Orinda Theatre Square
Wild Magnolia, which replaced Table 24 a couple of years ago in Orinda Theatre Square, will be closing at the end of February. A new restaurant called Saffron Indian Restaurant & Bar will be opening in its place. Stay tuned.
Orinda Theatre Square
Wild Magnolia, which replaced Table 24 a couple of years ago in Orinda Theatre Square, will be closing at the end of February. A new restaurant called Saffron Indian Restaurant & Bar will be opening in its place. Stay tuned.
Photo by Flickr user armydre2008
Are we turning into a cashless society? As paying via credit cards and more recently via phone apps like Apple and Google Pay, Venmo and other services becomes easier, there is less of a need to pay with cash. Yesterday we learned that the restaurant Tender Greens is going Cashless next week. You can pay the parking meter by credit card as well.
I find myself rarely needing to use cash these days. Do you use cash anymore? Is this a good thing?
1352 Locust St, Walnut Creek
The restaurant Tender Greens in downtown Walnut Creek is going cashless starting January 29th. I rarely use cash these days so am not really surprised by this. Are there other restaurants that don’t accept cash around here? Check out their Walnut Creek menu here.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word (and photos) that the clothing store Ministry of Supply closed less than a year after opening in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek. As the note in the window points out, you can still check them out at their San Francisco store on Fillmore Street or online here.
Gold Coast Chamber Players present Fantezie:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Saturday, February 3rd, 2018
7:30pm | $45Pre-concert talk begins 30 minutes prior to performance. The award-winning Gold Coast Chamber Players present Fantezie, a musical journey to Romania. From folk music to the epic “String Octet” by Georges Enescu, this program brings out the passion and complexity of the Romanian spirit. Three Romanian violinists join the all-star GCCP ensemble. Enjoy a pre-concert talk with musicologist Kai Christiansen 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Tickets: $45 general admission, $40 seniors (65+), $15 students
La Fiesta Square, Lafayette
The French-style bakery La Chataigne is hoping to reopen on January 30th in La Fiesta Square in Lafayette. As you can see in the accompanying photo, there’s a bit of remodeling going on.
A new exhibit at the Bedford Gallery in downtown Walnut Creek, Ned Khan: Seed Vortex, is on display through March 25th.
From the exhibition page:
This winter, the Bedford presents the work of Bay Area sculptor Ned Kahn in a solo show that studies the artists’ lifelong fascination with the confluence of science and art. At the center of the show is Seed Vortex, Kahn’s enormous metal sculpture weighing thousands of pounds and spanning 20 feet in diameter.
Seed Vortex shifts a transient sea of tiny mustard seeds in a slow, constant and captivating spin, addressing life’s puzzles, like eternity, unity, chaos and change. The inspiration for Seed Vortex goes back to the 1980s when Kahn was an artist-in-residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. There, he explored the Physics of the Granular State, an emerging field of science that studied the way powders, sand and other dry, granular materials moved. Kahn created a series of interactive sculptures at the Exploratorium that encouraged viewers to influence and observe the patterns of granular motion. This work led to Negev Wheel, which Kahn made in 2016 for the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco and filled with sand from Israel’s Negev Desert.
Impulse Room
1501 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
8:00 – 9:30pm | $18Eric Van James Group make their debut at this “Modern Jazz Club.”
The quartet includes Ken Stout on saxophones, Kurt Ribak on upright bass, Philip Coffin on drums, and Eric on piano & vocals.Original pieces by Eric Van James (including “new” releases ‘My Asylum’ & ‘Charade’) highlight the evening . . .
along with compelling interpretations of music by Ellington, Gershwin, Mancini, and the Beatles.
Village Square Shopping Center, Orinda
Thanks to a reader for pointing out that the Village Inn Cafe is closing this Sunday, January 28th in the Village Square shopping center in Orinda according to this News 24/80 article. The current owners have been in business for over 30 years since 1986. Check out their interesting story here.
From their website:
The Village Inn Cafe, located then in a narrow space in the Village Square Shopping Center was purchased by Kurt & Kathy Bellows in December of 1985. They cleaned it thoroughly, installed some new equipment, changed the menu and opened on January 6th 1986.
The restaurant was immediately successful, and business grew steadily. After eight years, Kurt & Kathy had an opportunity to relocate St. Helena. They sold the restaurant in August of 1994. St. Helena was not a good fit for them, and fortunately the Village Inn Café was not a good fit for the new owner. Kurt and Kathy were able to buy back the restaurant and returned in February of 1995. This hiatus turned out to be a very costly six month vacation.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Now that the $35,000 electric Tesla Model 3 model is being displayed at the Tesla showroom at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek there have been major lines outside waiting to get a closer look.
From the Model 3 website page:
Model 3 is a smaller, simpler, more affordable electric car. Although it is our newest vehicle, Model 3 is not “Version 3” or the most advanced Tesla. Like Model S, it is designed to be the safest car in its class.
