SRI has a collection of info about the area which contains pointers to restaurants and hotels and maps The SRI campus is adjacent to the USGS facility.
There's a general list of Bay Area city home pages.
It doesn't have much about Menlo Park but here's a restaurant guide for the area.
This is from the USGS facility general information.
DIRECTIONS
To: The U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park
from the San Francisco Airport
. Take 101 South (towards San Jose)
. Willow Road West (exit to your Right)
. Middlefield Road (Right, 1 mile)
. Linfield Road (Left at Fire Station)
. Homewood Place (Right, 2nd driveway)
. Building Seven is on the corner of Linfield and Homewood
Rental Cars.........................SFO
Aiport Connection...................(415) 363-1500
Peninsula Limo Service*.............(415) 855-9999
*24 Hour service to your lodging or
to the WRD facilities at Menlo Park.
Local Hotel Listing
See also
Red Cottage Inn Stanford Park Hotel
1704 El Camino Real 100 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025 Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 326-9010 (415) 322-1234
(800) 368-2468
Palo Alto Holiday Inn Stanford Terrace Inn
625 El Camino Real 531 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA 94301 Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 328-2800 (415) 857-0333
Hotel California Palo Alto, Travelodge
2431 Ash Street 3255 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 322-7666 (415) 493-634
Creekside Best Western Viking Motel
3398 El Camino Real 4238 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 493-2411 (415) 493-4222
Hyatt Palo Alto - Rickeys Dinah's Motor Lodge
4219 El Camino Real 4261 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 493-8000 (415) 493-2844