Momo Farouq and Sarika Batra have a love story that reads like a romance novel, with their latest chapter culminating in the creation of Pizzeria Cardamomo in Redwood City, expected to open in early September. But their story doesn’t begin in Redwood City – it begins in Lake Como, Italy.

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Nicolas Vonderheyden, winemaker and vineyard manager for the Woodside-based wine label Maison Areion, isn’t a one-trick pony when it comes to winemaking: He's been making wine from Woodside’s Chaine d’Or Vineyard for nearly 10 years.

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Although we in the Bay Area are lucky enough to be able to dine outdoors for much of the year, in the summer months you may find yourself wanting to enjoy the warm evenings and spend mealtimes outside all the more. Here are the latest policies from several cities on the Peninsula.

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Downtown Redwood City’s oldest building is now home to The Yard, a cafe brewing up coffee, community and history. The business had its soft opening on June 26, serving beverages to go out of its Carriage House.

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Slurp up fragrant broth from a steaming dumpling, order your 10th round of juicy steak or dig into a bowl loaded with hearty gyro and cooling tzatziki. Here are the newcomers joining the Palo Alto dining scene.

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“I firmly believe that these kinds of policies don't help us, they don't help the small businesses, and whether or not the intention is good, I just feel like there's a lot of damage being done,” said Ted Kim, owner of Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View. “Sometimes I feel like they're trying to treat a cut on the hand of a terminally ill cancer patient.”

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Fifteen years after opening Donato Enoteca in Redwood City, Donato Scotti speaks with the same energetic passion as if he had opened the Italian restaurant yesterday. I sat down with Scotti to look back on the past 15 years – the evolution of the Bay Area Italian food scene, his proudest achievement with Donato Enoteca and more.

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Five generations of the Marotta family dined at Nini's Coffee Shop, a beloved neighborhood institution in San Mateo that closed in 2020. Now, siblings Sarah and Jacob Marotta are making the space their own as Kiki's Coffee Shop. 

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A restaurant offering “consciousness altering” chicken is coming to Menlo Park. Cafe Vivant will focus on California heritage breed chicken, farm-to-table cuisine and an extensive wine program featuring “hard to find, interesting (and) sought-after wines,” co-owner Jason Jacobeit said.

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The World Kitchen at Ava's Market offers a rotating selection of international lunch made by members of the Creative Collective of Silicon Valley, a team of seven women working together to uplift family-owned startups.

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