Well a bunch of friends and I are going there this evening for dinner. Anyone have any recommendations as far as whats good and whats not? I'm probably looking for something more on the seafood or chicken side for dinner. Also could someone do me a big favor and go on their website - http://www.thevansrestaurant.com - and copy their resturant menu here for me? I'm pwned at work and can't go to their site...due to "Alcohol/Tobacco"...gotta love those filters at work

 

http://www.sonic.net/~roo/VansMenu.pdf

^download as a two page PDF file.

 

I hope that helps whet your appetite.

Give me a call sometime today (after 9am, please).

 

Thank you kind sir!
I'm assuming that I should call you at work...so I shall.

Dammit...I can't view the pdf since it's a newer version apparently and I have an old version of Adobe reader and since I'm not an admin on my comp I can't install it

 

Let us know how it is. I live real close heh.

Might wanna give http://www.townsc.com/ a shot.

Really good food but its kinda loud cause they have a bar in the middle of the restaurant

 

just a little FYI about Vans on the Hill. its pretty geriatric. my girlfriends dad was a bartender there and he said the average age there was about 70.

its a pretty cool place though. nice view. pretty crazy story how they got it up on the hill too.

i had the calamari and it was pretty good. not great but good.

 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ZFzd3Lk0TE6-ObmqfzSyMA#hrid:Z_ouiW-zmAh9bfxrbUzJag/query:Van's

Might have some recommendations on yelp.

 

I've been to Vans. I think its over rated. The view is great if its clear. The food is alright.

Why not just decide what to get once you arrive instead of asking someone to go the extra mile just so you can think about dinner all day??

 

I'm just bored at work is all

 

I'll give you that one.

 

Here ya go...it wasnt that hard :P its not pretty since its just copy and paste.

Antipasti"- Relish Tray $3.95 per person
Salami, green & black olives, sweet pickles, baby corn, pepperoncini & green onions
Soup of the Day Cup..$4.95 Bowl..$8.95
Choose from threee daily seasonal offerings
Onion Soup au Gratin $8.95
Baked with seasoned crouton & provolone lid
Stuffed Mushrooms $9.95
Four, stuffed with Italian sausage & mozzarella cheese.
Spring Egg Rolls $9.95
Four, hand wrapped with a sweet chili dipping sauce
Prawn Cocktail $9.95
Four jumbo shrimp served with cocktail sauce
Garlic Prawns $9.95
Three jumbo shrimp sauteed with garlic butter
Cajun Prawns $9.95
Three sauteed with our famous Cajun sauce
Bacon Wrapped Prawns $10.95
Three, stuffed with herb cream cheese, wrapped with bacon & sauteed in garlic butter
Fried Calamari $10.95
Panko battered and deep fried
Escargot $10.95
Homeless snails sauteed with garlic butter
Crab Cakes (2) $14.95
Dungeness crab mixture over a red bell pepper sauce


SELECTED SALADS
MIXED GREENS
Assorted greens with choice of our dressings
w/dinner $4.95... a la carte $8.95
ICEBERG WEDGE "STEAKHOUSE CLASSIC"
Garnished with chopped tomato, onion, beets & hard boiled egg with a choice of dressings $7.95
CAESAR
Hearts of romaine lettuce in our authentic Caesar dressing w/dinner $7.95... a la carte $9.95
FRESH SPINACH
Crumbled bacon, hard boiled egg and mushrooms tossed w/ our vinaigrette dressing
w/ dinner $7.95... a la carte $9.95
TOMATO, ONION & ANCHOVY
Slices of tomato and onion topped with anchovy filets with a choice of our dressings $9.95
CHOPPED SALAD
Iceberg lettuce, tomato, red onion, salame, black and green olives, pepperoccini and mozzarella cheese with a choice of our dressings $12.95
"THAI" CHICKEN SALAD
Marinated strips of chicken breast on a bed of iceberg lettuce with fried rice noodles, diced apples, & bananas combined with a sweet chili dressing $12.95
CHINESE CHICKEN
Chicken, water chestnuts, snow peas, rice noodles and iceberg lettuce served with our oriental dressing $12.95
BAY SHRIMP
The Van's tradition, served with our "famous" house dressing $14.95
SELECTED PASTAS
The Van's exclusive recipes with subtle flavors of fresh herbs

CAPELLINI POMODORO
A fresh herb tomato sauce (vegetarian) $12.95
FETTUCCINE ALFREDO
"A classic" cream sauce seasoned with parmesan cheese and a hint of nutmeg (vegetarian) $13.95
LINGUINI PRIMAVERA
Seasonal vegetables with garlic & olive oil (vegetarian) $14.95
PENNE BOLOGNESE
A seasoned tomato based meat sauce $14.95
FETTUCCINE CARBONARA
Sauteed pancetta bacon, roasted red peppers & broccoli florets in a creamy parmesan sauce $16.95
PENNE PAESE
Creamy bacon and garlic sauce with crumbled Italian sausage $16.95
FETTUCCINE CON POLLO
Smoked chicken, sundried tomatoes & green onion combined with a garlic cream sauce $16.95
CAPELLINI DIABLO
Sauteed jumbo ocean scallops & shrimp combined with a "zesty" tomato cream sauce $24.95
LINGUINI JAMBALAYA
Andouille sausage, smoked tasso, chicken and prawns sauteed in a Creole Sauce $24.95












