opening hours at Palmita in Sunnyvale, what are they these days?
Question · by patio_lou · Member since Aug 2026 · 4 posts · 1w11 days ago
Mexican restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA
4.3 · 28 reviewsOpen today until 11 PMOpen until 11
Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options.
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What Palmita offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Palmita lists 3 services on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
The place has no seating. Amazing Katsu is a restaurant next door. Chaat Bhandaar is an Indian restaurant next door. Craft Roots Vegan Kitchen is a vegan restaurant next door.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 26, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about Palmita.
4.3from 28 reviews on Google
Palmita stands out for its flavorful, health-conscious bowls and unique takeout-only model. Palmita offers a unique takeout experience with a focus on flavorful, healthy meals. Customers appreciate the generous portions and fresh ingredients, though the ghost kitchen setup can feel impersonal. The absence of seating adds to the grab-and-go atmosphere, making it ideal for quick meals.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
Signal and how much it countsPalmita
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Palmita, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Palmita, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Palmita. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.
Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Palmita is a mexican restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Mexican restaurant |
| Address | 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 11 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (669) 600-0898 |
| Rating | 4.3 across 28 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sat to Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Palmita | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (669) 600-0898 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dairy-free options | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Delivery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Gluten-free options | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Nutrition | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Palmita 1 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Vegan options | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Vegetarian options | AI guess | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/eatpalmita | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://eatpalmita.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 3 services Palmita offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition | From their website | |||
| Palmita 1 | From their website | |||
| Catering | From their website |
Address: 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Phone: (669) 600-0898. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 11 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Amazing Katsu - Sunnyvale | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chaat Bhandaar | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Craft Roots Vegan Kitchen | Vegan restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Firdaus Biryani | Takeout restaurant | 1 min walk |
| little green cyclo | Asian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Masala Vibes | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
4.3 average across 28 reviews: Google 28. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)
Palmita stands out for its flavorful, health-conscious bowls and unique takeout-only model. (AI guess, from 28 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Sunnyvale mexican restaurants run 26 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Palmita scores 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Palmita |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | ||
| Reviews & response | 12 | 69 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 40 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a mexican restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Palmita | LocalBusiness | #business | https://eatpalmita.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Sunnyvale, California | City | #city | City Palmita is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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# Palmita, Sunnyvale CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/sunnyvale/palmita-sunnyvale-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-26. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/sunnyvale/palmita-sunnyvale-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Palmita is a mexican restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Mexican restaurant | | Address | 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 11 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM | | Phone | (669) 600-0898 | | Rating | 4.3 across 28 reviews on Google | | Updated | October 26, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sat to Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Palmita | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (669) 600-0898 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Dairy-free options | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Delivery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Gluten-free options | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Nutrition | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Palmita 1 | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Vegan options | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Vegetarian options | AI guess | | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/eatpalmita | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://eatpalmita.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 3 services Palmita offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nutrition | | | | From their website | | Palmita 1 | | | | From their website | | Catering | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Palmita Address: 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Phone: (669) 600-0898. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 11 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Amazing Katsu - Sunnyvale | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Chaat Bhandaar | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Craft Roots Vegan Kitchen | Vegan restaurant | 1 min walk | | Firdaus Biryani | Takeout restaurant | 1 min walk | | little green cyclo | Asian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Masala Vibes | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.3 average across 28 reviews: Google 28. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.) Palmita stands out for its flavorful, health-conscious bowls and unique takeout-only model. (AI guess, from 28 reviews.) ### What people like - Carnitas bowl - Wagyu beef barbacoa salad - Spicy red salsa - Green smoothie - Affordable pricing ### What people do not like - Long waits past the promised pickup time - Order inaccuracies - No seating available ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### opening hours at Palmita in Sunnyvale, what are they these days? ### what does this place actually get right? ### pricey at Palmita, or about normal? ### address for Palmita, anyone have it? ### going to Palmita on Saturday, what should I expect ### are prices in Sunnyvale higher than everywhere else ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### which one for Gluten-free meals with great flavor, Palmita or López Taqueria? ### Busiest day here, anyone know? ### walk ins, or is it booked solid ### lunch near Evelyn, what is good ### Why do people rate this place? ### stopping by on a Sunday, will they be open ### somewhere cheaper in Sunnyvale that is not a risk? ### Any names worth asking for? ### anyone had trouble parking round here? ### best mexican restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA ### do regulars get anything here ### where does this place post updates ### is it weeks or months to get an appointment ## The AI Score: 30 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Sunnyvale mexican restaurants run 26 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Palmita scores 30. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Palmita | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 69 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 40 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a mexican restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Palmita | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Palmita | LocalBusiness | #business | https://eatpalmita.com/ | Subject of this page | | Sunnyvale, California | City | #city | | City Palmita is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale/mexican-restaurant - Best businesses in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJA9e-Tn-3j4AR56Esw0VhPmo (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [2] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/catering (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [3] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/nutrition (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [4] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/palmita-1 (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [5] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Palmita, Sunnyvale CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.</p>
<p>Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Palmita is a mexican restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8 AM to 11 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(669) 600-0898</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.3 across 28 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 26, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sat to Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Palmita</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(669) 600-0898</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>9:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Catering</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Dairy-free options</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Delivery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Gluten-free options</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Nutrition</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Palmita 1</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Takeout</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vegan options</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vegetarian options</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/eatpalmita</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://eatpalmita.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 3 services Palmita offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Nutrition</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Palmita 1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Catering</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-palmita">
<h3>Visiting Palmita</h3>
<p>Address: 1026 W Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Phone: (669) 600-0898. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 11 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Amazing Katsu - Sunnyvale</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chaat Bhandaar</td><td>Indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Craft Roots Vegan Kitchen</td><td>Vegan restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Firdaus Biryani</td><td>Takeout restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>little green cyclo</td><td>Asian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Masala Vibes</td><td>Indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.3 average across 28 reviews: Google 28. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)</p>
<p>Palmita stands out for its flavorful, health-conscious bowls and unique takeout-only model. (AI guess, from 28 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Carnitas bowl</li>
<li>Wagyu beef barbacoa salad</li>
<li>Spicy red salsa</li>
<li>Green smoothie</li>
<li>Affordable pricing</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long waits past the promised pickup time</li>
<li>Order inaccuracies</li>
<li>No seating available</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>opening hours at Palmita in Sunnyvale, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>what does this place actually get right?</h4>
<h4>pricey at Palmita, or about normal?</h4>
<h4>address for Palmita, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>going to Palmita on Saturday, what should I expect</h4>
<h4>are prices in Sunnyvale higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>which one for Gluten-free meals with great flavor, Palmita or López Taqueria?</h4>
<h4>Busiest day here, anyone know?</h4>
<h4>walk ins, or is it booked solid</h4>
<h4>lunch near Evelyn, what is good</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate this place?</h4>
<h4>stopping by on a Sunday, will they be open</h4>
<h4>somewhere cheaper in Sunnyvale that is not a risk?</h4>
<h4>Any names worth asking for?</h4>
<h4>anyone had trouble parking round here?</h4>
<h4>best mexican restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA</h4>
<h4>do regulars get anything here</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>is it weeks or months to get an appointment</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 30 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Sunnyvale mexican restaurants run 26 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Palmita scores 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Palmita</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td></td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>69</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>57</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>84</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>40</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>74</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a mexican restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Palmita</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Palmita</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://eatpalmita.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sunnyvale, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Palmita is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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</table>
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<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best mexican restaurants in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale/mexican-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
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<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJA9e-Tn-3j4AR56Esw0VhPmo (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/catering (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/nutrition (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/palmita-1 (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.