Restaurants in San Jose, CA
Santana Row (tel. 408/551-4611; www.santanarow.com), at Winchester and Stevens Creek boulevards, is the hotbed for dining, shopping, and strolling in San Jose. Stores range from Urban Outfitters to Gucci. Two of the many good dining bets include supercasual, fun New England seafood house Yankee Pier and Asian-inspired, flavorful, and creative Strait's Café.
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- Cambodian
Chez Sovan
If you've never tried Cambodian food, this is an excellent place to take the plunge. The friendly waitstaff (and hilarious owner, hopefully he'll be in when you dine here) walk newbies through the many options on the menu with kindness and good cheer. And frankly, it's hard to come…$Downtown - French
La Foret
An 1848 miners cabin, set in a lovely and bucolic area (well away from the office parks of Silicon Valley) is the setting for this gourmet's paradise, considered one of the 50 best French restaurants in the United States. Service is formal (how oculd it not be when the waiters are…$$$Alameda - French
Le Papillon
Romance is on the menu at this long-time French fave (it opened in 1977) that, remarkably, hasn't lost its edge over the years. The food is as contemporary as what you'd get in the best Parisian boites today. Case in point: the raw hamachi with truffles, a wonderful melange of earthy…$$$West San Jose - Japanese
Minato Japanese Restaurant
Which is the best of San Jose's Japantown restaurants? Locals come to blows over that question, but we're giving our vote to Minato. The key is to go with the cooked dishes: light-as-a-cloud tempura, pungent curries, tonkatsu (breaded pork) or my favorite: the shioyaki dishes. These…$$Japantown (Downtown) - Mexican
Zona Rosa
The "farm-to-table" movement has finally come to American Mexican restaurants and for that we should rejoice. Because you'll taste what a difference locally-sourced vegetables and herbs make in the tacos, tortillas and other traditional favorites served at Zona Rosa. But it's not…$$Alameda