The Van's Restaurant
815 Belmont Ave.
Belmont, CA

Reservations
650.591.6525

 

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HOUSE ORIGINALS
"A touch of down home on the hill"
Choice of Daily Special Potatoes or Rice with Seasonal Vegetables

CHICKEN LIVERS
Sauteed plump and juicy, famous for over sixty years $14.95
BLACKENED CATFISH
Marinated fillet authentically blackened served over our "famous" Cajun Sauce $16.95
"CHICKEN FRIED" STEAK
Tenderized sirloin strip steak "Southern Fried" & draped with "our country gravy" $16.95
"The Van's" SCALLOPS
"Our exclusive preparation"
Two hand-formed patties breaded & pan fried $18.95
GENOESE PORK CHOP
(Allow 35 minutes)
Stuffed with Italian sausage and mozzarella cheese draped with a creamy pesto sauce $19.95
FRIED JUMBO PRAWNS
Five, deep fried in our "tempura style"batter $19.95
PORK PORTERHOUSE
Over one pound, honey cured and roasted
Draped with an apple/pecan pork reduction $19.95
MEDALLIONS OF BEEF
Sauteed slices of beef tenderloin draped with a beef reduction & mushrooms$22.95
BLACKENED FILET MIGNON
Marinated in "our blend" of cajun spices accompanied by our "famous" dipping sauce.
OVER 1/2lb $29.95
The Van's Cut...OVER 3/4lb $38.95

MESQUITE BROILED
We're old fashioned...
We still light our charcoal with yesterday's newspaper! Choice of Daily Special Potatoes or Rice with Seasonal Vegetables
"LOCAL" CHICKEN
(Allow 35 minutes)
1/2 Jumbo chicken seasoned with rosemary and garlic $16.95
PORK CHOP
Extra thick honey cured seasoned with garlic and sage $16.95
BEEF TRI-TIP
1/2 lb sliced over a Balsamic reduction w/ capers $19.95
SALMON
Fillet of salmon draped with a lemon dill butter $22.95
LAMB T-BONES
Two extra thick chops drizzled with a garlic/mint butter $24.95
NEW YORK STEAK
Choice aged sirloin strip
OVER 1/2lb $24.95
The Van's Cut...OVER 3/4lb $29.95
FILET MIGNON
Center cut of beef tenderloin
OVER 1/2lb $27.95
The Van's Cut...OVER 3/4lb $36.95
RACK OF LAMB
Garlic rubbed and drizzled with lamb jus $29.95
"COWBOY" BEEF RIB STEAK
Prime aged, bone-in rib eye $32.95
BEEF PORTERHOUSE STEAK
The Van's Signature Cut
OVER a pound and one-half of choice
aged beef $39.95

ACCOMPANIMENTS

"JUMBO" BAKED POTATO $3.95
LYONNAISE POTATOS $3.95
POTATOES AU GRATIN $3.95
"SARATOGA" CHIPS & DIP $5.95
GARLIC FRIES $5.95
FRENCH ONION STRINGS $5.95
GARLIC CHEESE BREAD $ 5.95
SAUTEED MUSHROOM & ONIONS $5.95
CREAMED SPINACH $6.95
CREAMED CORN $6.95
SAUTEED SPINACH $6.95
FOUR CHEESE & MAC SHELLS $6.95

 

Thank you all for those who gave some input

A total of 6 of us went there last night and amazingly traffic wasn't that bad since we took carpool the entire way to Belmont and it was a damn good thing we did since the toll plaza to the bay bridge was INSANELY backed up (thank god I don't live in the actual bay area.) So we get to Vans and we were seated right away since a few friends were there already and we had reservations. The waiter (Adrian) was very helpful, polite, etc. just overall a very professional guy and pretty attentive even while it was pretty busy last night. I had a gin&tonic, mixed greens salad, calepini diablo (angel hair pasta, scallops, shrimp with a tomato cream sauce, omg it was hella good lol) and for desert I had their cheesecake and it was damn delicious too (cheese cake factoy ain't got ish on that lol.) We were all reallllly pleased with the service and the quality of food there as well. My friends had a porterhouse steak, filet mignot, and 2 of them had full racks of ribs and they were really blown away by the quality. The evening there was very satisfying! As we were leaving this family got their car stuck on the curb going downard on the hill and we helped them push the car backwards so we could get it unstuck. What happened was their car somehow rolled forward a bit off the asphalt and the front tires were on the dirt so we helped them push it back onto the asphalt. One of the poor women were balling her eyes out because she didn't know what to do so we helped em out even on full stomachs lol. On the car ride home I laid my seat back in my friend's car and passed out in a food coma. It was that damn good that I fell asleep leaving belmont and woke up when we got to Fairfield (took about little over an hour) and it seemed like time flew by!



Cliff notes: Vans is AWESOME, amazing quality & service with really good time spent there! Oh and the bill came out to $315 for 6 of us I wasn't all that surprised, but certainly was the most expensive dinner I've gone to with friends.

 

Damn, that place sounds like a friggin rip off!



Also, I want to know the "crazy story" about how they got it up that hill.

 

Nice.. We've been wanting to check that place out for a while now. We went to the Spaghetti Factory in SJ last night for a friend's bday and it was total crap. The waiter never brought what we ordered and every time he came out with something he would stand there and ask who's it was. I never got my beer I asked for 3x. Poo.