Redwood City neighbors are baking focaccia, cherry pecan bread and more
Being best friends with your next-door neighbor is rare, but starting a business with your next-door neighbor might be even rarer. Neighbors Jenna Johnson and Brian Clarke are opening a bakery and cafe in Redwood City after almost a year of operating a bakery pop-up together called The Baker Next Door. Assistant lifestyle editor Karla Kane visited their pop-up and talked with Johnson and Clarke about their brick-and-mortar plans.
And speaking of pop-ups turning into brick and mortars, a new Sunnyvale coffee pop-up is planning on grounding itself nearby. Robu Coffee, serving inventive drinks like pho coffee and coconut ube coffee, began in March as a pop-up at corporate events. Since April, it has had a regular schedule as a pop-up out of KTea Cafe in Sunnyvale and will stay there for about six months before transitioning into its own cafe. I visited Robu Coffee and tried some of the drinks.
Stay tasty,
Adrienne
Meet The Baker Next Door: Neighbors bring handmade bread and pastries to downtown Redwood City
Since last September, The Baker Next Door has been selling fresh, handmade bread and pastries at Friday pop-ups in downtown Redwood City. And by late summer it should have a permanent bakery and cafe at 851 Main St., where construction is currently in full swing (the pop-up events are held in front of the building.)
Slice House comes to Mountain View, a longtime Palo Alto restaurant closes and Doppio Zero opens in Campbell
- Sicilian, New York or Detroit-style pizza? You can have all three (plus “Grandma-style”) at the newly opened Slice House by Tony Gemignani in Mountain View.
- After 38 years, Palo Alto Chinese restaurant Jing Jing Gourmet closed on Sunday.
- Italian restaurant Doppio Zero opened its fifth location in Campbell last weekend.
- San Francisco-based burger chain Super Duper Burgers opened a location in San Mateo on Tuesday.
- Popular ramen shop Ramen Nagi, with locations in Palo Alto and Santa Clara, is rolling out a limited-edition ramen flavor, the Genki Curry King, starting tomorrow (May 23) through May 29.
- Kaizen and Coffee in San Mateo is hosting a latte art workshop on Friday.
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Drinks from Robu Coffee
My love for Vietnamese iced coffee is well documented, so it should come as no shock that I was ecstatic when I heard there was a new nearby spot serving flavored Vietnamese coffees. So on a sunshiny Sunday I headed over to Robu Coffee in Sunnyvale, expecting it to be its own cafe and quickly realizing it was a pop-up inside a boba shop.
While trying every drink on the menu was tempting, it was also out of the question with caffeine intake, so I ended up trying two: the Robu signature latte (double-shot espresso, milk topped with housemade foam, coffee jelly and cocoa powder for $6.95) and the coconut ube coffee (Vietnamese phin-dripped milk coffee with coconut cream, topped with ube foam for $6.95).
These coffees were everything I’ve ever wanted in coffee. Both drinks had a punch of bold coffee flavor without excess acidity and were sweet and creamy without being cloying or overly rich. I was impressed to have tasted all three flavors in the coconut ube coffee, as oftentimes strong flavors like coffee or coconut can overpower the subtle taste of ube. But between the two, I was partial to the Robu signature latte because the coffee flavor was extra strong.
I definitely will be returning to try more of Robu’s flavors. To watch my review, visit our Instagram @peninsulafoodist.
Robu Coffee, 139 S Murphy Ave., #A, Sunnyvale; 408-800-5037, Instagram: @robu.coffee. Open Tuesday through Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m
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