Lincoln Ave, Willow Glen

My wife and I have spent a good few hours walking down this street. It has tons of little shops and restaurants. There are coffee shops and little boutiques, there is a nice Italian restaurant called Vin Santo and a nice pizza place called Pizza My Heart. The Willow Glen neighborhood is a very nice quiet place to live, especially in such a big city. They even have a little farmers market in a parking lot just off this street.

Willow Glen is a neighborhood in San Jose that centers on Lincoln Avenue from the 1000 block to about the 1300 block. It's an amazingly sleepy little area in a city of almost a 1,000,000 people. This is a great place to visit day or night.

The are a wide variety of shops in this area. Some of my favorites are: Petroglyph, Sew Beadazzled, Hicklebee's Children's Bookstore, The Thrift Box, and Park Place Vintage. The Children's bookstore has to be seen to be believed. It's huge and they have the best staff you'll find anywhere. There are a ton of restaurants, coffee places, etc so if you get hungry while shopping there's no need to leave the area. In particular you should try Casablanca's Cafe for some excellent Middle Eastern food.

The evening will find fewer things open but window shopping is still fun to do and there are plenty of people walking around so it feels safe to me.