1930 Salvio St, Concord
The Japanese restaurant I Love Ramen & Noodles closed in downtown Concord yesterday. Stay tuned for Von’s Chicken to open up in its place. Assuming this is the same owners as the Sunnyvale location, check out their menu here.
1930 Salvio St, Concord
The Japanese restaurant I Love Ramen & Noodles closed in downtown Concord yesterday. Stay tuned for Von’s Chicken to open up in its place. Assuming this is the same owners as the Sunnyvale location, check out their menu here.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Open since the backside of the newly redeveloped Broadway Plaza reopened a few weeks ago, Bath & Body Works also features a White Barn candle and fragrance section within this new location. A few years ago they used to be located on the main street of the plaza. Interestingly, the lighthouse and other items seen below in this area are for sale. Once bought, they are not replaced.
Photo by Michael Sawi
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St, Berkeley
Saturday, July 9th, 2016
8:00pm | $40 ($44 door)Three-time Grammy-winner Sam Bush of Bowling Green, Kentucky is an extraordinary mandolin player, an artful songwriter, and a dynamic singer who has been wowing audiences since the early 1970s when he co-founded the pioneering progressive bluegrass band, New Grass Revival. Since then, he’s recorded more than 20 albums, including seven solo releases, been dubbed the King of Telluride in honor of his many sizzling performances at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association.
480 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Danville
Thanks to a reader for send word and photo that Miglet’s Gluten-Free Cupcake Shop has closed in Danville. According to their Facebook page they closed at the end of April. Read their farewell letter here.
Yesterday we learned that Cocola Bakery will be opening soon in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek. With plenty of bakeries open in the East Bay, do you have a favorite? What’s your go-to item?
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Ever since Broadway Plaza placed boxes at the entrances to the new Broadway Plaza parking garage in downtown Walnut Creek we knew the days of free parking were going to be over, and the East Bay Times confirms it noting that parking charges will begin on September 12th for any car parked over 2 hours. No word on validation offers but given the new dining options in Broadway Plaza that would be nice to have as lunch plus shopping could easily take over two hours.
From the article:
The first hour of parking beyond the first two free hours will cost $3. Three to four hours of parking will cost $5, and four to five hours will cost $7. Cars left beyond five hours will be charged the daily maximum of $25, according to Tracy Dietlein, a Macerich spokeswoman.
Considering the increased areas and times for pay parking in downtown Walnut Creek not to mention stricter enforcement, this comes as no surprise and I’m just waiting for the few private parking garages that offer 3 hours of free parking to also eventually start charging. I guess it’s time to start parking at the Walnut Creek BART garage and take the free shuttle to downtown?
Surf’s Up Art Exhibition Opening Reception:
Village Theatre
233 Front St, Danville
Friday, July 8th, 2016
$5 (donation)Surf’s Up will showcase the sea and surf themed artwork of 15 ocean and sun loving artists who hail from the tropics of Hawaii to secluded Marin County Beach Towns to the famous California Surf Town of Santa Cruz.
Opening Reception 5PM – 7PM
Screening of The Sunnydale Kids and Soul Surfer 7PM
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Cocola Bakery, located right next to Macy’s and the soon to open True Food Kitchen at Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek will be opening soon offering baked goods, pastries, as well as sandwiches, soups, salads and more. Check out their menu here. Good to finally see more dining options in this area.
From their website:
Cocola is a one of a kind high-end patisserie established in 2002 by Sue and Amir Aliabadi, a mother and son partnership, with the first locations in Santana Row and Westfield Valley Fair.
The specialties of our cafés are pastries and French confections, that we like to think of as “affordable luxuries”. We also serve gourmet sandwiches on baguettes fresh from the oven, with salads and homemade soups.
Cal Shakes Theater
100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 – Sunday, July 31st, 2016August Wilson’s fierce drama about family, loyalty, and forgiveness features Bay Area powerhouses Aldo Billingslea as Troy Maxson, a charismatic baseball player-turned-sanitation-worker, and Margo Hall as his wife Rose, whose enduring strength holds the family together. Directed by former Brava Theater Center Artistic Director Raelle Myrick-Hodges, Fences marks Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilson’s Cal Shakes debut.
Fences runs 2 hours, 30 minutes including one 15-minute intermission.
Photo by Flickr user danmoyle
Thanks to local broker Brendan Moran with the Moran Group at Keller Williams Realty for the monthly real estate updates for Beyond the Creek.
Click the links below for a complete list of home and condo sales in Lamorinda (Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda) for last month, June, 2016:
Lamorinda June sales (Acrobat Reader .pdf)
Lamorinda June sales (Excel)
