Downtown Palo Alto encompasses the neighborhoods of North Downtown and University South. The downtown area has been settled since the mid-1700s. The main artery is University Avenue.
Parks and attractions in Downtown Palo Alto
Businesses associated with Downtown Palo Alto
Active
- Aquarius Theatre
- Coupa Café
- Darbar Indian Cuisine
- Garden Fresh
- Good Vibrations Palo Alto
- Il Fornaio Palo Alto
- Jing Jing Gourmet
- Mills Florist
- New York Pizza Palo Alto
- Pacific Art League
- Palo Alto Creamery
- Peninsula Creamery - Dairy Store & Grill
- Stanford Theatre
- St. Michael's Alley
- Watercourse Way
Closed
- Blue Chalk Cafe (closed)
- Cafe Renaissance (closed)
- Empire Tap Room (closed)
- Good Earth Restaurant and Bakery (closed)
- Lytton Roasting Company (closed)
- Mandarin Gourmet (closed)
- Miyake Restaurant (closed)
- Palo Alto Sport Shop and Toy World (closed)
- Pasta Q (closed)
- Pizza A-Go-Go (closed)
- The Poppycock (closed)
- Prolific Oven Bakery (closed)
- Pudley's (closed)
- Rudy's Pub (closed)
- Spirals Gallery (closed)
- Stapleton Florist (closed)
- Stars Palo Alto (closed)
- The Tangent (closed)
- University Art Center (closed)
- Village Stationers (closed)
- Yosh for Hair (closed)
- Zao Noodle Bar (closed)
- Zibbibo (closed)