Dine Broadway

We have a category for "Dine Burlingame" that gets used fairly regularly, but I admit it is mostly about restaurants on or near the Avenew.  I can walk to the Ave and do so more often than driving to Broadway.  Two events will cause me to "get up there" more.  The first is the opening of Centro in the old hardware store space.  While losing another hardware store is unfortunate, at least the winning team of Elio and John who run Il Sapore on the Ave so beautifully now have a great B'way space for pizza.  Check it out.

The other B'way event comes courtesy of Opentable's Best Overall Restaurants of the Peninsula that arrived today.  There are a lot of good choices on the list that I have eaten at many times-  Pausa and All Spice in San Mateo as well as Evvia, Town and the Village Pub further south.  But one that caught me by surprise is Cafe Figaro on B'way.  I've eaten there a couple of times and this Opentable ranking reminds me that each time I thought "hey, this is quite good".  It only has 35 ratings compared to several thousand for some of the others, but the proof is also in the pudding or the pasta in this case.  Good for Cafe Figaro, good for B'way and good for B'game since we are not known as a fine dining mecca.  Mangia!

 

Comments

[Burlingamer]

Smelled better than it tasted. Crust seriously guys tasted like a leather shoe. For the money, I'd pick anywhere on Burlingame Avenue over this place. A small little pizza was $18+ and my salad was $8 and olives $6 then my beer was $6 and tip. I think it ended up $44.00 or so. The building is old and I can't imagine the rent is much. So what gives?

[Hollyroller]

With the "Village Host" on the Street, I wonder why you did go there?
I love "Fancy Pizza."
Corn meal crust, with escargot, with some special cheese.
Nevertheless, The Village Host is REAL PIZZA!
Merry Christmas all.
PS
I bet the monthly rent on the place is @ $20,000.00.

[Burlingamer]

Thanks. Maybe after work tonight or this weekend I will give VillageHost a try.

Noticed the Middle Eastern place next to VillageHost bit-the-dust.

$20K for rent? Is this a bunch? How many pizza's do they need to sell just for rent fee?

Oregon rents are mush less.

[Hollyroller]

Dear Joe,
What is you estimate of Rent at Village Host?
They have been there so long somebody must own the building.
I was hanging out in the "upstairs" after hours in 1974.
That place "Is Burlingame Pizza."

[Joe]

I really avoid guessing about things I know almost nothing about. It's easier to just go find someone who would have a good guess--if I cared about the answer, that is what I would do.

[Account Deleted]

What happened to Yaprak Doner, the relatively new Middle Eastern restaurant on B’way? Did it permanently close?

[Haircuts Anonymous]

This place is just plain depressing. Nobody is on this street anymore. I want to know why they force us to pay a Improvement Fee every year because they do nothing for the stores.

[Joe]

Here is a sweet story from today's DJ:

A couple of Burlingame’s classic candy makers worked out a sweetheart deal and are now sharing space on Broadway.

Irene Preston, owner of Preston’s Candy and Ice Cream, is hosting Lorri Basques, owner of Aida Opera Candies, in her shop and candy kitchen at 1170 Broadway.

The sharing started last month, when Basques relocated from the space she was subleasing at Caffe Roma in Millbrae in the wake of a departure from her downtown Burlingame storefront in 2017.

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/lifestyle/food/sweet-deal-for-burlingame-candy-companies/article_424f5a1c-194e-11e9-b6dd-0f8ca00c63f1.html

[Joe]

Allow me to reiterate that Centro is really good pizza. I just ate there again tonight and the charcuterie was delicious--not having had it before. The pizza special with truffles and sausage was a delight. Two people in my party who didn't want to order it ended up loving it. Rise, Blue Line and Delfina have a lot to live up to in B'game.

[BMW]

If they offered a meal plan, I might sign up for 3 days/week.

[Pops]

Way too expensive for the amount of food you get and it is sort of a ratty street.
We tried it since we are in town for summer to visit the kids.

[David williams]

Gone 10 years now to Portland which isn’t as weird as the residents would like you to think. Fifty years ago when I was a college student here the battle cry was don’t californicate Oregon. That phrase still guides manyoregonians but I think most have hgiven up as the years rolled by and the flow from California
As well as the other50 state has not stopped thanks to
nike, adidas, OHSU, intel etc.
I resided at1438 laguna ave. From 1975 to 2006.

Or

[Diner]

Is the Nuts&Candy store closing this month?

[Joe]

Opentable's diners' ratings for last month arrived again and Cafe Figaro is joined by Rocca in the Top Ten listing for the Peninsula!!

https://www.opentable.com/s/dinerschoice?topic=Overall&metroid=4&regionids=8&ref=9472&cmpid=em_Email2021

[isabelle]

Yea. For a fee I can get mentioned as well. https://restaurant.opentable.com/products/extras/promoted-results/

[Joe]

That is interesting--not surprising that Opentable would provide some analytics to restaurants about how to promote, but does it have anything to do with the customer reviews? I'm not seeing that on that page.

[Joe]

Cafe Figaro makes the cut again this month as does Delfina. Evvia and Allspice are regulars on the list and deservedly so. I happened to eat at 888 Ristorante in San Carlos last week--first time and it was quite good and reasonably priced. Also ate at Mistral in RWC and was a little underwhelmed......

https://www.opentable.com/s/dinerschoice?topic=Overall&metroid=4&regionids=8&ref=9472&cmpid=em_Email2022