1341 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The tech repair shop Mobile Kangaroo is opening very soon in downtown Walnut Creek. Check out their repair services here.
1341 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The tech repair shop Mobile Kangaroo is opening very soon in downtown Walnut Creek. Check out their repair services here.
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
1931 1st Ave, Walnut Creek
Friday, February 8th, 2019
6:00 – 9:00pm | $20 ($15 members)Come with your special someone or get the girls together and enjoy a girls’ night out! Scroll down to buy tickets. We’ve got all of the makings for the hippest happy hour in town:
Wine and Calicraft Beer
Yummy bites
Delicious desserts
Live music acoustic guitars and sing-along
Wild Animal Date Auction: Bid on a special moment with our animal ambassadors and help raise money for their care!
PLUS, a meet and greet with the animalsCanasta Kitchen food truck and Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea available for purchase.
Prices will go up Feb. 2
Lyric, Walnut Creek
After over five years at the Mercer complex (before that at Broadway Plaza) in downtown Walnut Creek, the eyebrow threading salon iBar is relocating to the Lyric apartment complex this spring. Check out their services here.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
After over 20 years in business in Walnut Creek, Edwards Everything Travel is closing in Broadway Plaza by the end of January. In addition to their Walnut Creek location, their San Francisco and San Mateo locations will be closing as well, leaving only their Palo Alto location open. This looks like another case of not being able to compete with online stores. Check out their online selection here.
1389 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The Greek restaurant Pomegranate, which had been closed for weeks due to “staff training”, has finally closed, replaced with a “FOR LEASE” sign. It looks like the new owners couldn’t make it work unfortunately as I enjoyed many meals here. At least the pomegranate tree remains in front, for now.
Ruth Bancroft Garden
1552 Bancroft Rd. Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 26th, 2019
1:00 – 1:45pm | $15Calling all junior cactus lovers! This is the perfect opportunity for kids to meet in the Garden and share their love of cacti and succulents. The club meeting includes fun activities, crafts, and a show and tell of your favorite succulent or cactus. If it’s raining, the club will meet in the West Shade House of Ruth’s Folly.
Please register online. For ages 6-10 (and kids under 8 must be accompanied by an adult). Parent/guardian must remain on premises during the workshop; shop in the nursery or take a garden walk!
1291 Parkside Dr, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word that a new dim sum restaurant, appropriate called Creek House Dim Sum Restaurant, opened recently in Walnut Creek next to Kinder’s on Parkside Dr. Check out their menu here. I believe this is the only dim sum restaurant in Walnut Creek, or are there others?
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Thursday, January 24th – Saturday, February 2nd, 2019DLUX Puppets, a nationally-recognized theater company, presents a fun new multimedia adaptation of Peter Pan! Using state of the art digitally projected scenery, high-quality life-sized puppetry, actors, and popular songs from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, DLUX Puppets’ adaptation will teach children,”A brain filled with fear has little space for dreams!”
1375 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for pointing out that the Oakland-based Vietnamese restaurant Le Cheval will be closing in February. Their Oakland location will remain open. Look for a new restaurant called Burma Unique to open here after they close.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The children’s clothing store Gymboree is closing at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek. Last week they declared bankruptcy for the second time and this is truly the end for the brand. The upscale children’s clothing store owned by Gymboree, Janie and Jack, located across the plaza, will remain open as they will be sold to another company according to a store employee.
