Business & Real Estate

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Tre Monti, an Italian restaurant, is scheduled to officially open at 270 Main St. in early January. Mattia Galiano, Mario Nucci and Giovanni Messina partnered on the eatery to bring traditional Italian cooking to Los Altos.

Just after Christmas, three business partners who hail from the same coastal region in Southern Italy will open the doors to their new Los Altos restaurant, Tre Monti, with a grand event featuring a full buffet.

A small group including the owners, a server, family friends and a Town Crier reporter gathered Nov. 27 to share a pre-opening meal at Tre Monti, located at 270 Main. St., former home to Miyo Yogurt.

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A Google Inc. representative last week confirmed that the company paid approximately $1 billion for the remaining buildings Google did not yet occupy in the Britannia Shoreline Technology Park in Mountain View, former home to LinkedIn Corp.

The business park, directly across the street from the Googleplex headquarters, comprises 12 buildings. According to Google’s Maps system, which has not yet been updated to reflect the purchase, Google already owned 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2081 Stierlin Court. The only building the company doesn’t own in the complex houses Alexza Pharmaceuticals.

The Peninsula Center of Cosmetic Dentistry hosted its sixth annual “Smiles for Troops” event in honor of Veterans Day. Across its three locations – one in Los Altos and two in Mountain View – staff provided free dental services to 35 veterans Nov. 12.

Dentists and hygienists not only offered cleanings, fillings, crowns and root canals to the vets, but also focused on prevention of major problems related to oral health – and helped veterans regain their “confidence with a smile,” said office manager Janna York.

Regardless of your politics and which set of alternative facts you choose to believe, it’s hard to deny the country experienced a “blue wave” in the Nov. 6 midterm elections, with Democrats taking the U.S. House of Representatives.

Pigtails & Crewcuts, a hair salon designed especially for kids, is set to open in Los Altos in early December.

Reyna Patel and Sneha Bhavan – sisters-in-law, close friends and now business partners – aim to bring something new to the Peninsula. Both moms of young boys, they saw a need for a salon tailored to children.