Best Of The Peninsula

BEST DIVE BAR: Fred's Place Fred opened the bar in Palo Alto on El Camino Real in the 1950's and the moved it to its present Mountain View loca- tion 1960. Fred's Place has a full bar (li- quor, wine, beer) lots of memo- rabilia items on the walls , pool table, fuss ball, video games , pinball ma- chine and juke box for music. Small snacks are available: hot dogs, White Castle burgers, chips etc for purchase. Fred's Place also has an outside patio for al fresco enjoyment and plenty of parking. There is also Trivia on Monday evenings and Karaoke on Thursday evenings. The staff is friendly, the customers are fantastic and you will have a comfortable feel the moment you walk in. 2534 Old Middlefield Way Mountain View, C 94043 650.940.9838 fredsplace.tv BEST KITCHEN REMODELER: IKB Design & Construction IKB Design and Construction (IBK) is grateful to Peninsula News for recognizing IKB as the best premier kitchen design business in 2022. Located at 346 Main Street in beautiful Los Altos, CA, IKB is a high-quality residential design-build firm. Originally known as Ilona Kitchen & Bath, current owners Amy Valley and Chris Pandolfo are proud to continue the client-focused, high-quality design and remodeling work the IKB team has provided to its Sil- icon Valley clients since 1993. As a youth, Chris worked alongside his grandfather remodeling homes. As a young man, he chose to attend Stanford and MIT earning his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Man- agement. Aer working for Google, his roots were calling him back to the construction industry, and wouldn›t you know it, he is applying his eye for detail to the many facets of remodeling homes. And, as they say, it›s all in the details. If you have ever taken on a small home project only to have it somehow morph into many larger proj- ects or turn into a nightmare because of unanticipated problems, you›ll understand the need for a general contractor with the project management capability and end-to-end design and construction skills to anticipate and solve most of the problems before the project even starts. This is what IKB's design-build approach is all about. Designers engage with clients to fully plan every aspect of a project. The build team helps make sure the designs will work in the field. And the designer stays engaged all the way through giving clients a consistent interface and helping to ensure every project is built as designed. Fully planned projects result in realistic fixed price bids and more projects that complete on or ahead of schedule - as opposed to the horror stories more typically told about many residential general contractors. Even during the COVID pandemic, IKB has continued to remodel homes using the design-build pro- cess. IKB's attention to detail has helped keep its clients safe while continuing to provide projects that are "Beautifully Designed - Built to Last". ikbinc.com (650) 941-4384 BEST OUTDOOR EVENT/ FESTIVAL: Mountain View Art and Wine Festival The vibrant, magnificent city of Mountain View has evolved in a big way over the last 50 years, This includes a popu- lation boom, the arrival of Shoreline Amphitheater as a ma- jor concert venue, the amazing growth of Silicon Valley and Mountain View's emergence as its epicenter and the trans- formation of a vibrant downtown district with restaurants, shops, cafes, bookstores and performing arts center. Last but not least, the Art & Wine Festival's has risen to become one of America's premier art festivals. We've all experienced a most challenging two years, but inspiration is in the air with live events coming back at full scale in 2022 as we move with renewed optimism into a bright new event universe…and this year we celebrate #50! It's no secret. Festival fans know the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival is the crème de la crème on the Bay Area festival scene. Voted "Best Festival in the South Bay" multiple times and hitting on all cylinders better than ever, this year's Golden Anniversary extravaganza will take place September 10-11. The festival is a spectacularly fun celebration of life with a top shelf lineup featuring 400 of America's finest artists and cramakers showing exceptional handcraed wares, stellar live music on stage and street throughout downtown, the Pigskin Party Lounge with football and baseball on the giant screen TV, fabulously curated food and drink purveyors with premium wines, seasonal cra beer, and signature cocktails, artisan specialty food makers, sensational young performers strut their show stopping stuff on the Mountain View's Got Talent Community Stage, the Kidz Fab Funzone with action-packed fun and games, Cornhole tossing game area, an organic and green products showcase, health and wellness displays, home and garden exhibits plus awesome sponsor product samples and swag giveaways. New featured additions to celebrate the 50th anniversary include a big Italian Street Painting block on Cal- ifornia, Everybody Can Paint/ArtIsMobilUs themed ArtZONE and Art Car DJ Dance Jam on Dana, and a special swag tent with a selection of merchandise. Festival admission is free. Festival Information Links: Website: http://mountainview.miramarevents.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MountainViewArtWineFestival Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mountainviewartandwine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/miramarcrew BEST CREDIT UNION: Stanford Federal Credit Union on a mission to improve financial lives Thanks for voting us as the Best of the Peninsula credit union! Stanford Federal Credit Union is a full service, non-profit financial institution dedicated to improving the financial lives of its members. The credit union provides some of the most generous member benefits in the financial services industry, delivered by compassionate staff who always prioritize members' needs. The credit union is proud to be recognized as the Best Credit Union on the Peninsula! The award-winning credit union differs from other financial institutions by offering exceptional value through minimal and non-existent fees. There are no incoming wire transfer fees, zero foreign transaction fees on credit and debit cards, free notary service, free cashier's checks and replacement cards, no NSF fees, free ATMs, and so much more. "Our commitment is to deliver financial services that provide strong value," says Joan Opp, Stanford FCU's President and CEO. "We continually rank high against our competition for value provided to our members—we work hard on this and will continue to do so! In addition, we expect to engage with mem- bers in a friendly, personal way and never stop working to earn their trust." Members enjoy market-leading rates in deposit and loan products—not just for high-credit individuals but for all members. There are extra perks for the most engaged members; such as special loan discounts, waived fees and deposit bonuses. For-profit banks typically only reward their wealthy customers. Over 40% of Stanford FCU's new members are referred by family, friends and co-workers. If you live or work on the Peninsula, you're eligible to join. Visit sfcu.org/bonus to learn more. 2022 BEST OF THE PENINSULA S12 BAY AREA NEWS GROUP 150 Advertising Section FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022

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