Guidebook for Mountain View
Food Scene
Great biergarten-style restaurant with delicious burgers and a great selection of beers on tap.
28 helybéli ajánlásával
Bierhaus
360 40th StGreat biergarten-style restaurant with delicious burgers and a great selection of beers on tap.
Japanese hot-pot restaurant that lets you cook veggies, thinly-sliced meat, and noodles right at your table.
6 helybéli ajánlásával
Shabuway
180 Castro StJapanese hot-pot restaurant that lets you cook veggies, thinly-sliced meat, and noodles right at your table.
Our favorite local Ramen place. Delicious noodles and they usually have great Japanese TV programs running to watch while you eat.
Ryowa
Our favorite local Ramen place. Delicious noodles and they usually have great Japanese TV programs running to watch while you eat.
As a member of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, this place serves the best pizza in town. Legit.
Napoletana Pizzeria
1910 W El Camino RealAs a member of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, this place serves the best pizza in town. Legit.
Delicious Persian kababs (esp. Koobideh) on lavash bread. Getting food is a a little unorthodox: Order inside at the checkout stand and then pick up outside toward the back of the market.
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Cupertino International Foods
801 West El Camino RealDelicious Persian kababs (esp. Koobideh) on lavash bread. Getting food is a a little unorthodox: Order inside at the checkout stand and then pick up outside toward the back of the market.
Delicious little Korean bibimbap (hot pot) restaurant. Adjacent to the movie theater, so a great location for dinner-and-a-movie nights.
Sunny Bowl
Delicious little Korean bibimbap (hot pot) restaurant. Adjacent to the movie theater, so a great location for dinner-and-a-movie nights.
Sightseeing
A wonderful place to go for a walk. You enter the grounds through a garden plot, walk past a working farm, and then can hike up into the beautifully desolate foothills in a forest full of bay trees.
18 helybéli ajánlásával
Hidden Villa
26870 Moody RdA wonderful place to go for a walk. You enter the grounds through a garden plot, walk past a working farm, and then can hike up into the beautifully desolate foothills in a forest full of bay trees.
Everything Else
About a 15 minute walk from our house, trains to San Francisco (including the “Baby Bullet” during rush hour) and company shuttles for Google, Apple, Microsoft, NASA and more.
34 helybéli ajánlásával
Mountain View Caltrain station
About a 15 minute walk from our house, trains to San Francisco (including the “Baby Bullet” during rush hour) and company shuttles for Google, Apple, Microsoft, NASA and more.
Entertainment & Activities
Fantastic local library and a great resource for families/kids.
27 helybéli ajánlásával
Mountain View Public Library
585 Franklin StFantastic local library and a great resource for families/kids.
Fairmont Park
476 Fairmont AveIf you have young children, this is park is just around the corner…
Older kids will enjoy Mercy-Bush, which has a big play structure, swing set, sand pit, and lawn. There are also picnic tables here.
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Mercy-Bush Park
Older kids will enjoy Mercy-Bush, which has a big play structure, swing set, sand pit, and lawn. There are also picnic tables here.
Large park just a short walk away. Also has a big swimming pool that’s open in the summer.
25 helybéli ajánlásával
Sas Park
650 Franklin StLarge park just a short walk away. Also has a big swimming pool that’s open in the summer.
Essentials
Large and well-stocked. Features great local products and produce.
341 helybéli ajánlásával
Whole Foods Market
4800 El Camino RealLarge and well-stocked. Features great local products and produce.
Sundays from 9:00 - 1:00. This is apparently the fourth largest farmer’s market in California! Great diversity of vendors and very well-stocked with wonderfully fresh local produce, bread, fish, etc.
47 helybéli ajánlásával
Mountain View Farmers Market
600 W Evelyn AveSundays from 9:00 - 1:00. This is apparently the fourth largest farmer’s market in California! Great diversity of vendors and very well-stocked with wonderfully fresh local produce, bread, fish, etc.
Great local market within walking distance of our house. Family-owned (and named for their daughter). We like to go there for ice cream on hot summer days.
53 helybéli ajánlásával
Ava's Downtown Market & Deli
340 Castro StGreat local market within walking distance of our house. Family-owned (and named for their daughter). We like to go there for ice cream on hot summer days.
Arts & Culture
Our local movie theater. Recently renovated with very comfortable seats that can be reserved via Fandango.
109 helybéli ajánlásával
Century Cinema 16
1500 N Shoreline BlvdOur local movie theater. Recently renovated with very comfortable seats that can be reserved via Fandango.
Terrific venue for performing arts. We’ve seen a wonderful chamber music series here. Also the location for the Peninsula Open Space Trust’s Wallace Stegner lecture series.
47 helybéli ajánlásával
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
500 Castro StTerrific venue for performing arts. We’ve seen a wonderful chamber music series here. Also the location for the Peninsula Open Space Trust’s Wallace Stegner lecture series.