Linda Zavoral

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Linda Zavoral

The inaugural Sunnyvale Restaurant Week will celebrate the city’s diverse food scene with deals and special dishes at 20-plus restaurants across the city. The event, presented by the Cityline housing-retail-office development and the Sunnyvale Downtown Association, will run from Saturday, May 31, through Saturday, June 7. The idea is to entice food lovers with the opportunity to save money while discovering new places and revisiting old favorites.

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Linda Zavoral |John Metcalfe |Jason Mastrodonato |Kate Bradshaw

Burgers are always big, but fried-chicken sandwiches (and tenders, strips, fingers and wings) have dominated the Bay Area’s fast-casual restaurant scene in recent years. Until now. Seems that smashburgers are having yet another moment. Here’s the lowdown on the new joints to try, along with some hefty trad burgers that have popped up on new menus. How do you set your smash burger apart from all the others? Add Wagyu to your proprietary beef blend, but keep the price reasonable.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Linda Zavoral |John Metcalfe |Jason Mastrodonato |Kate Bradshaw

Burgers are always big, but fried-chicken sandwiches (and tenders, strips, fingers and wings) have dominated the Bay Area’s fast-casual restaurant scene in recent years. Until now. Seems that smashburgers are having yet another moment. Here’s the lowdown on the new joints to try, along with some hefty trad burgers that have popped up on new menus.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Linda Zavoral

Chick-fil-A  has set Thursday, May 29, as the opening date for its first Morgan Hill restaurant, located a couple of blocks west of the Cochrane Road / Highway 101 interchange. Dine-in and takeout service will begin at 6:30 a.m.Besides its lineup of classic fried-chicken sandwiches, the chain born 79 years ago in Georgia offers seasonal specials. For spring and early summer, Smokehouse BBQ Bacon sandwiches and Pineapple Dragonfruit beverages top the menu.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Linda Zavoral

5 hours agoYour backyard bird feeder could be changing the birds that use it. A former UC Berkeley grad student, Nicolas M. Alexandre, along with a team of other researchers, published a study last week in Global Change Biology about a fascinating hummingbird adaptation. According to their findings, Anna’s …