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Coconuts
Caribbean
The jerk chicken here shares DNA with Back A Yard, the fast-casual chain from the same restaurateur, but Coconuts wraps it in full table service and a proper rum bar. The Caribbean cooking is straightforward and confident: oxtail braised until the meat gives up completely, chicken slathered in allspice-forward seasoning. The room is colorful in the literal sense, which on a gray Peninsula afternoon feels less like a design choice and more like a public service.
Two honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Eater The 17 Best Restaurants in Palo Alto
- San Francisco Chronicle The best Palo Alto restaurants
One number, weighted & current 74
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Jerk chicken San Francisco Chronicle
- Oxtail San Francisco Chronicle
- Combo plates San Francisco Chronicle
Nearby in the record closest first
- Meyhouse Turkish Eat · 62
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- Palo Alto Creamery Eat · 62
- Ramen Nagi Japanese Noodles Eat · 79
- Ettan Upscale Indian Eat · 87
- Oklava Turkish Eat · 62
- Bevri Georgian Eastern European Eat · 74
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