s humble garage beginning is Menlo Park’s most famous startup story, fewer people know that the city is also the birthplace of Round Table Pizza. The original outpost of the nationwide pizza chain has remained a fixture of the community for more than six decades, and up until last fall, it was run by Bob Larson, the son of founder Bill Larson.
Congrats to Diana D. of Palo Alto, who was the first reader to correctly identify where last week’s photo was taken (it’s Baylands Golf Links in Palo Alto!).
The first person to reply to this email with the correct place where the below photo was taken will win a prize from The Six Fifty and a shoutout in our next newsletter!
January Sparkle Skate: Jan. 25 SportsHouse transforms into a roller rink for this public skate night.
Rounder Circle: Jan. 25 Red Rock Coffee hosts an evening of bluegrass music.
Author Ray Nayler: Jan. 31 Sci-fi author Ray Nayler will discuss themes from his novel “The Mountain in the Sea” and his time spent living in Vietnam and other places around the globe.
Redwood City Lunar New Year Celebration: Feb. 1 Find musicians, dancers, free admission to the San Mateo County History Museum and more at this annual celebration.
We Are a Family: Generations of Music by African American Composers: Feb. 1-2 The annual concert by the African American Concert Initiative explores the multigenerational scope of musical traditions.
Noises Off: Through Feb. 2 The ultimate backstage comedy comes to Palo Alto.
Are We Alone in the Universe?: Feb. 4 Planetary scientist Pascal Lee of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute will discuss the hunt for signs of other advanced civilizations in the universe.
Geoff Sobelle: FOOD: Feb. 5-8 Theater artist Geoff Sobelle hosts an absurdist dinner party.
The Coffis Brothers: Feb. 7 The California roots and rock band, led by siblings who grew up in the Santa Cruz Mountains, comes to Club Fox.
Plan Ahead
YANovCon 2025: Feb. 8 Meet notable novelists at workshops, panels and book signings at this celebration of YA literature. This year’s theme is “Coming of Age in a Digital World.”
Winter’s Tavern Benefit Concert: Feb. 8 The Pacifica bar hosts a benefit concert for the Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Association.
Friends of the Library Book Sale: Feb. 8-9 Find bargains on gently used books for adults and kids, CDs, DVDs and more, with funds going to support Mountain View Library programs.
Flying Football Fun Fest: Feb. 9 Hiller Aviation Museum hosts a football-themed day of activities on Super Bowl Sunday with programmable robots, football-inspired training parachutes and a helicopter drop with hundreds of foam footballs.
Herbal Tea Party: Feb. 14 Create custom tea blends from organic herbs and flowers, steep and infuse them, then sip while munching homemade pastries.
Valentine Grainbakers Breadmaking Class: Feb. 14 Learn to make artisan bread dough from fresh, spent brewer’s grain and customize it with flavor options including ube, cinnamon raisin or rosemary and sea salt.
Apparel Swap Party: Feb. 16 Palo Alto Art Center hosts a free clothing, shoes and accessories swap.
Umoja Pranayama: Breathwork Fundamentals: Feb. 16 Take a guided breathwork class to learn techniques for relaxation and stress release.
Discover the Flyway Trail: Feb. 22 Take an easy 2-mile guided walk along the new Flyway Trail and learn about different habitats and restoration efforts while watching birds.
Palo Alto Find-Your-Way 5K & 10K: Feb. 22 Use a custom map to make your way through Palo Alto neighborhoods on a 5K or 10K challenge, answering questions at each checkpoint.
Meet the man hunting down how Silicon Valley’s billionaires are spending every dollar
‘The wealthiest people in the Bay Area are using their assets to reshape the world in their image,’ says journalist Teddy Schleifer.
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