1273 Locust St, Walnut Creek
According to a sign in the window over the weekend Take One Pizza soft opened today for lunch in downtown Walnut Creek next to the Century movie theater. Check out their website here. It’s been almost two years since this was announced and quite a bit has changed in the downtown Walnut Creek pizza scene with Slice House and Pizza My Heart open nearby.
3587 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Caroline’s Salon is expanding a few blocks away where the blow-dry bar DryStyle used to be at the Lafayette Mercantile center with a new blow-dry salon called Caroline’s Blowdrys & Base Color, opening this November. Check out Caroline’s services here.
2222 San Ramon Valley Blvd, San Ramon
Thanks to a reader for sending word that Wendy’s opened recently in San Ramon on San Ramon Valley Blvd. Now go get your Frosty.
Moraga Commons Park
Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
11:00am – 4:00pm | FreeThis is a family friendly event with activities for all ages celebrating Moraga’s Pear history! Join your friends and neighbors for: Entertainment with DJ RyanO, wine tasting with the Lamorinda Wine Growers Association, pear pies, jumpies, food, local artist booths, community booths, and more!
Earlier this week we learned that Porcelanosa Kitchen Bath showroom is opening soon in downtown Walnut Creek. Premier Bath & Kitchen opened a few blocks away earlier this year and Douglah Designs expanded their showroom late last year in Lafayette. With all these new kitchen/bath showrooms opening up, are you in the process of or planning on remodeling anytime soon?
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, September 22nd, Saturday, September 23rd, 2017Smuin’s Dance Series 01 features Michael Smuin’s classic Frank Sinatra tribute Fly Me to the Moon; the West Coast premiere of internationally acclaimed artist Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s magnificent Requiem for a Rose; and the return of Garrett Ammon’s playful and quirky Serenade for Strings, set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for pointing out this Napa Valley Register article stating that the Napa-based fast casual restaurant Heritage Eats is coming to Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek. Check out their menu here and find about the Heritage Eats story here. This looks to be opening next to Boudin Bakery. Stay tuned…
Considering how crowded True Food Kitchen is all the time I’m not surprised another restaurant is opening here.
From their website:
Heritage Eats is a globally inspired, fast-fine restaurant concept serving sandwiches, salads, wraps, rice bowls, tacos & more with a focus on elevated ‘daily life’ food from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and beyond.
1401 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
In March we learned that Porcelanosa Kitchen Bath, founded in Spain over 40 years ago, would be opening a showroom in downtown Walnut Creek and their temporary “opening soon” window signage is now up. Check out their inspiration gallery here.
Eddie Hart and Dave Newhouse: Disqualified:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
7:00 – 8:00pm | FreeJoin us for an evening with Olympic medalist, Eddie Hart and award-winning sportswriter, Dave Newhouse as they discuss their new book Disqualified: Eddie Hart, Munich 1972, and the Voices of the Most Tragic Olympics which sheds entirely new light on the true story of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
A strong favorite to win the 100-meter dash and the title of World’s Fastest Human, Hart found himself disqualified from the 1972 Olympic event after arriving seconds late for a quarterfinal heat. Harts disappointment, though excruciating, was just one of many subplots to the most tragic of Olympic Games, at which eight Arab terrorists assassinated eleven Israeli athletes and coaches as the world watched in horror.
Eddie Hart earned his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and a master’s from Cal State-Hayward before embarking on a career as a teacher and coach at the college level. Dave Newhouse was an award-winning sportswriter and columnist at the Oakland (CA) Tribune prior to his retirement in 2011. This is his twelfth book.
Willows Shopping Center, Concord
Rick’s Rather Rich Ice Cream opened almost two years ago in Willows Shopping Center in Concord and they have now closed. Check out their original Palo Alto location which remains open.
