Downtown Los Altos is a cute suburban downtown area with some pretty great food. Our favorites are Los Altos Grill, Sumika, Akane, and of course Tin Pot for ice cream!
Castro Street in Mountain View is where we spend most of our evenings. Some of our favorites include: Teaspoon (boba), Bon Chon Chicken, Ramen Izakaya, Shabuway, Little Sheep Hot Pot, Steins Beer Garden, Poke Bar For dessert: Maison Alyzee, Alexander’s Patisserie or Olympus Cafe. There’s also a Paris Baguette as well. For browsing/shopping: Therapy and there’s also a pretty nice bookstore
If you're flying from farther away and want to spend a few days in "the city" ie San Francisco, we highly recommend it! Some of our favorite things to do (in no particular order): * Ice cream: Humphrey Slocombe (you must try SECRET BREAKFAST), Mr & Mrs Miscellaneous * Restaurants: State Bird Provisions, in situ, Foreign Cinema, Mission Chinese * Brunch!: Mama's, Plow, Griddle Fresh, Zazie, Brenda's French Soul Food, Sweet Maple * Valencia Street - lots of cute boutique shops and food * Getting a real Mission Style Burrito in the Mission District * Japantown - yummy food and cute things! * Chinatown - we recommend eating at R&G Lounge * Downtown/Union Square - if you're looking for shopping * Museums: SF MoMA, Legion of Honor, de Young * Golden Gate Park: California Academy of Sciences and Japanese Tea Garden * Exploratorium & Palace of Fine Arts