The Rocca family brought their legendary Joe's Special—scrambled eggs, ground beef, spinach, and onions—from San Francisco to San Jose in 1956, creating a downtown institution that still cooks everything to order in an open kitchen. Diners pack the booths for mountainous plates of veal scaloppini, prime rib, and handmade pasta, all served with the no-frills swagger of old-school Italian-American cooking. The exhibition kitchen sizzles with the same energy that made the original 1937 San Francisco location a local legend.
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