Taste

All-day American bistro on Emerson Street with rotating seasonal menus, craft cocktails, and a convivial downtown atmosphere popular for lunch and dinner.

Sichuan and northern Chinese cooking anchors the menu at Taste in downtown Palo Alto, with regional dishes drawn from Beijing, Shandong, Chongqing, and Hunan. Listed items include tan tan noodles, Chongqing numbing spicy noodles, crispy sweet and sour fish, hot and spicy prawns, family style tofu, and pea sprouts with garlic. Chef's specials, dim sum, and seafood fill out the rest of the card. The restaurant dates to 2017.