New restaurants roundup: Mango, ube and grape sweets take over, local favorites expand and a French bistro arrives

Just in time for summer, cooling and colorful desserts are spreading throughout the Peninsula. From golden waffles topped with strawberries and ricotta cheese to dark purple grape bubble tea, there are plenty of new choices for lovers of sweets. Los Altos also gains a second location of one of the region's only Georgian restaurants, and Francophiles can head down to Los Gatos to spend a sunny afternoon at a Parisian ...

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Whether with smart vending machines, food trucks or canned coffee, Brisbane’s Little Green Cyclo won’t let a pandemic stop them from sharing Vietnamese cuisine

Little Green Cyclo was part of the Bay Area’s first wave of social media-fueled food trucks. A decade later, they had just opened their brand new bistro when restaurants were shut down due to the pandemic. Constantly inventing new ways to reach their customers, the business turned to developing a now award-winning canned Vietnamese coffee. 

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