Two longtime best friends and locals, Max Sodini and Matt Ramirez, have teamed up to launch their own restaurant in San Mateo’s Crystal Springs neighborhood.
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Now, in their 30s, the dream has become a reality: They quietly opened the doors of their restaurant, Crystal Springs Tavern, in November. As co-owners, Ramirez is the chef, and Sodini runs the front of house.
Ramirez is Filipino and comes from a French culinary background. And with those influences and others, the menu ranges well-beyond standard tavern fare, alongside elevated touches like pasta made in-house, fresh seafood and locally sourced meats.
There are oysters served with a hibiscus mignonette ($4 each); kanpachi kinilaw ($21), Filipino-style crudo with cara cara oranges and coconut calamansi vinegar; and steak frites ($35), grilled pork chops ($33) and a dry-aged tavern burger with havarti cheese and burnt onion aioli ($25).
The interior of the Crystal Springs Tavern in the San Mateo hills is lined with vintage photos of golfers and the Crystal Springs Golf Course. (Kate Bradshaw/Bay Area News Group)“We’re calling it New American bistro,” Sodini says. “It’s a little bit of everything.”
On the bar side of the roughly 50-seat restaurant, look for options like gin and espresso martinis alongside agave riffs on classics like the Mezcal Negroni and the Oaxacan Old Fashioned ($15-$19).
Details: Open 5-9 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays at 742 Polhemus Road, San Mateo; crystalspringstavern.com
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