The Dutch Goose marks 60 years serving Menlo Park and surrounding communities
On Friday morning (2/20) San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller (left) presented an official commendation to Greg Stern recognizing The Dutch Goose for 60 years serving Menlo Park and surrounding communities.
Greg, a Menlo-Atherton High School alum, took over the restaurant from long-time owner Tom Moroney in 2005.
Here are a couple of links to learn more about the Goose:
Dutch Goose marks six decades in Menlo Park
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Michael Oman February 22, 2026 at 12:55 pm
Who named the Dutch Goose? Would like to clarify why the bar is named that. I grew up in Topeka, Ks where there
was (is) a local beer joint hang out named the Dutch Goose. Was there myself back in the late 50s. I have a photo of
the building with a Dutch Goose Tavern sign. Another customer was Jim Ralph who grew up in Topeka and attended Stanford. I also attended Stanford several years after him. My recollection is that Jim was an original (part?) owner of the Dutch Goose and was responsible for naming it. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has information regarding the origins of
the “Goose”.
Linda Hubbard February 22, 2026 at 1:18 pm
Michael, you are on to right track. Here’s what I found:
“Mr. Moroney took over the restaurant from the late Pete Eccles. Mr. Eccles had changed the name from the Busy Bee to the Dutch Goose, the name of the tavern in Kansas where he had his first beer.”
Current owner Greg Stern bought the Goose from Moroney.
Kurt Mathiesen February 22, 2026 at 1:55 pm
How about bringing back those LUSCIOUS STEAMED CLAMS, they were the BEST, after our softball games we would go to the GOOSE and recharge with a burger, a pitcher, a pot of steamers and a plate of deviled eggs. I stopped in last year in August and was Soooooo disappointed when they were not on the menu .
Barry Anderson February 22, 2026 at 9:49 pm
Just for the record…I had a T-shirt printing shop called Hip-O-Potamus Creations in San Francisco in 1970…Pete Eccles was a friend of my brother Billy Anderson and Pete contacted me about getting some ” Dutch Goose ” T-shirts made. He wanted me to come up with a new design so he could sell some shirts. I drew the Dutch Goose logo and he loved it and I printed his shirts for many years.
I don’t remember if he told me about where the name Dutch Goose came from… I know he liked crazy names…He had another restaurant up the street called ” The Smoking Dog Cafe “.
Pete Eccles and his wife Izzy were great people. Fun to work with.
Barry Anderson
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