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Ethel's Fancy
Playful Californian
The name honors Scott Nishiyama's mother and grandmother, which tells you something about the register of the place before you've even sat down. This Palo Alto shared-plate restaurant lands somewhere between rustic and polished, with a short California-driven menu that moves from fried swordfish to hojicha tapioca pudding without breaking a sweat. The kind of room where the cooking is clearly serious but nobody's performing seriousness at you.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 17 Best Restaurants in Palo Alto
One number, weighted & current 75
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Hojicha tapioca pudding
“Intriguing desserts like a hojicha tapioca pudding topped with a rice cracker bark are hard to resist”
Michelin Guide
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