Guidebook for San Jose, Silicon Valley

Michelle
Guidebook for San Jose, Silicon Valley

Food Scene

Good French food in romantic Saratoga Downtown.
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La Fondue
14550 Big Basin Way
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Good French food in romantic Saratoga Downtown.
Good Middle Eastern food in Sunnyvale Downtown.
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Dishdash
190 S Murphy Ave
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Good Middle Eastern food in Sunnyvale Downtown.
My favorite steakhouse! I heard Steve Jobs loved it, too. Blackened rib eye steak, grilled artichoke, and kale salad are my must have menu items. My friend once saw President Bill Clinton having a late dinner there during the time his daughter was attending Stanford University.
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Los Altos Grill
233 3rd St
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My favorite steakhouse! I heard Steve Jobs loved it, too. Blackened rib eye steak, grilled artichoke, and kale salad are my must have menu items. My friend once saw President Bill Clinton having a late dinner there during the time his daughter was attending Stanford University.
Great Japanese food in popular shopping mall: Valley Fair.
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Ramen Nagi
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd
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Great Japanese food in popular shopping mall: Valley Fair.
Happy hour discount before 6pm. Long waiting line, reservation needed
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Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
19620 Stevens Creek Blvd
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Happy hour discount before 6pm. Long waiting line, reservation needed
Silicon Valley special coffee.
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Philz Coffee
118 Paseo de San Antonio
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Silicon Valley special coffee.
Japanese family style, very good! 1335 N 1st St, San Jose, CA 95112
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IZAKA-YA
1335 N 1st St
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Japanese family style, very good! 1335 N 1st St, San Jose, CA 95112
Japanese grill, taste good, birthday discount.
House of Genji
1335 N 1st St
Japanese grill, taste good, birthday discount.
Seafood and many Asian style food all you can eat, good deal. Birthday free and senior discount.
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Tomi Sushi & Seafood Buffet
2200 Eastridge Loop
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Seafood and many Asian style food all you can eat, good deal. Birthday free and senior discount.
Hong Kong style, nice!
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Koi Palace - Milpitas
768 Barber Ln
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Hong Kong style, nice!
Good Chinese/Cantonese food in Milpitas Square... many restaurants there.
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Mayflower Seafood Restaurant
428 Barber Ln
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Good Chinese/Cantonese food in Milpitas Square... many restaurants there.
The best Si Chuan ( Chinese famous spicy) food in Silicon Valley.. worth driving!
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Little Sichuan Restaurant
168 E 4th Ave
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The best Si Chuan ( Chinese famous spicy) food in Silicon Valley.. worth driving!
Healthy fast food, good taste.
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VN Grill
1085 E Brokaw Rd
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Healthy fast food, good taste.
Taiwan Style mini Hot Pot, taste good! Birthday free meal.
Wu Ji's Mala House
1715 Lundy Ave
Taiwan Style mini Hot Pot, taste good! Birthday free meal.
Korean BBQ all you can eat, good taste and good service!
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Gen Korean BBQ House
1628 Hostetter Rd
45 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Korean BBQ all you can eat, good taste and good service!
Enjoy coffee and dessert in romantic Santana Row.
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Cocola Bakery
333 Santana Row
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Enjoy coffee and dessert in romantic Santana Row.
Great steakhouse next to Apple, in Cupertino Downtown.
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Alexander's Steakhouse
19379 Stevens Creek Blvd
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Great steakhouse next to Apple, in Cupertino Downtown.
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Chef Chu's
1067 N San Antonio Rd
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Drinks & Nightlife

Downtown San Jose is known for its bustling beer bars and cocktail haunts, as well as theaters showing Broadway shows. There's a mix of casual and upscale restaurants, and for a quick bite, San Pedro Square Market is a popular choice. The Tech Museum of Innovation has hands-on displays, while the San Jose Museum of Art shows contemporary works. Plaza de César Chávez is a central park with fountains.
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Downtown San Jose
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Downtown San Jose is known for its bustling beer bars and cocktail haunts, as well as theaters showing Broadway shows. There's a mix of casual and upscale restaurants, and for a quick bite, San Pedro Square Market is a popular choice. The Tech Museum of Innovation has hands-on displays, while the San Jose Museum of Art shows contemporary works. Plaza de César Chávez is a central park with fountains.
Enjoy wine in downtown Palo Alto.
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The Wine Room Palo Alto
520 Ramona St
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Enjoy wine in downtown Palo Alto.
Drinks, food, dancing, and G00gle....
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Downtown Mountain View station
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Drinks, food, dancing, and G00gle....
Santana Row is Silicon Valley's premier outdoor destination for shopping, dining, living and working. Surrounded by landscaped gardens, parks and plazas, Santana Row features over 50 shops, 30 restaurants, a 212-room boutique hotel and a six-screen movie theatre. Santana Row hosts a variety of events ranging from fashion shows to free outdoor concerts to the annual tree lighting ceremony. In addition to the dynamic shop & restaurant collection.
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Santana Row
Santana Row
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Santana Row is Silicon Valley's premier outdoor destination for shopping, dining, living and working. Surrounded by landscaped gardens, parks and plazas, Santana Row features over 50 shops, 30 restaurants, a 212-room boutique hotel and a six-screen movie theatre. Santana Row hosts a variety of events ranging from fashion shows to free outdoor concerts to the annual tree lighting ceremony. In addition to the dynamic shop & restaurant collection.

