![]() It’s got Japanese restaurants that specialize in hard-to-find culinary sub-genres. San Mateo remains a singularly excellent destination for Japanese food. What, then, is the function of an ethnic food enclave once the cuisine in question goes mainstream? Or, to put it another way, is there still any reason to endure an hour-plus-long drive through traffic to eat in San Mateo? The latest splashy izakaya or ramen-ya is just as likely to open in Oakland - or Palo Alto or the Tenderloin - as it is in historic Japanese neighborhoods like the one in San Mateo. ![]() But these days, the Bay Area’s Japanese food scene has exploded and dispersed. “If you want to eat the best Japanese food in the Bay Area,” the conventional wisdom has long held, “you should go to San Mateo.” For the tastiest ramen or the most traditional sushi, you drove down the Peninsula to the affluent suburb.
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