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Ask HN: In Palo Alto for the week (first time), any suggestions/meetup?

7 points by bluetidepro ↗ HN
I'm in Palo Alto for the week. I'm here from today until Thursday afternoon. Does anyone have any good suggestions for food/drinks/etc in the evening or lunch? Also, would anyone want to meetup? I'm a UI/front-end designer (https://twitter.com/bluetidepro) and would love to meet people while I'm here for work (I work at Angie's List). Always enjoy meeting new people and making new connections. I'm staying at a place I found on Airbnb and I'm right off the Stanford campus.

Thanks! -Zach

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e1ven
I'd suggest the Computer History museum - Great institution, worth checking out for the selection of books in the Gift Shop alone! ;)

PG wrote up a list a few years back, you can also check that out. http://www.paulgraham.com/seesv.html

bluetidepro
Great suggestion! I will definitely check that out. And thanks for the PG post link, lots of good info in there too!
mchannon
It's closed Monday & Tuesday. (Turns out that I had plenty of time Monday and Tuesday to visit, but everything else filled up; wish I'd thought to look that up)
ronyeh
Tamarine ($$$): http://www.yelp.com/biz/tamarine-palo-alto

NOLA: http://www.yelp.com/biz/nola-restaurant-and-bar-palo-alto

La Bodeguita: http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-bodeguita-del-medio-palo-alto Good arroz con pollo.

Jin Sho (Steve Jobs' favorite restaurant): http://www.yelp.com/biz/jin-sho-palo-alto

Palo Alto Creamery: http://www.yelp.com/biz/palo-alto-creamery-palo-alto-2

Jing Jing: http://www.yelp.com/biz/jing-jing-szechwan-hunan-gourmet-pal... Salty/Savory/Spicy Chinese food. Not high class... but Stanford's CS department is known to order large quantities of food from here (for research group meetings).

Taipan ($$$): http://www.yelp.com/biz/taipan-palo-alto If you want classier Chinese food (and tasty dimsum), go here instead of Jing Jing.

Ike's Place Sandwiches: http://www.yelp.com/biz/ikes-place-stanford-3 This is on the Stanford campus (in the Huang engineering building), and the lines are long. The sandwiches are great!

Gelato Classico: http://www.yelp.com/biz/gelato-classico-palo-alto

Cafe Venetia, Philz Coffee, and Coupa Café

Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View http://www.yelp.com/biz/red-rock-coffee-co-mountain-view Lots of hackers hang out upstairs. It's one block from the Castro Caltrain station.

Enjoy your visit!

mchannon
While you're in Mountain View to check out the Computer History Museum, check out Hacker Dojo, and try and find a contact at Google to feed you (their campus is a wonderland).

Meetup.com worked out great for finding ways to fill up those awkward spaces in between events and attractions.