SAN JOSE — A new restaurant and rooftop deck are being eyed for an empty San Jose building, a project that could help enliven a prime stretch of the city’s downtown.

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The project is being considered for 374 South First St. in downtown San Jose, a building that over the years has been the site for Eulipia Restaurant & Bar, Cafe Stritch jazz club, and the Mama Kin restaurant and music venue.

These have all closed their doors, leaving the two-story building vacant.

Now, a proposal being floated by restaurant entrepreneur Viet Nguyen and architect Abraham Zavala would bring a Vietnamese restaurant to the address.

“I want to bring people back to downtown from other places and work with other downtown businesses to revamp downtown to attract more people from all over, not ju

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