Shalizaar is a Persian Cuisine restaurant in Belmont. It moved here from a smaller location in San Mateo, which is now home for Tannourine. They specialize in Persian Kabobs. Shalizaar has a large wood fired oven at one end of the dining room constantly making flat bread. Our last visit was in October 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Why did we dine here? – Caprinos is a long-standing Italian restaurant in Belmont that in March, 2011 became home to chef Gator Thompson. (Gators Neo Soul, several unsuccessful short stints after that) We were passing by and decided to see how his influence was taking shape. We focused on ordering items that he had added to the menu or reformulated. He is focusing on using fresh seasonal ingredients and healthy cooking. Read the rest of this entry »

Godfather’s Burger Lounge opened in Belmont, December 2009 right on busy El Camino Real just south of the Ralston Ave. They focus on ½lb. fresh, all-natural “Certified Angus Beef” humanely raised burgers. No added hormones or antibiotics in their meat. Our last visit was in March 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Since 1932 Toto’s has been serving ‘authentic’ Neapolitan pizza. They have restaurant locations in San Bruno and Belmont. The Belmont location is an order and sit type restaurant with no table service. They have a to-go only facility in San Mateo that we also dined at. Toto’s uses Baker’s Pride pizza ovens. Read the rest of this entry »

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Divino Ristorante is run by Chef Vincenzo Cucco who ran Bacco in San Francisco. They focus on Italian cuisine and make home made pastas.

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China Village Seafood Restaurant is a Cantonese Chinese restaurant in Belmont, just off Highway 101. They have been around since 1996 serving dim sum during both lunch and dinner as well as standard Chinese cuisine. Dim sum costs more at dinner, presumably because it is freshly warmed up. We visited for a dim sum lunch and dinner. They use carts and servers to dish out their dim sum. They had 59 types of dim sum on their menu. Our last visit was in October 2011 when we tried their dinner. Read the rest of this entry »