Back in August I noted that The Squirrel’s Coffee Shop was closing in Lafayette and it looks like the developer is moving quickly as the old Handlebar Toys location has been uncovered so it’s possible to see roof trusses inside. Take a look here to see what the Lafayette Park Plaza shops will look like when it’s finished.
Spotted in downtown Lafayette, this is a nice looking Ford Mustang convertible I think. If I had to guess I would say it’s from the 1960s. Am I right?
1385 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
A couple of weeks ago I noted that The Candy Counter will be opening soon on N. Main St. in downtown Walnut Creek and now there is a small window display of various candies that will be for sale.
Spotted at Spitz Jewelers in downtown Walnut Creek, the sign incorporates a diamond ring into the design, brilliant!
1388 Locust St, Walnut Creek
The restaurant Cypress has closed in downtown Walnut Creek. According to Diablo Dish a new restaurant with “lots of beers on tap” will be replacing it.
The Cypress Facebook page says:
Dear Cypress Guests:
Cypress Restaurant has been sold and is closed as of
September 16. We thank you for your loyalty and patronage over the past couple of years.
Gift Certificates can be redeemed at 1515 on Main St.
Cypress Management
Sign in window:
Spotted in downtown Walnut Creek at the Second to None consignment shop. I know I’ve seen this character before. Is it Disney related? Who is it?
1633 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek
The awning is now up at Cafecitos Cafe on Bonanza St. in downtown Walnut Creek. The opening can’t be far behind now, looks great! This cafe will feature South American cuisine, yum!
photo by Flickr user mr.donb
The Walnut Creek city council recently passed an anti-smoking ordinance prohibiting smoking in condos and apartments, all of downtown and more according to the Contra Costa Times:
The City Council passed a strict secondhand-smoking ordinance Tuesday night that bans smoking in all multiunit residences, all of downtown, all recreational areas and all commercially zoned properties where there are outdoor dining areas or outdoor service areas, anyplace within 25 feet of entryways and operable windows, and in all public places. The council made an exemption, however, that does not require public or private golf courses to be smoke-free. And it doesn’t outlaw smoke from medical marijuana.
Do you support this strict smoking ordinance for Walnut Creek?
2364 Warren Road, Walnut Creek, CA
This is a guest post by Linnette Edwards, Associate Broker, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, whose website is www.MyHousingGuide.com. Find out more about this house here.
Saranap residents are proud of their idyllic-living legacy, so much so there’s even a book about this quaint neighborhood, “Saranap Then and Now.” Saranap Then was a getaway destination that attracted San Franciscans looking to spend their summers in the sunshine and warmer weather that is the hallmark of this village and its neighboring cities Lafayette and Walnut Creek. Saranap residents, or Saranapians some still call themselves, lived in cottages built among the area’s rolling green hills that at the time were generously populated with fruit and walnut orchards, livestock and barns.
The area was developed in the early 1900s as a railroad town primarily by Sam Naphtaly and Stephen Dewing. After some wrangling and a substantial land grant made by Naphtaly, it was determined the then town would be named after Sam’s mother Sarah. While it’s said that Saranap is no longer home to Naphtaly decedents, a Dewing decedent still resides in a family home located on Dewing Road. This is also where a piece of this neighborhood’s coveted history is for sale at 2364 Warren Road. This same plot of land has been held in the same family since the 1950s. The seller’s now grown children still live in the area and have fond memories of growing up in this unique and charming community, where they’re quick to recall running freely along country roads and through fields of walnut groves dotted with barns and chicken coops. Today the home is nestled in a quiet neighborhood that’s just a 20-minute walk from downtown Walnut Creek.
Read the rest and see more photos of the Warren Road house after the jump…
1323 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Back in February of last year I noted the closing of Studio Blue Digital Print and Copy and now The Nail Lounge has opened in its place on Locust St, across from Anthropologie.
