Archive: Year: 2025
Redwood City’s Downtown Dining Guide 2025
New Downtown Dining Guide Available! Click Here for the downloadable…
New Art Installation in SMC Reflects on Home and Displacement
REDWOOD CITY, CA — The newest installation at the art kiosk in Redwood City titled “Ancestral Home” honors family histories while reflecting on broader experiences of home and displacement and will run through Jan. 4. Mik and May Gaspay, a Filipino-American artist mother-son duo, created the structurally rich quilts of "Ancestral Home" as a tangible, immersive experience. Merging traditional craft with contemporary art, their work transforms memory and heritage into…
A sleepy Bay Area suburb is seeing a restaurant boom
French Laundry and Foreign Cinema alums chose the Peninsula city to start their restaurant dreams. Last month, just six weeks after opening Pizzeria Cardamomo in downtown Redwood City, husband-and-wife owners Momo Farouq and Sarika Batra found themselves in an unexpected predicament. “We ran out of cloth napkins!” said a surprised Batra, who borrowed some from nearby Donato Enoteca. Business at Cardamomo was so good — twice as busy as projected, given that it was…
‘Echo of Renewal’ art exhibit offers reflection and hope in Redwood City
The Redwood City Improvement Association, in partnership with Fung Collaboratives, has unveiled “Echo of Renewal,” the latest public art installation at the Art Kiosk in front of Courthouse Square. Created by photographer Jesus Sanchez, the exhibit reflects on transformation and self-empowerment, drawing from Sanchez’s personal experiences, including his arrest in 2022. Through two contrasting photographs of trees—one vibrant and full of life, the other barren…