After a COVID-generated false start, the much-anticipated cafe opening is a go. Killiney Kopitiam, Singapore’s oldest cafe, serves coffee and breakfast as well as curries, rice and noodle dishes. (Photo courtesy Killiney Kopitiam) Killiney Kopitiam, Singapore’s oldest cafe, has made its much-anticipated debut in downtown Palo Alto after months of delays. The first U.S. location of Killiney Kopitiam soft opened last Thursday at 552 Waverley St., reportedly drawing long lines of customers who ...
Read MoreShiok + Proposition Chicken=new business paradigm? The kitchen staff at Shiok in downtown Menlo Park are now also cooking Proposition Chicken delivery orders. (Photo by Elena Kadvany) Proposition Chicken, a popular fast-casual chicken eatery in San Francisco and Oakland, has no physical presence on the Peninsula. But thanks to an unlikely partnership born of COVID-19, the restaurant is now delivering its food locally. Through a new startup called Local Food Group, Proposition Chicken ...
Read MoreKilliney Kopitiam’s opening in downtown Palo Alto was stalled due to the coronavirus shutdown. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) Singapore’s oldest cafe was about to open in Palo Alto. Then, the coronavirus hit. ‘We were pretty much ready to go.’ Killiney Kopitiam falls into Covid-19 limbo on the Peninsula. When six Bay Area counties first ordered all residents to shelter at home for three weeks in mid-March, Killiney Kopitiam—a Singaporean cafe in downtown Palo ...
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