Henry's Hi-Life

A visit to San Jose would not be complete without visiting historic Henry's Hi-Life.  Located just west of downtown, the atmosphere is...well...let's say festive.  This is classic American red-meat cuisine.  Bring your appetite and your sense of adventure.  If you're in the mood for a steak, don't pass on Henry's.

The area surrounding Henry's Hi-Life is historically the only intact example of a neighborhood of "working men" and their families who immigrated to San Jose from Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also represents one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in California from 1900 to 1925. The district contains examples of several styles of residential and commercial architecture constructed during that time period, including Italianate, Queen Anne Victorian, Gable Front and Folk Vernacular residential styles and Italianate and Board Front commercial styles. The building that once housed the Torino Hotel, built in 1900 is now home of Henry's World Famous Hi-Life Restaurant. The restaurant was established in 1960 at a different location, but because of the construction of I-280, was moved to the Guadalupe river gardens a few years later. Henry's World Famous Hi-Life has been in business for over fourty-four years.