- With one of the greater San Francisco area's largest downtown areas, San Mateo has maintained active community development programs to bolster the community's entertainment, retail and dining scene. Today restaurant patrons in the Bay Area suburban community can indulge in almost in kind of cuisine, from Chinese and continental cuisine to Spanish and sushi.
- Dali is a tapas bar and Spanish cuisine restaurant. Tapas are the hallmark of the downtown San Mateo eatery's menu. With a diverse offering, Dali guests can try a range of tastes native to Spain, from tender octopus and sardines to Spanish sausage and cured ham. A small selection of vegetarian and vegan tapas are also available, in addition to soups and salads. Flamenco dancers and live music also entertain Dali diners while they indulge in entrées like churrasco (rib eye steak), sautéed lamb rack or even the staple Spanish dish, seafood paella. The San Mateo eatery additionally features a small offering of dessert wines, as well as decadent desserts like chocolate mousse and flan.
Dali
129 S. B St.
San Mateo, CA 94401
650-343-2111
sdalirestaurant.com - Central Park Bistro serves Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and seafood cuisine in its downtown San Mateo location. Decorated with botanical art, the restaurant's ambience is elegant and intimate. Bistro guests can begin dinner by selecting from among starters like calamari, steak tartar or wood oven roasted prawns. Salads are also available as starters, and like the restaurant's entrées, they are prepared using seasonally grown and organic ingredients. For the main course, diners can select among mostly seafood dishes, like potato crusted salmon, seared scallops and linguini pasta. Warm toffee bread pudding and cream cheese parfait are among the after dinner treats served at the restaurant. The bistro's extensive wine list includes champagnes, chardonnays and other fine wines, and has been acclaimed by "Wine Spectator" for the past several years.
Central Park Bistro
181 E. 4th Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401
650-558-8401
centralparkbistro.com - Astaria began as a catering business in 1995. Since translating catering success into a downtown San Mateo area restaurant, Astaria has garnered press in the "San Jose Mercury News" and "The San Francisco Chronicle Review" among other publications. Known for its distinctly California fare, Astaria serves lunch, brunch and dinner menu items. Dinner starters are divided into hot and cold selections. Grilled garlic prawns, crispy polenta fries and barbecue beef sliders make up a sampling of the hot appetizers. Astaria guests can also select from several salad choices. Alaskan halibut, New York steak and fresh spaghetti with prawns are a few of the restaurant's entrées, in addition to freshly made pizzas. For dessert, Astaria has strawberry pavlova, sorbet and daily featured specials.
Astaria
50 E. 3rd Ave,
San Mateo, CA 94401
650-344-9444
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