Silicon Valley Restaurant Week Kicks Off in Los Gatos

Five Los Gatos restaurants join other Silicon Valley eateries this week to kick off Silicon Valley Restaurant Week, April 24-May 1.

Participants will eat a three-course, pre-fixed menu that includes a starter, entrée and dessert. Meal costs range from $25 to $75 and reservations are highly recommended.

The week-long event helps build a new customer base for restaurants while also thanking loyal customers with more affordable prices.

California Cafe in Los Gatos will charge $39 per person for a choice of strawbery and baby arugula fennel, goat cheese, pecans, white balsamic vinaigrette, poached shrimp cocktail and a Saint Andre cheese plate for the first course. For the second course, buttermilk marinated bottom sirloin, Moroccan-spiced half-roasted chicken or sun-dried tomato artichoke ravioli is offered. Patrons can choose sorbet trio or butterscotch bread pudding for dessert.

Other participating Los Gatos restaurants include:

• Forbes Mill Steakhouse
• Katsu
• Los Gatos Brewing Company
• Palacio

This year, the event will also feature restaurants from San Jose to Palo Alto that represent an array of different food types.

For those with exotic tastes, Indo Restaurant and Lounge in Palo Alto offers Indonesian options at $45 per person. For dessert, patrons can try coconut crème brulee, Kueh Nagasari, or lychee raspberry gelato.

The Los Gatos Brewing Company will be participating at both their Los Gatos and downtown San Jose locations. They are offering their house brew with the first course and the entrée.

According to the event website, Silicon Valley Restaurant Week is a way for eateries to thank local customers and for consumers to show their support for restaurants.

In addition to gorging themselves on all types of food, those interested can go online to enter to win a one-night weekend stay at Hotel Valencia in Santana Row.

The following is the list of the rest of the participating restaurants:

• Asian Bistro
• Capers Eat and Drink
• Tigelleria Ristorante: Cucina Organica Tipica Italiana      

• Bushido
• Morocco’s Restaurant
• Pasta Q
• Scott’s Seafood
• Scratch

• FIGO Restaurant
• Gravity Bistro & Wine Bar
• Il Fornaio
• INDO Restaurant & Lounge
• Reposado
• Siam Orchid Organic Fine Dining

• Casa De Cobre

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