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Our Top 10 Favorite Places to Eat in South Bay

Does this happen to you?

You get home from vacation and there’s nothing to eat in the fridge because you got rid of all the perishables before you left. Or, you get home from work and your wife says, “Honey, I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Let’s go out!”

Where do you go?

Here’s a list of our Top 10 Favorite Places to Eat in the South Bay:

#10: Manresa

Manresa uni in oyster

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Peppers, Pimientos, and Pervs in Palo Alto

Sweet peppers from Happy Quail Farms, Palo Alto Farmer’s Market

 

happy quail farms sweet peppers

I have a taste memory of savoring Pimientos de Padron peppers at a tasting a couple years back and being amazed at how delicious they were. They’re so addictive, too! It’s like eating really good potato chips or french fries – you can’t stop at just one. (That is, until you hit the hot one…)

We tried to grow them in our garden last year but didn’t have any luck. So when I read that Foodista got some Pimientos de Padron earlier last week, I knew I had to seek them out. After all, the grower, Happy Quail Farms, is in East Palo Alto, just a little bit up the Peninsula from us.

Happy Quail’s web page said that they were going to be at the Palo Alto Farmer’s Market on Saturday, so I convinced Annie that we needed to make the drive up to get some pimientos.

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