The shrimp taco at Sancho’s Taqueria. (Photograph by Veronica Weber)
By Kate Bradshaw
For Peninsula faculty college students, back-to-school season can imply monetary stress to handle tuition, housing and different residing bills in a spot with one of many highest prices of residing within the nation – to not point out the stress of navigating time-consuming faculty assignments and tasks.
To assist ease the transition into a brand new faculty yr, we have put collectively a number of off-campus and budget-friendly bites for college kids at close by faculties, a lot of which additionally provide fast service for college kids seeking to seize a chew in between courses. Listed below are locations you will get reasonably priced meals close to Cañada School, School of San Mateo, De Anza, Foothill, Menlo College, Santa Clara College, Skyline School and Stanford.
Cañada School, Redwood Metropolis
Sancho’s Taqueria
At Sancho’s, there are many hearty meal choices beneath or round $10, together with fish tacos, quesadillas and a $10.25 breakfast burrito with bacon or chorizo. Supply and takeout are additionally out there. Additionally they have areas at 491 Lytton Ave. and 2723 Middlefield Highway in Palo Alto.
Sancho’s Taqueria, 3205 Oak Knoll Drive, Redwood Metropolis, 650-364-8226. Instagram: @sanchostaqueria.
The Village Hub Espresso Bar and Backyard
Hosted as a nonprofit interfaith group hub subsequent to the Woodside Village Church, the cafe gives espresso drinks alongside Swedish and American pastries in a big outside courtyard with free Wi-Fi. Bonus: You possibly can research there too.
The Village Hub Coffee Bar, 3154 Woodside Highway, Woodside, 650-851-1588. Instagram: @the.village.hub.
School of San Mateo, San Mateo
Toa Yuen Restaurant
This Chinese language restaurant gives comforting soups for beneath $10, tofu and veggie dishes for $10-$11; and rooster or beef dishes for a few {dollars} past that. Splitting a meal with a gaggle of buddies? Order a celebration tray of cashew rooster, serving six to eight individuals, for $40.
==I Toa Yuen Restaurant, 3170 Campus Drive, San Mateo, 650-349-0414. ==
Pho Factor
Take pleasure in Northern Vietnamese delicacies together with pho, rice dishes and different soups. Hen and beef broths are cooked in a single day right here to spotlight the flavors. Order a big pho and have two meals lined or cut up it together with your roommate.
Pho Element, 2216 S El Camino Actual, San Mateo, 650-212-1166. Instagram: @phoelement.
Honorable point out: Hit up the School of San Mateo Farmers Market, which runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. yr spherical, for contemporary produce, meals truck fare and distributors promoting tamales, baked items and extra.
The rooster and beef kabab plate at Mediterranean Wraps. (Photograph by Veronica Weber)
De Anza School, Cupertino
The Metropolis Fish
This informal restaurant serves a wide range of seafood dishes, together with clam chowder, smoked salmon paninis, grilled fish and combo plates.
The City Fish, 21678 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, 408-320-1434. Instagram: @thecityfish.
Tasty Pizza
A fusion Indian-Italian restaurant serving pizzas and different Italian dishes with Indian taste profiles. Menu gadgets embrace masala knots, lemon pepper wings, spicy butter rooster pizza and a variety of different pizza flavors, together with a number of vegetarian choices. Private pizzas are beneath $10.
==I Tasty Pizza, 21000 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 200, Cupertino, 408-816-8800. Instagram: @tastypizzaca.==
Foothill School, Los Altos Hills
Charley Noodle & Grill
This Asian fusion restaurant gives an assortment of noodle varieties, together with udon, ramen and soba, alongside sushi, katsu and different dishes. Celebration trays are additionally out there beginning at $48.
Charley Noodle & Grill, 244 State St., Los Altos, 650-948-5700.
Spot – A Pizza Place
A downtown Los Altos staple since 2004, Spot gives garlic bread beginning at $4.50, salads and subs for beneath $10 and a wide range of pizza combos, together with the “Spot Gentle,” which has artichoke hearts, goat cheese, roasted pink peppers, pine nuts and basil.
Spot A Pizza Place, 133 Essential St., Los Altos, 650-947-7768.
Menlo School, Atherton
California Kahve at Oak + Violet
The Park James Resort is not precisely the primary spot one would seek for a funds meal, however a espresso drink from California Kahve, which opened earlier this yr contained in the resort, is a comparatively reasonably priced “deal with your self” expense if you wish to nonetheless depart campus and really feel fancy for a bit.
California Kahve, 1400 El Camino Actual, Menlo Park. Instagram: @california.kahve.
Mami Cheli’s Tacos & Pupusas
Mami Cheli’s in Menlo Park gives filling pupusas and tacos in a wide range of taste combos, together with vegan and vegetarian-friendly choices. The tacky pupusa is topped with grilled cheese with non-obligatory jalapeños. Tortas, quesadillas and burritos are additionally on the menu.
Mami Cheli’s, 989 El Camino Actual Suite B, Menlo Park, 650-521-0636. Instagram: @mamichelisofficial.
Santa Clara College, Santa Clara
Sara’s Kitchen
This brunch diner has an out of doors patio and gives hearty omelets, scrambles and eggs benedict breakfasts, in addition to cheesesteaks, sandwiches, milkshakes and mimosas.
Sara’s Kitchen, 1595 Franklin St., Santa Clara, 408-247-7272. Instagram: @saraskitchensc.
Tapsilog Cantina
This Filipino restaurant gives hearty servings of dishes like silog, or garlic fried rice and egg, and lumpia for reasonably priced costs.
Tapsilog Cantina, 1998 Homestead Highway, Santa Clara, 408-326-2284. Instagram: @tapsilog_cantina2020.
Skyline School, San Bruno
Style of Burma
Daly Metropolis’s Style of Burma dishes up soups, curries, stir fry and salads at reasonably priced costs. Strive chin paung kyaw, a dish with stir-fried roselle leaves for beneath $10, or the rooster paratha, a flatbread served with rooster curry.
Taste of Burma, 2025 Gellert Blvd. #200, Daly Metropolis, 650-449-1378.
Kitten & Pinky
Kitten & Pinky in Pacifica gives reasonably priced bánh mì sandwiches, BBQ pork and rooster over vermicelli noodles and spring rolls, with most gadgets set at $7-$8.
Kitten & Pinky, 1715 Palmetto Ave., Pacifica, 650-290-8153.
Honorable point out: Get a late-night caffeine and sugar repair at Pit Stop Boba Shop, a boba outpost open till 10 p.m. at 2300 Westborough Blvd. in South San Francisco.
Stanford College, Stanford
Mediterranean Wraps
Mediterranean Wraps gives college students a fast, filling meal repair and a wide range of dishes together with shawarma and a mujadara plate, product of lentils and rice with caramelized onions. Strive the veggie wrap, which has falafel, hummus, zucchini, cauliflower and tahini for a satisfying vegetarian meal on the go.
Mediterranean Wraps, 433 California Ave., Palo Alto, 650-321-8189. Instagram: @medwraps.
Sushirrito
There are a selection of fast-casual choices in downtown Palo Alto, however for a full-time pupil, what sounds higher than an affordably priced, burrito-sized sushi roll? A rising native chain, the College Avenue outpost gives a wide range of burrito roll choices mixing and matching Latin and Japanese flavors and components.
Sushirrito, 448 College Ave., Palo Alto, 650-600-9696. Instagram: @sushirrito.
