1075/1077 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA (Downtown)

Positioned just off Santa Cruz Avenue in the heart of downtown Menlo Park’s historic El Camino corridor, this is one of those rare commercial assets that immediately signals opportunity the moment you stand in front of it. The location alone delivers constant pedestrian movement, commuter flow, and built-in neighborhood energy, but what truly separates this property is its experiential layout.
The restaurant features two full bars and the largest upstairs outdoor patio dining space in all of downtown Menlo Park, creating a destination environment rather than just another dining space. In a market where cities are prioritizing walkability, density, and gathering spaces near transit, properties like this are increasingly difficult to replicate or entitle today.
Surrounded by new mixed-use development, residential density, and hospitality growth, the fundamentals are already in place. What remains is vision. For an operator or investor who understands lifestyle-driven retail and hospitality, this property represents a genuine upside play with long-term positioning inside one of the Peninsula’s most supply-constrained downtown cores.

For more information, contact: Nino Gaetano | The Gaetano Group

Property Highlights

• High Visibility/High Traffic Location/High Growth Area/Near Caltrain
• Zoning: “Retail/Mixed Use, Downtown/Station Area”
• Size:
±3,640 Indoor Sq Ft Dining & Bar on 2-stories
±1,225 Upper Floor Outside Dining Patio (±80-seat capacity)
• Directly between New Springline Retail Plaza and The Middle Plaza mixed-
use developments
• Short Walk from 502 New High-Density Residential Units and 70 new hotel
rooms
• Fee Simple Ownership (APN: 071-287-030)
• Price: $4,495,000

Nino Gaetano | The Agency | Woodside

Property Details