The Egg and I: Backyard Chickens For Everyone:
Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
10:00am – 12:00pm | $20Backyard chickens are easier than ever! You can enjoy fresh eggs and the many benefits for your garden of these peaceful and low maintenance animals. The class will cover starting chicks, coop designs, food, bedding, health, egg birds vs. eggs & meat, and ALL your questions! Coop designs and resource list will be provided.
When I picked up this cup from a restaurant in Pleasant Hill recently I was a bit confused. I had a straw as well, but was I supposed to poke a hole in the side? Thankfully the Sip Hole with arrow pointed me to the correct location. 🙂
548 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill
The recently opened karaoke/pool club 9 Game Zone has applied to serve alcohol (beer and wine).
From their Facebook page:
We are open everyday of the year!!!
Service including pool, karaoke, video games, party catering.
Our kitchen and alcohol are coming soon!!!
55 Crescent Drive, Pleasant Hill
The Mediterranean restaurant Yalla Mediterranean (the very first one!) is opening today in downtown Pleasant Hill on Crescent Drive and I dropped by their preview party last night to check it out. With a spacious interior and clean, modern design including a living herb wall it looks great.
The ordering process is like Chipotle for Mediterranean food. Check out their menu here. First you choose a style, ie plate, wrap, salad or pita. Next you select a protein such as shawarma, various skewers (steak, chicken, kefta), they even offer a shalafel (half chicken shawarma/half falafel). I tried the kefta (spiced ground beef and lamb) and it tasted so good! The key to cooking the proteins is their special open-flame, rotating rotisserie grill right behind where you order. (Check out a photo of the grill after the jump). By the time you’re done selecting toppings and sides the meat is ready. My favorite sides were the Greek eggplant and arugula & beets. There are also two kinds of hummus, traditional and spicy. For dessert try the Greek frozen yogurt that reminded me of Pinkberry. Yum!
More photos of the inside including the open-flame, rotating rotisserie grill after the jump…
I’ve been watching the progress of the clock tower in downtown Pleasant Hill on Crescent Drive and it’s now completed. It looks way better than the original clock tower.
100 Crescent Dr, Pleasant Hill
Vitality Bowls which features açai bowls and opened last year in downtown Walnut Creek is opening a new location in downtown Pleasant Hill on Crescent Drive and is planning on an early February opening. Check out their açai bowl menu here. They also offer smoothies, panini sandwiches, salads, parfaits, soups and more.
From their Facebook page:
‘Twas the month before opening
And all about town,
The buzz was a startin’:
“Vitality Bowls is opening downtown!!!”
So, we hung our Now Hiring posters
In our windows with care,
With hopes that great team members
Would soon apply there…We are not only excited to begin building delicious and nutritious açai bowls for Pleasant Hill, but are also very excited to begin building an exceptional staff of knowledgeable and diligent team players! If you, or someone you know wants to join our team, please email your resume to pleasanthill@vitalitybowls.com!
1885 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill
Earlier this month we learned that Second to None Consignment shop would be closing early next year in downtown Walnut Creek and someone left a comment on Facebook that Cornucopia Consignments was closing as well in Pleasant Hill.
From their Facebook page:
Cornucopia Consignments will be closed by the end of December.
Beginning in 2015, our building that houses the store will be used instead to provide Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area‘s growing services for cancer patients and their families. When Cornucopia opened, CSC served about 500 people per year. This year, CSC will serve close to 2,000.
We regret that we will need to close Cornucopia, but our stakeholders understand that our highest priority is for CSC to deliver its mission. We want to express our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who helped to make Cornucopia “the little house of treasures” — and those who made a lasting difference for so many people facing cancer. And perhaps most importantly, we would like to extend a huge thank you to the volunteers who made Cornucopia such a great place for so many years; and of course the wonderful customers and consignors. Thank you!
Until then, come by for some great sales!
55 Crescent Dr, Pleasant Hill
Last month we learned that Daphne’s California Greek in Pleasant Hill would be transforming into Yalla Mediterranean due to new ownership wanting to try out a different concept. It is expected to open next month in December. According to this article from Nation’s Restaurant News, if this initial Pleasant Hill restaurant proves successful they may switch other restaurants to Yalla Mediterranean as well so it looks like Daphne’s in Walnut Creek may be in for a change… From the article:
Yalla Mediterranean will continue Daphne’s healthful emphasis and fast-casual format, tapping what is a growing hunger for flavors of that region.
Check out their menu here.
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