Go Alfresco: P. F. Chang’s, Downtown San Jose

Pleasant weather is here. If you are visiting Downtown San Jose, it’s a good time to have an alfresco lunch at PF Chang’s. The festive interiors are something to be enjoyed from the outside. You can also experience the ‘Capital of Silicon Valley’ go about its day: shoppers, head-turning swanky cars, loud vintage cars, the even louder Harleys whizzing past, some presumably homeless people in fully loaded bikes…

That reminds me– the day we were sitting outside P.F.Chang’s China Bistro, there was music blaring from a bicycle-with-a-loudspeaker and the chap on it seemed to be resolved to go up and down the street fishing for all the attention he could get. (Yeah, it happens here also — sometimes 🙂 ) Don’t let this make you think it is a crazily loud city; all this seemed to be packaged with intermittent periods of quiet. It was Mother’s Day too, so there were random people shouting out Happy Mother’s Day to me as they walked down South Second Street.

This Spring/Summer go alfresco at this P.F.Chang’s and feel the energy of Downtown San Jose.

If you are not too familiar with PF Chang’s Menu and are wondering what to eat, let me suggest a few great dishes:

Crispy Crab Wontons

P.F. Chang’s Fried Rice

Crab Fried Rice

Dali Chicken (with potatoes)

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
98 S. Second St.
San Jose
CA.