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Robert Eliason

Journalist — San Jose and Santa Clara County small businesses and the restaurants inside them, read as family enterprises: who owns it, who cooks, how long they have been there and what closed. Strongest exactly where the guides are silent: strip malls, taquerias, bánh mì counters, German and Portuguese rooms nobody else visits.

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Robert Eliason writes The Biz Beat for San José Spotlight, the nonprofit Silicon Valley newsroom, a running series in which he meets the owner, goes into the kitchen and watches the dish get made. He is the reason a San Jose room that will never see a MICHELIN inspector still has a reported, bylined, first-hand account in print.

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