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B Street Billiards

Downtown Dining Options Abound in San Mateo

The downtown scene in San Mateo, as in every other urban playground, presents singular challenges: Should you take the parking spot, or keep driving and hope for better? Is that your boss down at the end of the bar? Luckily, one gripe you’ll never have about downtown San Mateo is that there’s nothing to eat. B Street alone is a haven of goodness, whether you’re sliding in before last call or grabbing lunch on the way to a meeting. B Street Billiards, one block from the Caltrain station and the... Read More »
Beresford Recreation Center

San Mateo Fosters Both Fine Arts and Performing Arts

San Mateo is not an especially big city, but you’d never know that by the breadth of its cultural offerings. In 1996, the city council established City Arts of San Mateo to enrich the community through the arts. Immediately, the non-profit was off and running, and the city hasn’t looked back. Sculpture San Mateo, a subset of the group, brought Dancers, a sculpture by Michele Alcantara, to the community in 2004 through a sculpture on loan program with artists across the country. The city fell in... Read More »
Central Park

Japanese Tea Garden, Lighthouses Add Culture to Fun in Beach Town

The hardest part about relaxing in San Mateo is deciding where to do it. The coastal town plays host to all the usual suspects: beaches, lighthouses and golf courses. But there are a few surprises, if you know where to look. Central Park may sound like your standard stroller-pushing, picnic-munching haven, but it’s so much more than that. The Japanese Tea Garden within is newly renovated and home to a granite pagoda, a teahouse, lanterns and bamboo groves. The San Mateo Arboretum is another... Read More »