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Jan 22, 2025 | 
almanacnews.com | Eleanor Raab |Adrienne Mitchel |Karla Kane |Sophia Markoulakis
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.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
mv-voice.com | Eleanor Raab |Adrienne Mitchel |Karla Kane |Sophia Markoulakis
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.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Sophia Markoulakis
There’s no shame indulging in holiday bread this time of year, especially when it’s studded with dried fruit and nuts and coated with a sugary crust. But why indulge in those mass-produced European sweets that are baked and packaged months ahead of the holiday season and travel via container ship, when you can snag one at a Peninsula bakery?
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
mv-voice.com | Karla Kane |Sophia Markoulakis |Devin Roberts |Julia Brown
The laser shows at Fujitsu Planetarium celebrate the work of pop and rock stars, but the planetarium’s main purpose is, of course, to get folks immersed in stars of a more literal type.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Sophia Markoulakis
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Rajeev Madhavan has a way with roses, even when he’s not trying. His 3-acre Atherton estate is overflowing with them — more than 2,000 specimens encompassing over 400 varieties line his fences, fill his formal gardens and climb structures between his home and pool house that does double duty as an impromptu startup meeting space.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Sophia Markoulakis
In 2022, Ajay Walia replaced his award-winning Burlingame restaurant Rasa with his more casual concept Saffron to create an operative cohesiveness between that restaurant, which features South Indian flavors, and Saffron San Carlos, which spotlights foods from North India. On Oct. 15, Saffron reverted to Rasa, reintroducing itself among a growing list of elevated Indian restaurants on the Peninsula.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Sophia Markoulakis
The mood was upbeat inside K&L Wine Merchants’ Redwood City location on a recent Saturday afternoon. Maybe it was the opportunity to taste a 2013 Taittinger “Comtes de Champagne” Brut Blanc de Blancs during one of the company’s weekly wine-tasting events, or perhaps it was the hunt for that special bottle to enjoy with dinner. Or maybe it was word that a new allocation of Signatory scotch had landed in the warehouse.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sophia Markoulakis
A fan of Greek mythology might say that Zeus had a hand in the future of Nicholas Scarvelis, a Greek American Olympian shot putter. It was a future where he simultaneously stepped away from his first love of competing professionally to a new kind of love when he connected with Noelle Zappia on a dating app in October 2019. "I remember both of us saying to the other, 'Hey, you seem interesting, let's meet in person,'" Ms. Zappia said.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Sophia Markoulakis
What is it about the art of pottery and its ancient alchemical process that draws people to this artistic medium? Maybe it’s the transformation that takes place — from the earth to one’s hands to the kiln — and how something derived from nature, with a little intervention, can result in a thing of beauty that can also be tasked with providing day-to-day functionality in the home. Today’s Peninsula studio potters and clay hobbyists continue California’s pottery legacy.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Sophia Markoulakis
On June 15, new restaurant Roja quietly welcomed diners to the former Asa Los Altos space. So quietly that some diners who had reservations with Asa didn’t know of the ownership change until they began ordering. “Some customers came in and sat down and thought they were dining at Asa until they began looking around and noticed the new name and branding,” said James Ashe, co-owner and head of the beverage program.
