California Cafe co-owners Nina Nguyen (left) and Mirco Horst also own Palo Alto Fit and have lived in the city for nearly two decades. Photo by Adrienne Mitchel. Palo Alto’s California Avenue ...

Maruwu Seicha opened its first international outpost in San Francisco’s Japantown last year, and on Oct. 20, it soft opened a new cafe in downtown Palo Alto. “The brand is really focused on ...