Guidebook for Portola Valley

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Guidebook for Portola Valley

Food Scene

Nice casual meal
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Amigos Grill Cocina Mexicana y Cantina
3130 Alpine Rd
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Nice casual meal
Great but usually requires a reservation for dinner.
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Evvia Estiatorio
420 Emerson St
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Great but usually requires a reservation for dinner.
Fun, casual place with lots of outdoor seating
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Nola
535 Ramona St
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Fun, casual place with lots of outdoor seating
A great drive up to Skyline Boulevard through the trees. Lots of outdoor seating. An old place with lots of charm that's frequented by cyclists and bikers.
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Alice's Restaurant
17288 Skyline Blvd
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A great drive up to Skyline Boulevard through the trees. Lots of outdoor seating. An old place with lots of charm that's frequented by cyclists and bikers.
Oldest operating road house in California. Reopened in August 2018 to rave reviews. Great beer, wine, cocktails, pizza, California cuisine, darts, and corn hole. Most of the space is an outdoor area next to Los Trancos creek so it's a great spot for a sunny day.
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Alpine Inn Beer Garden
3915 Alpine Rd
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Oldest operating road house in California. Reopened in August 2018 to rave reviews. Great beer, wine, cocktails, pizza, California cuisine, darts, and corn hole. Most of the space is an outdoor area next to Los Trancos creek so it's a great spot for a sunny day.
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Thomas Fogarty Winery
19501 Skyline Boulevard
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Ridge Vineyards
17100 Montebello Rd
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Closest snobby, 3rd wave coffee with a nice place to sit outdoors. The coffee at Bianchini's market is probably your best bet if you don't want to leave Portola Valley.
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Verve Coffee Roasters
2101 Market St
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Closest snobby, 3rd wave coffee with a nice place to sit outdoors. The coffee at Bianchini's market is probably your best bet if you don't want to leave Portola Valley.
Great, authentic italian pizzas, salads, wines, and seafood. Great outdoor space.
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Pizzeria Delfina
3621 18th St
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Great, authentic italian pizzas, salads, wines, and seafood. Great outdoor space.

Parks & Nature

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Taman Lindungan Windy Hill
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Great playground and picnic tables. Thursday evenings there is a great farmer's market with prepared food for a picnic. There are a lot of picnic tables near the park.
Little People's Park
765 Portola Rd
Great playground and picnic tables. Thursday evenings there is a great farmer's market with prepared food for a picnic. There are a lot of picnic tables near the park.
This is a destination trail system that you can access in about 5 minutes on foot from the cottage. Just walk down Bonita, take a left on Los Trancos Circles, left on Lake. The Lake trailhead will be on your right. From there a nice loop is down Old Spanish and back on Coal Mine Ridge or Toyon. You'll see a view of the Bay on Old Spanish and a view of the woodsy area uphill of Corte Madera Creek from Toyon. If you'd like a longer hike that takes most of the day, you can take Old Spanish all the way to Alpine Road and cross over Alpine Road to Hamms Gulch and get to Windy Hill Open Space Preserve from there. Hybrid view in Google maps is the best map we know of for this trail system.
Coal Mine Ridge
This is a destination trail system that you can access in about 5 minutes on foot from the cottage. Just walk down Bonita, take a left on Los Trancos Circles, left on Lake. The Lake trailhead will be on your right. From there a nice loop is down Old Spanish and back on Coal Mine Ridge or Toyon. You'll see a view of the Bay on Old Spanish and a view of the woodsy area uphill of Corte Madera Creek from Toyon. If you'd like a longer hike that takes most of the day, you can take Old Spanish all the way to Alpine Road and cross over Alpine Road to Hamms Gulch and get to Windy Hill Open Space Preserve from there. Hybrid view in Google maps is the best map we know of for this trail system.
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Taman Foothills
11799 Page Mill Road
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Arts & Culture

There is a room dedicated to local history near the front door of the library. The library also has a conference room, wifi, and lots of great places inside and out to sit.
Portola Valley Library
765 Portola Rd
There is a room dedicated to local history near the front door of the library. The library also has a conference room, wifi, and lots of great places inside and out to sit.
The Anderson Collection is a brand new modern arts wing. Free admission!
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Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts
328 Lomita Dr
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The Anderson Collection is a brand new modern arts wing. Free admission!

Shopping

Just 15 minutes away. It has most of the major department stores, restaurants, shops, and lots of outdoor space.
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Stanford Shopping Center
660 Stanford Shopping Center
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Just 15 minutes away. It has most of the major department stores, restaurants, shops, and lots of outdoor space.
This street has lots of boutiques, restaurants, and a few chains like Apple, Restoration Hardware, and American Apparel.
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University Avenue
University Avenue
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This street has lots of boutiques, restaurants, and a few chains like Apple, Restoration Hardware, and American Apparel.
If you're on your way out to the coast this is an interesting, quick stop. It's a quirky little historic store with souvenirs, books, local food items, and a bar that occasionally has live music.
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San Gregorio General Store
7615 Stage Rd
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If you're on your way out to the coast this is an interesting, quick stop. It's a quirky little historic store with souvenirs, books, local food items, and a bar that occasionally has live music.

City/town information

Sweet little town near the coast with essentially just one street that's fun to stroll down. Downtown Local Fantastic coffee shop with Beetles and 60s centric styling. Duartes Classic diner style place with amazing pies often made with local berries and fruits. Archangeli Grocery Famous for its artichoke (local, of course) bread and deli sandwiches. Mercado & Taqueria De Amigos Famous taqueria at the gas station. On your way to/from you might stop at Bean Hallow Beach especially at low tide. The tide pools have anenomes, urchins, hermit grabs, star fish, and mussels.
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Pescadero
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Sweet little town near the coast with essentially just one street that's fun to stroll down. Downtown Local Fantastic coffee shop with Beetles and 60s centric styling. Duartes Classic diner style place with amazing pies often made with local berries and fruits. Archangeli Grocery Famous for its artichoke (local, of course) bread and deli sandwiches. Mercado & Taqueria De Amigos Famous taqueria at the gas station. On your way to/from you might stop at Bean Hallow Beach especially at low tide. The tide pools have anenomes, urchins, hermit grabs, star fish, and mussels.
One of the nearest coastal towns. Charming downtown to stroll around. The feed store is kind of old timey and fun to walk through. Pasta Moon is great italian.
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Half Moon Bay
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One of the nearest coastal towns. Charming downtown to stroll around. The feed store is kind of old timey and fun to walk through. Pasta Moon is great italian.

Biking

Great mountain biking destination within spitting distance of the cottage. Here's one of Colin's favorite routes https://www.strava.com/routes/2848347741916008226
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Russian Ridge Preserve
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Great mountain biking destination within spitting distance of the cottage. Here's one of Colin's favorite routes https://www.strava.com/routes/2848347741916008226
Portola Valley Loop Road Bike Route. This is a local favorite for road riders. https://www.strava.com/routes/104584
Portola Valley
Portola Valley Loop Road Bike Route. This is a local favorite for road riders. https://www.strava.com/routes/104584
Mountain bike rentals
Trail Head Cyclery
20301 Stevens Creek Blvd
Mountain bike rentals
Road bike rentals
Bike Connection
2011 El Camino Real
Road bike rentals