Businesses
Northside is home to a variety of small (and large businesses), from the
more than 90-year-old Chiaramonte's Market on North 13th Street, to the
Gordon Biersch bottling plant on Taylor Street. Northside also boasts the
"best taco in Silicon Valley," according to the San Jose Mercury News, at
Las Brasas restaurant on Julian Street. Briar
Rose Inn
See LANDMARKS
According to a recent demographic survey, there are 458 businesses in the
Northside employing 3,474 persons. Sixty-five percent of the businesses
are service or retail, employing 45 percent of the employees. Manufacturing
accounts for slightly more than 10 percent of the businesses, but employs
nearly 20 percent of all workers in the Northside.
Cesar's Flowers
Cesar's offers a full range of flowers, plants, stuffed animals, gift cards and balloons. Cesar's delivers anywhere in the neighborhood - indeed, anywhere in San Jose and Santa Clara - for a nominal fee.Cesar's Flowers is located at 601 No.13th Street at the corner of Jackson Street. It is open seven days a week, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Telephone: (408) 297-0331.
Chiaramonte's
Chiaramonte's Market has been operating in the Northside since 1908
- nearly a century! An old fashioned Italian deli, Chiaramonte's offers
an array of fresh sandwiches and meats, including home-made Italian sausages.
Chiaramonte's can also provide party trays and catering service.
Chiaramonte's is located at 609 N. 13 th St. Telephone: (408) 295-0943.
Globetrotter Travel:
Globetrotter Travel is located at 603 N. 13th St. Telephone (408) 995-0314. Fax: (408) 287-8794. Se habla espanol.
Mission Hardware
Mission Hardware is located at 724 N. 13th Street.Telephone: 408-294-3510
Rollo's
Donuts
Rollo's Donuts is located at 602 N. 13th St. Telephone: (408) 294-7757.
Open seven days a week. Monday through Friday, 4 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday, 4 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"No mocha frappuccinos here, just old-timers, working people, and a lump
of sweet, urban survival."
-- Joe Rodriguez, San Jose Mercury News, July 18, 2002
San Jose Stove Works
San Jose Stove Works is located at 410 N. 10th St. Telephone: (408) 293-3106.
Vision
Graphics
Located in a renovated building on the southwest corner of N. 13th and Taylor
Streets. Vision Graphics specializes in graphic design, from business cards,
to t-shirts, to calendars.
Owner Ray Villegas believes in giving back to the neighborhood. He is involved
with youth activities and Vision Graphics also partnered with NNA by subsidizing
the labor for Northside's hip t-shirts. (To order yours, CONTACT
US.
Vision Graphics is open weekdays. 699 N. 13th St. Telephone: (408) 292-6368.
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