Sightseeing

Fisherman’s Wharf, on the northern waterfront, is one of the city's busiest tourist areas. Souvenir shops and stalls selling crab and clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls appear at every turn, as do postcard views of the bay, Golden Gate and Alcatraz. There’s also a colony of sea lions to see and historic ships to tour. At Ghirardelli Square, boutiques and eateries reside in the famed former chocolate factory.
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Fishermans Wharf
2801 Leavenworth St
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Fisherman’s Wharf, on the northern waterfront, is one of the city's busiest tourist areas. Souvenir shops and stalls selling crab and clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls appear at every turn, as do postcard views of the bay, Golden Gate and Alcatraz. There’s also a colony of sea lions to see and historic ships to tour. At Ghirardelli Square, boutiques and eateries reside in the famed former chocolate factory.
Check out the Tesla visitor center, learn more about this Silicon Valley smart car and enjoy some free coffee.
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Tesla Fremont Service Center
48370 Kato Rd
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Check out the Tesla visitor center, learn more about this Silicon Valley smart car and enjoy some free coffee.
Apple Visitor Center!
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Apple Park Visitor Center
10600 N Tantau Ave
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Apple Visitor Center!
More Japanese restaurants.
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Japantown
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More Japanese restaurants.
More Japanese restaurants.
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Japan Town
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More Japanese restaurants.
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Half Moon Bay
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Playa Estatal de Monterey
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Arts & Culture

Point of Interest.
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Casa Misteriosa de Winchester
525 S Winchester Blvd
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Point of Interest.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a public research university in the United States. Located in the city of Berkeley, it was founded in 1868 and serves as the flagship institution of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system. Berkeley has since grown to instruct over 40,000 students in approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering numerous disciplines.
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University of California, Berkeley
Oxford Street
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The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a public research university in the United States. Located in the city of Berkeley, it was founded in 1868 and serves as the flagship institution of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system. Berkeley has since grown to instruct over 40,000 students in approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering numerous disciplines.
Stanford University is an American private research university in Stanford, California. Stanford is known for its academic strength, wealth, proximity to Silicon Valley, and ranking as one of the world's top universities.
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Universidad Stanford
450 Serra Mall
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Stanford University is an American private research university in Stanford, California. Stanford is known for its academic strength, wealth, proximity to Silicon Valley, and ranking as one of the world's top universities.
Revolving exhibitions from post-1980 to older 20th-century works plus a cafe & education center.
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Museo de Arte de San José
110 S Market St
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Revolving exhibitions from post-1980 to older 20th-century works plus a cafe & education center.
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Museo de Descubrimiento Infantil
180 Woz Way
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Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
1660 Park Ave
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The Tech Interactive
201 S Market St
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Parks & Nature

Rancho San Antonio County Park and Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve are a conjoined public recreational area in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in the northwest quadrant of Santa Clara County, California. The County Park is bordered by Los Altos with some parts of the eastern part of the County Park in western Cupertino. The Open Space Preserve is on the west side of the County Park, also bordered by Los Altos Hills, Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, and the Permanente Quarry.
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Rancho San Antonio County Park
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Rancho San Antonio County Park and Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve are a conjoined public recreational area in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in the northwest quadrant of Santa Clara County, California. The County Park is bordered by Los Altos with some parts of the eastern part of the County Park in western Cupertino. The Open Space Preserve is on the west side of the County Park, also bordered by Los Altos Hills, Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, and the Permanente Quarry.
Hakone Gardens is a traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential garden in the Western Hemisphere, and an enduring American treasure. Notable features include a bamboo garden, a Zen garden, a strolling garden (the Hill and Pond Garden), tea houses, and the Cultural Exchange Center, which is an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Kyoto tea merchant's house and shop.
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Hakone Estate y Jardines
21000 Big Basin Way
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Hakone Gardens is a traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential garden in the Western Hemisphere, and an enduring American treasure. Notable features include a bamboo garden, a Zen garden, a strolling garden (the Hill and Pond Garden), tea houses, and the Cultural Exchange Center, which is an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Kyoto tea merchant's house and shop.
Spacious park featuring hiking & biking trails, mineral springs & several picnic areas.
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Parque Alum Rock
15350 Penitencia Creek Rd
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Spacious park featuring hiking & biking trails, mineral springs & several picnic areas.
180+ rose varieties typically blooming April-November in a colorful 5.5-acre garden with a fountain.
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Municipal Rose Garden
1649 Naglee Ave
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180+ rose varieties typically blooming April-November in a colorful 5.5-acre garden with a fountain.
Hiking!
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Cabeza de sendero de Mission Peak
680 Stanford Ave
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Hiking!
Next to golf course, good place to walk and make friends.
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Townsend Park
Townsend Avenue & Towsend Circle
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Next to golf course, good place to walk and make friends.

Shopping

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Livermore Outlets Drive
Livermore Outlets Drive
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Stanford Shopping Center
660 Stanford Shopping Center
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Good shopping place.. right next to Santana Row.
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Westfield Valley Fair
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd
488 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Good shopping place.. right next to Santana Row.
Outlet shopping mall nearby.
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Great Mall Drive
Great Mall Drive
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Outlet shopping mall nearby.

Supermarkets

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Lucky
1641 N Capitol Ave
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Safeway
3970 Rivermark Plaza
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Nice Korean/Japanese supermarket.
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Hmart San Jose Oakland
1710 Oakland Rd
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Nice Korean/Japanese supermarket.
Healthy whole food supermarket.
45 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Sprouts Farmers Market
1028 E Brokaw Rd
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Healthy whole food supermarket.
Costco always has good deal. If you don't have a membership card, I can help to buy with you.
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Costco Wholesale
150 Lawrence Station Rd
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Costco always has good deal. If you don't have a membership card, I can help to buy with you.
Chinese Supermarket.
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99 Ranch Market
Rim Lane
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Chinese Supermarket.