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Downtown - Permanently Closed

3.7
3.7
67 Reviews
$30 and under
Californian
2050 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA 94063

About this restaurant

Feast on flavorful dishes creatively prepared with local ingredients at Downtown. It has a lovely contemporary setting with an open kitchen where guests can watch their meals being made by the skillful chefs. Downtown serves appetizers like marinated chicken with lettuce cups for wrapping, Dungeness crab fondue and fried calamari with seaweed ponzu sauce. Pan-roasted Mahi Mahi, grilled dry-age rib-eye or Hawaiian chopped steak with sweet Maui onions make for fulfilling entrées. Pizza, pasta dishes, fresh salads and burgers are also delicious choices. Downtown is located in the heart of Redwood City. It has a full bar that features a nice selection of handcrafted and domestic wine, as well as European and local beer. This restaurant provides outdoor sidewalk seating for guests wanting to enjoy the views with their food.

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Californian
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch: Monday - Thursday 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Monday - Thursday 5:00pm -9:00pm Lunch: Friday 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Friday 5:00pm -10:00pm Brunch: Saturday 10:00am - 2:30pm Dinner: Saturday 5:00pm -10:00pm Brunch: Sunday 10:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Sunday 5:00pm -9:00pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Heder Lopez
  • Catering
    Downtown can make your event special. Whether you have your event at our restaurant or off-site, our delicious food and warm staff will make sure your event is successful and memorable.
  • Neighborhood
    Redwood City
  • Cross street
    Main St.
  • Parking details
    Street parking is available and there is a public lot on the same block.
  • Public transit
    Located in lively Redwood City, we are just blocks away from the bus and train station. Our restaurant is just steps away from several live music venues as well as a twenty screen movie theatre. Make us part of your lunch or dinner plans.
  • Additional
    Bar Dining, Beer, BYO Wine, Cafe, Corkage Fee, Takeout, Wine

What 67 people are saying

Downtown - Permanently Closed reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

3.7
3.7 based on all time ratings
  • 3.7Food
  • 3.7Service
  • 3.4Ambience
  • 0.8Value

NoiseModerate

67 Reviews
  1. Jasmine VIP

    San Francisco24 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on March 27, 2016

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We came here before a show at the Fox Theatre. The food and service were great. Definitely recommend it for people visiting the area.

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  2. Kathy

    Portland10 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on March 7, 2016

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    The place is rather small, but nice. Making a Sunday night reservation was completely unnecessary. Everyone was completely impressed and satisfied with their meal. The menu changes according to season or availability (I think), because we looked at the menu online and they didn't have a few of the items. I wanted to try their scallops, but they didn't have it on the menu in house. Other than that, it was a good find!

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  3. Tfhsmail

    San Francisco20 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on February 28, 2016

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5
    Celebrated two birthdays. Had great food for a reasonable price. We loved it.

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  4. DawnC

    San Francisco5 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on February 28, 2016

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Be ready to wait a bit in the evening. For brunch it was much, much better!

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  5. Excellent

    San Francisco11 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on February 14, 2016

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    Very unfortunate valentines lunch. One waitress for entire restaurant who was pretty checked-out. Took 25 minutes to get water and tea, and a whopping 65 minutes from arriving until food arrived. Very sad.

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  6. Mike VIP

    San Francisco83 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on February 7, 2016

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    My halibut special was great. The hangar steak, that my lady had, was chewy. The ambience was nice and really great service

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  7. EdieG

    San Francisco186 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on January 10, 2016

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    We did not really know what to expect, but were very pleasantly suprosed at the diversity of the menu and quality of the food. We will be back!

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  8. Foodie

    San Francisco62 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on September 19, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    NIce dowtown restaurant . Lots of choices on the menu and the fish is especially good and reasonable prices. the sea bass was a little rich but very good and healthy portions. The salads are good and lots of wine choices.

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  9. Deva VIP

    San Francisco66 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on August 29, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    There were nine of us for dinner on Friday night after the concert at Court House Square. We all ordered something different - beef Wellimgton, pasta carbonara, linguini with prawns, salmon, and the pork chop. Everything was delicious and well presented. We critiqued the ambiance as we noted that there were few other patrons. We decided there were several things that could be changed. First, they only have wine and beer. They really need a liquor license so that they can serve cocktails. Next, the tables had white table cloths that were covered with white paper. It seemed cheap. They should remove the white paper, use the table cloths, add votive candles, and effectively make it much more elegant. Next the artwork was off-putting - wierd faces, very abstract and not at all warm and inviting. The high ceilings give an airiness to the place, but there is nothing to make it seem comfortable. Since they can't change the ceiling height they need to make the table setting more inviting. The food was excellent and we will be back, however, we hope the owner will consider making the suggested changes to give a better ambiance to the restaurant.

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  10. Nancy

    San Francisco14 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on August 14, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Nice place to visit with family & friends. Staff was great and the food tasty especially the calamari.

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Downtown - Permanently Closed offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (650) 364-8696.

Downtown - Permanently Closed is rated 3.7 stars by 67 OpenTable diners.

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2050 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA 94063

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Main St.
  • Neighborhood
    Redwood City
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch: Monday - Thursday 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Monday - Thursday 5:00pm -9:00pm Lunch: Friday 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Friday 5:00pm -10:00pm Brunch: Saturday 10:00am - 2:30pm Dinner: Saturday 5:00pm -10:00pm Brunch: Sunday 10:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Sunday 5:00pm -9:00pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Californian
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Street parking is available and there is a public lot on the same block.
  • Public transit
    Located in lively Redwood City, we are just blocks away from the bus and train station. Our restaurant is just steps away from several live music venues as well as a twenty screen movie theatre. Make us part of your lunch or dinner plans.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Heder Lopez
  • Additional
    Bar Dining, Beer, BYO Wine, Cafe, Corkage Fee, Takeout, Wine
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