Since it opened eight years ago, Spiedo in downtown San Mateo has been a popular place for locals looking for Italian food served ... with very mild flavor. The restaurant touts its wood-fired ...

Though San Franciscans certainly ... from Nobu to a restaurant from Philly’s Mark Vetri (inside an Anthropologie, no less). Now comes Pausa, an Italian restaurant and bar from Steve Ugur ...

Four years after founding Rise Pizzeria in Burlingame, restaurateur Omid Zahedi has opened his second, much larger concept on the Peninsula, Rise Woodfire. For this venture he’s imported two ...

The lively downtown hubs of cities, including San Mateo and Palo Alto, make for a rather dynamic dining scene, where visitors can find a seemingly limitless variety of restaurants. Some are tried ...

Erick Gonzalez cooks a margherita pizza in the handmade Italian ovens at Rise Woodfire restaurant in the San Mateo Caltrain Station, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) The pizza ...