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Back A Yard
If you’re looking for a consistently delicious casual spot on the Peninsula, Back A Yard is it.
Sure, it’s in East Palo Alto, next to a laundromat, but we do double-duty and get $20 in quarters while we’re there. (Curse you, $1.75 dryers) Bonus: the Mexican grocery store across the street is a winner for your corn tortilla needs.
But back to the restaurant - the staff is incredibly nice, and the kitchen is unbelievably consistent. In short, Back A Yard is one of our top cheap eats hangs in the Bay Area. We like to kick it on the patio at lunch time and revel in the melodious roar of car traffic.
Ordering is easy. Get the jerk chicken and pork platter. If you really like chicken, just get chicken. If it’s the jerk (not fried) catfish special day, get that too. And multiply your party size by two for the appropriate quantity of corn festivals. That’s how you do it here.