When you’re feeding three generations on a Saturday — the teens who want fries, Lola who wants something masarap and familiar, and the cousin who “doesn’t really eat Asian food” — Daly City quietly does the heavy lifting. Two timely hooks for planners: Koi Palace is relocating to Serramonte Center in Q1 2026 (the Gellert spot closes the same day the new one opens), and Kan Kiin landed on the MICHELIN Guide a second straight year in 2025. Here’s where every generation at the table ends up full.
1. Original Joe’s Westlake (Daly City) — A Daly City anchor since 1956, reopened by the Duggan family in February 2016 after a two-year renovation.
High chairs, a kids’ menu of burgers and pasta, warm donuts, and prime rib for Tito. Infatuation calls it “unpretentious, old-school Italian-American.” Reservations recommended. 11 Glenwood Ave.
2. Koi Palace (Daly City) — The James Beard-nominated dim sum gold standard, in Daly City since 1996.
Bring the whole barkada for xiao long bao, baked pork buns, and whole roast duck. Go before the flagship moves into Serramonte’s roughly 20,000-square-foot new space, seating 760 to 800…