Rancho Shopping Center

Los Altos Rancho Shopping Center is a staple for the surrounding areas, such as Los Altos Hills and Los Altos, and neighboring parts of Mountain View and Palo Alto. Convenient access from Foothill Expressway at the corner of Springer Rd. It has the anchor in Andronico’s Market for your groceries, produce, deli and such.
The rest of the strip mall is filled with small shops, both of chain and of mom-​n-​paps variety. There’s Starbucks, Rancho Pizza, yogurt place, cobbler, jewelry store, couple of apparel boutiques like Jôr’Jet Boutique, barber place, bakery, etc. Names include Therapy Salon, Pure Serenity Skincare, Altos Family Optometry, Preziosi jewelry, Brian’s restaurant, FIT and CrossFIT, the UPS store, etc. There’s also Rancho 76, a gas station and repair shop with oil change/​smog check, with exceptional and friendly service.
It’s a casual place with laid back atmosphere, which feels very local to me. It’s a community gathering place where you can have a nice chat with regulars and often meet a neighbor or two. They hold themed outdoor dance parties «Rock Back the Clock» as an annual Los Altos tradition, with refreshments from a variety of local merchants. Great family entertainment and fund raising to benefit the annual Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade (held after Thanksgiving).

This is a relatively nice shopping plaza in the heart of exclusive Los Altos which has ample parking and easy access from Foothill Expressway or the 280 highway.
Unfortunately, the owners are greedy and have chased away long-​time businesses such as a neighborhood hardware store and pharmacy in pursuit of more money.

Rancho is your friendly… ummm maybe that’s the wrong word considering how aggressive people are in the parking lot… neighborhood shopping center.
Anyway, the parking can be terrible at primetime in the morning. People zoom around. Newsflash — it’s called a parking lot! Other times of the day, you can easily find a spot.
There is a nice assortment of shops including Andronicos market, Starbucks (crazy in the AM), okayish fro yo (not crazy about Wildberry flavors), bagel place, hair salons, bakery, restaurant, pizza place, and other little stores.
Anyway the best part of Rancho is the familiarity of the place and that they carry all the newspapers so you can get your coffee and read, grab a snacky and samples at Andronicos, and go about the business of the day.
Just keep an eye out for the driver’s in the parking lot because I can guarentee their eyes aren’t peeled for you!

This place is a good family neighborhood plaza.
Nothing too extraordinary, but it provides comfort in a small neighborhood. I have been going here ever since I was 10 year old and it has always felt like a safe environment.
Its a good local spot with a good restaurant, Brian’s Café. And Main Street Bagels is a great place to frequent, if you live close by.
If you live in Los Altos, I would definately recommend you come check this place out!

«Large enough to serve you, small enough to know you.»
That pretty much sums it up. This shopping center has everything you could need, but the staff is always friendly — It’s a great feeling.
EDIT:
I had to edit my review to take off a star because it’s almost the middle of November and the shopping center still has disgusting Halloween cobwebs and spiders hanging around. Let’s move on folks! It’s not Halloween anymore!

Very nice small town feel.

Years ago Rancho was a great shopping center. Rancho used to have the best bakery in town which was Larson’s Bakery. Larson’s has been gone for many years and I’ve never found a bakery that came close to Larson’s. I liked the old Rancho supermarket that was connected to Larson’s bakery. I also miss the old Blintz restaurant; great food, good prices and pleasant servers. Lucille’s gift shop, Rancho Hardware; all gone now. There’s nothing at Rancho anymore that’s worth shopping.

This is a decent sized shopping center off of Lawrence. There is a supermarket (Andronico’s), a spa, a SCORE location, a few restaurants and other services.