I stopped by late Wednesday morning to pay my last respects to Park Station Hashery, the popular eatery in San Jose’s Rose Garden neighborhood, before it closed its doors that day. Plenty of others had the same idea, as the line was out the door before noon.
Park Station Hashery’s closure was forced by “unforeseen circumstances,” according to a post from the restaurant on social media. I’ve heard both that it lost its month-to-month lease because the property owner got a great offer and that the rent increased to the point that closing made more financial sense. Either is plausible, but it doesn’t really matter whether Park Station’s demise was caused by one of those or some other factor.
Louis Silva, owner and chef, stands at the Park Station Hashery in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Neighborhoods need hangouts like Park Station Hashery, and as a former colleague recently noted to me after his last visit there, we need more of them, not fewer.
From the day the restaurant opened in 2016, it felt like it had been at the corner of Park and Naglee avenues forever. Chef and co-owner Louis Silva brought some of the popular menu items over from the original incarnation of the Garage in Naglee Park, where he’d been a co-owner and chef as well. But he was able to make something much bigger and better, with a spacious outdoor patio that was as lively for weekend brunches as it was on cool evenings, and a huge menu loaded with sandwiches, salads, pastas and more.
Louis Silva, owner and chef, hugs Katherine Lugo, of Santa Clara who has been eating at the Park Station Hashery for 8 years, on the closing day at Park Station Hashery in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
It was a popular spot with the cycling crowd, by design, with specials on Two-Wheel Tuesdays that often meant 10 times as many bikes in the parking lot than cars. This last Tuesday night was the real farewell, with DJs and big crowds. By Wednesday morning, there were just three beers available on draft and a few menu items were already out. (Fortunately, the bread pudding French toast I had a craving for was still available.)
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Change happens. After all, Park Station Hashery moved into a spot that had once been Antonella’s — a long-standing Italian restaurant that also had a big following for many years. This may be the end for the Park Station Hashery, though I’m happy to have heard that Silva will be back soon with another restaurant in a different location. We’ll see what comes in to the spot next and hope it might one day also be a neighborhood gem.
A menu stands against table numbers at Park Station Hashery in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
MAKING THE SCENE: There’ll be a lot of creative energy at History Park in San Jose this weekend with the return of SJMADE Fest. San Jose Made’s biggest annual event will bring together more than 250 makers, artists, chefs, bakers and more on Saturday and Sunday. There’ll also be a Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town, a live K-Pop dance performance and plenty of food trucks and booths. It runs 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, and it’s free to attend. For more information, go to sanjosemade.com for more details.
WINE AND DINE: The Los Altos History Museum’s signature fundraiser, “A Taste of History,” is coming up June 14, but this year’s event will be a little different as it’ll be held outdoors in the museum’s scenic garden courtyard. It should be a fun time, though, with live jazz, fire pits in case it gets chilly and wine tastings — which actually figure into the theme of the evening.
“Our new signature event will showcase the summer glory of our garden while featuring the local history of one of Los Altans’ favorite things: wine!” Executive Director Anna Toledano said. “We’ll take you to a time before apricots—to when grapes grew across the Santa Clara Valley.”
Julie Bly DeVere, the museum’s former interim executive director, will give a talk on the former Interim Executive Director of the Museum, on the history of wine in the Bay Area. Tickets to the 6 p.m. event are available for $275, but the price goes up after May 31. Go to www.losaltoshistory.org for more details.