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Everything you need to know about Peninsula Restaurant Week 2023

To support our local dining scene, The Six Fifty and Peninsula Foodist are teaming up to bring Peninsula Restaurant Week back for its third year May 19-27, featuring deals, prix-fixe menus and special dishes from your favorite eateries between Daly City and Sunnyvale, as well as the San Mateo County Coastside.

With a locals-first ethos and a seasonal farm-to-table menu, this restaurant has been anchored on Palo Alto’s University Avenue for nearly a decade

Open since 2014, Local Union 271 in downtown Palo Alto offers seasonal farm-to-table fare that highlights local ingredients. With Peninsula Restaurant Week approaching, I met with Nur Zayed, the restaurant’s general manager, and controller Clayton Adelhelm to discuss the restaurant's must-try dishes, how it weathered the pandemic and the state of the Peninsula dining scene.

Ristorante Carpaccio’s Sandra Ferer shares how the Menlo Park mainstay is adapting to the times – without changing its original menu

To give you a preview of some of the restaurants participating in our third annual Peninsula Restaurant Week May 19-27, we’re speaking to the restaurateurs behind local eateries. The second interview in this year's series is with Ristorante Carpaccio co-owner Sandra Ferer.

How the pandemic transformed Cuisinett from a fast-casual eatery into a ‘little French world’ bistro and market

To give you a preview of some of the restaurants participating in our third annual Peninsula Restaurant Week May 19-27, we’re speaking to the restaurateurs behind local eateries. First up in our Q&A series is Geoffroy Raby, owner and restaurateur of Cuisinett Bistro & Market in downtown San Carlos.

Six decades of football photography: Michael Zagaris talks fighting for access, the San Francisco 49ers’ deep Peninsula roots and his new photo book

San Francisco 49ers history and moments throughout six decades of NFL photography are on display in MichaelZagaris' new photo book, "Field of Play: 60 Years of NFL Photography" (with text by longtime sportswriter Steve Cassady).

How the Silicon Valley tech boom and a baseball background shaped a College of San Mateo professor’s new novel, ‘Tell Us When To Go’

Emil DeAndreis, a born-and-raised San Franciscan, isn’t a typical writer. For starters, he says he does a lot of writing during his day job as a substitute teacher in San Francisco public schools (he's also an English professor at College of San Mateo). His latest novel, “Tell Us When To Go,” follows two friends and Fresno State baseball teammates — Cole Gallegos and Isaac Moss — as they navigate San ...

‘We have a diet that is literally killing us.’ Why Frances Moore Lappé’s groundbreaking ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ is more relevant than ever

Back in 1971, Frances Moore Lappé broke ground as an early advocate of plant-based eating in her first book, “Diet for a Small Planet.” More than 50 years later and with an updated introduction, Lappé’s book is more relevant than ever, highlighting the environmental and human costs of meat-heavy and highly processed diets.

Perseids on the Peninsula: Summer stargazing peaks with the annual meteor shower

The Perseids meteor shower began late last month and can produce up to 100 meteors an hour. Lick Observatory support astronomer Jon Rees spoke with The Six Fifty to offer a scientific explanation behind the celestial spectacle, as well as tips on when and how to view the meteor shower and other night sky happenings this year.

BraveMaker Film Festival is sharing the stories others are afraid to tell and it starts tonight

BraveMaker founder wants the Bay Area to become a hub of film and art, starting with Redwood City.

Meet the man hunting down how Silicon Valley’s billionaires are spending every dollar

‘The wealthiest people in the Bay Area are using their assets to reshape the world in their image,’