By Kate Bradshaw
When State of Thoughts Public Home and Pizzeria opened its first restaurant in Los Altos in 2018, the restaurant shortly turned busier than the native household that based it anticipated, in accordance with Lars Smith, co-owner and government chef.
So once they realized they did not have sufficient room of their fryers to maintain up with demand, one of many menu objects they’d rigorously developed was written off the menu. The “Virtually Well-known” fried hen sandwich turned simply that – a cult favourite now served solely throughout much less busy hours at lunchtime and on Mondays.
Now in preparation for a 3rd location in Redwood Metropolis’s Marsh Manor purchasing middle, they’re including further fryers to raised sustain with demand and maintain the fried hen sandwiches as a everlasting menu staple. They’re creating a menu that features 4 or 5 several types of hen sandwiches, together with a plant-based choice, Smith says.
“The objective is to have it accessible on a regular basis in Redwood Metropolis,” he says.
They’re properly into development and hoping to start the soft-opening course of round Nov. 1, barring any main provide chain issues.
One of many obstacles the group has confronted in opening the brand new location has been main backups with getting key items of kitchen gear. At one level of their search, they had been advised there was an in depth 47-week again order for the fryers they wished, however they’ve since sourced the gear they want, in accordance with Smith.
The unique fried hen recipe is a buttermilk-marinated hen breast, dredged with cup4cup gluten-free flour. This flour mix provides the completed product a crisp texture and light-weight brown shade – being gluten-free is a bonus, Smith says.
The fried hen is then topped with black garlic coleslaw and Fresno peppers pickled in pale ale and served on a potato bun from Kelly’s French Bakery in Santa Cruz.
The brand new location shall be the place the previous Squeeze In diner was on the Marsh Manor purchasing middle in Redwood Metropolis, close to Menlo Park’s Suburban Park neighborhood. The diner, the place Smith’s brother Andrew had been a daily, had lengthy been closed earlier than the enterprise group thought-about opening a brand new location within the house, he says.
The State of Thoughts group consists of Lars’ brother Andrew, spouse Cristina and father Jim, in addition to enterprise companions Amy Alcantar and Victor Beccera. They’ve additionally obtained credentials as bona fide locals: the brothers grew up in Palo Alto, and Cristina attended Menlo-Atherton Excessive Faculty.
State of Thoughts opened its Public House and Pizzeria in Los Altos in 2018 and the Slice House in Palo Alto in 2021. The Redwood Metropolis location is meant to be extra comparable in idea to the Los Altos location, with full pizzas (quite than slices) accessible alongside salads, wings and appetizers. There can even be pinball.
They will not be promoting burgers out of assist for a neighboring enterprise, although.
“Our buddies at Freewheel do an ideal burger,” Smith says.
As well as, they do not have the room to have as many draft beers accessible because the Los Altos location, however they’re planning to supply a curated canned beer choice, wine and a low-proof cocktail menu.
“We’re actually excited,” Smith says. “We’re very grateful for the neighborhood that we grew up in popping out to assist us the way in which they’ve within the final 5 years.”
==I Coming quickly: State of Thoughts Public Home and Pizzeria, 3710 Florence St., Redwood Metropolis. Instagram: @stateofmindpub. ==
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