Cafe Borrone
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The Food
The chalkboard menu is hard to read, so go for the fresh muffins, scones, and divine coffee drinks in the morning; at lunch bite into the chicken-salad sandwich, and after dark branch out and try a glass of red wine and a little pate.
The Scene
Cafe Borrone is an institution in Menlo Park. The plaza in between the two spots is dotted with cafe tables overflowing with beautiful people just cracking the spine of a new purchase. Borrone is a casual, order-at-the-counter kind of place that still turns out sophisticated sandwiches, salads, and nibbles.
User Reviews
gbheron
July 22, 2007
We have always liked Cafe Borrone. But since they have no e-mail address on their website (consider this a demotion in stars, too!) I am posting publicly how disappointed we were with the affogatos last night. Affogatos should be a fun, festive drink. In the style to which we're accostomed--from It's Italia in Half Moon Bay--this lively dessert dish should be served as follows: big scoop of well-frozen, high-quality vanilla ice cream in a large martini-shaped glass with whipped cream and shaved dark chocolate. A little maple syrup-type pitcher with 3 oz of espresso is served on the side. The guest pours the espresso over the ice cream in several installations and eats w/ a spoon. The CB version was in a coffee mug with about a milliliter of coffee and no shaved chocolate (despite asking if I could have a chunk of chcoclate to shave w/ their nutmeg grinder--felt like the tuna sandwich scene in Five Easy Pieces). I was horrified to see the counter guy scoop half-melted Dreyer's into my cup when the menu board had promised Haagen Dasz! He said they ran out of HD. Hmmm. Do I believe that? So we had a drab, minimally-coffee'd, mushy, melted mess in a mundane mug. SO disappointing. Please learn how to make a proper affogato!!
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sthor75
April 15, 2007
Cafe Borrones is a great coffee shop and restaurant. It has a great seating arrangement inside and out. I would highly recommend.
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Anonymous
September 13, 2006
Great cafe. Definitely my most favorite cafe on the peninsula. Try their chicken salad or chicken salad sandwich. In fact, all their salads are yummy. And don't forget to finish the meal with an apple pie and ice cream.
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Don't Rush It:
Be sure and make some time to browse next door at Kepler's Books.
Jampacked:
Owners Rose and Roy Borrone and their kids took over Kepler's annex a couple years back to add more room, but it still seems packed to overflowing, especially on nights when there's live Dixieland jazz.
Also Try:
Another coffeehouse in Silicon Valley on par with Cafe Borrone.
