[2] By 1995, when the dot-com boom began, word of mouth spread that Buck's was a hotspot for Silicon Valley's most powerful.
[1] The restaurant is close to both Sand Hill Road—home to the majority of Silicon Valley's venture capitalists—and Stanford University.
[3] Netscape, PayPal, Hotmail and Tesla Motors are among the companies whose entrepreneurs held early meetings at Buck's.
[6] The interior of Buck's features colorful decor, including cowboy boots, a talking buffalo head, a model of the Statue of Liberty holding an Ice cream Sunday, and a stuffed alligator.
[9] When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, and the resulting restaurant shut-down, Jamis MacNiven decided to retire.