Within the final 12 months, veteran South Bay chef-restaurateur Jim Stump has expanded his companies from three to 5, launching a Los Gatos restaurant, Shepherd & Sims, and a Willow Glen tavern, Lamella.
Now there’s a brand new restaurant within the wings: Stump’s Taproom & Kitchen, an idea deliberate for Mineta San Jose Worldwide Airport. It’s tentatively scheduled to open later this 12 months.
The taproom-kitchen will likely be situated in Terminal B, throughout from Gates 23 and 23, and building is properly below manner.
This enterprise truly was within the works pre-pandemic, when the household enterprise had three places (The Desk in San Jose and Forthright Oyster Bar & Kitchen and Vespers in Campbell), in response to co-owner and spouse Angelique Shepherd.
“We have been on the lookout for a fourth location — a venture for our youngsters to be part of and make it a extra family-owned enterprise,” she mentioned. “We're making a spot we will eat after we journey. I'm a really choosy eater for breakfast, as I don’t eat eggs, and so Jim is nice at menu growth.”
She mentioned the plan is to convey collectively menu favorites from all of Stump’s places, present and previous, together with “the Chilaquiles from The Desk, the Fried Shrimp with celery and blue cheese dressing from his outdated menu on the Los Gatos Brewing Firm, a Traditional Conventional Breakfast with Jim’s well-known hash browns that soften in your mouth — and lots of different best hits.”
The classically skilled Stump has a deep résumé that features San Francisco’s Fleur de Lys and the Blue Fox, Birk’s in Santa Clara and Saratoga’s Le Mouton Noir in addition to his ventures, AP Stump’s and Los Gatos Brewing.
Keep tuned for the opening date and menu specifics. Particulars: www.flysanjose.com/eating places