On April 14, Save Downtown Menlo filed a suit against the City Council and City of Menlo Park. It challenges the defendants legal rights to declare three parking lots as surplus and available for affordable housing development. The court hearing is scheduled for June 18th. .
The City receives seven submittals from developers who have responded to the RFQ for the Downtown Affordable Housing Project. (April 1) (Note: the submitted design concepts are extremely vague so the City very little about this subject.) .
City publishes a one-question survey that asks recipients to comment on the developer submittals. .
The new Clark’s Oyster Bar opened in the former locations of Ann’s Coffee Shop and the Menlo Bazaar. (April 22)
March 2025
Yeebo, Darling Opens In Menlo Park in Late May. (March 22) The restaurant will reflect their Asian-American identities and culinary experiences. Michael Kim is Korean and Meichih Kim is Taiwanese; both cooked in fine-dining restaurants before, including the three-Michelin-starred Per Se in New York City and Benu and SPQR in San Francisco. .
Menlo Park 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (March 18) The production of market-rate housing production is excellent. The production rate of low and moderate affordable housing is acceptable. The production of very low income affordable housing is alarmingly slow. .
