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About Menlo Park

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Looking to move to Menlo Park or just curious about the area? Keep reading for some of the highlighted areas that our agent area experts want you to know about!

Downtown Menlo Park

Downtown Menlo Park is the major retail destination for the city featuring unique and upscale retail shops and restaurants surrounded by tree lined streets. In downtown Menlo Park, there is something for everybody! It has your everyday shopping, home decor and design shops, diverse dining options, and a number of downtown events.

Caltrain Station

Caltrain serves dozens of stations between San Francisco and Gilroy on weekdays and provides a safe, reliable, sustainable modern rail system that meets the growing mobility needs of the San Francisco Bay Area region. It has a convenient stop in Menlo Park located at 1120 Merrill St., Menlo Park 94025. Check the CalTrain website for the schedule for easy commute

Burgess Park

Originally a part of the Dibble Hospital Facilities and purchased in 1948, Burgess Park is one of the first city-owned recreation areas in Menlo Park. Located adjacent to the Civic Center complex, the park provides diverse facilities easily accessible to all Menlo Park residents on 9.31 acres. Facilities that are close by to Burgess Park include:

  • Burgess Pool
  • Arrillaga Family Recreation Center
  • Burgess Sports Center
  • Burgess Skate Park
  • Arrillaga Family Gymnasium

Allied Arts Guild

Owned and operated by the Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary, Allied Arts Guild is a beautiful and historic garden oasis, home to unique shops, artists’ studios, and Blue Garden Café. Since 1929, Allied Arts Guild has provided an inspiring environment for working artists, beautiful gardens and shops for visitors, and support for critically ill children at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Allied Arts Guild is available for shopping, lunching, relaxing, and hosting special events such as weddings, receptions, seminars, meetings and luncheons. Allied Arts also hosts special events year round, such as Mother’s Day Tea, and festive Holiday events.

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