Staff Writer, News

Theo Marchetti

Covers openings, closings and the economics of running a restaurant on a peninsula where the rent is the hardest ingredient to source.

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The quietest great meal in San Jose earns top honors for seasonality, precision, and soul-restoring dashi.

Filo takes over the former Aster space on South First in September, with a menu of eight pastas and almost nothing else.

The Los Gatos institution cited a rent increase of nearly 40 percent. The final service is scheduled for September 27.

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Lin leaves the Palo Alto restaurant after five years. Sous chef Adaeze Nwosu is promoted, and the menu is staying put — for now.