Cooking in the Nut House: Palo Alto native and self-taught chef reopens dive bar’s kitchen

Meet Darius Johnson of Bay La Soul. The new socially distanced outdoor patio in the parking lot of Antonio’s Nut House in Palo Alto. (Photo by Elena Kadvany) Darius Johnson grew up in Palo Alto’s Ventura neighborhood, practically down the street from Antonio’s Nut House on California Avenue. The longtime dive bar reopened on Monday after a months-long pandemic-forced closure, with Johnson leading the kitchen. Taqueria Azteca, which for three decades had served ...

Read More