1320 Locust St, Walnut Creek
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for sending word that the opening got delayed…
The first Veggie Grill in the East Bay is opening on Monday, December 8th at 11am in downtown Walnut Creek and they are giving away $50 gift cards to the first 50 guests in line. Check out their menu here. (The photo is from last month, it’s progressed a lot since then.)
337 Rheem Blvd, Moraga
As you can see in the photo below the breakfast, brunch and lunch spot home/made kitchen café & bakery in Moraga recently applied for a beer and wine license. Their Facebook page notes, “Stay tuned for beer and wine coming soon!” Check out their menu here.
The Livermore-based Cheese Therapy food truck [great name!] debuted at the Off the Grid food market in Concord over the weekend. I tried the spicy pumpkin soup and salami veggie sandwich and it was delicious! They are also at the Taste of the World food market in Walnut Creek near the Pleasant Hill BART station. Check out their schedule here.
From their website:
Honoring fine artisan cheesemakers and cheese-making traditions, near and far, by sharing our passion, knowledge and expertise, offering excellent cheeses, cheese-related products and education, to broaden the appreciation of cheese and enhance the quality of life in our community. Serving the San Francisco East Bay Community from our base in the Livermore Valley.
Boradway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Diablo Dish reports that True Food Kitchen is opening a giant 6,000 square foot restaurant next to Macy’s in May, 2016 in Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek. The True Food Kitchen concept is based on Dr. Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatory diet (see the food pyramid). I’ve followed Dr. Weil’s advice many times so this looks very promising! Check out their San Diego lunch menu here and dinner menu here.
From their website:
You don’t have to be a die-hard Yogi to dine at True Food Kitchen. You need only a desire to give your body nutrients, and your palate something memorable. The basis for the anti-inflammatory diet isn’t meant to deprive a healthy body of great flavors, it’s meant to take popular trends in cuisine and pair them with healthy living.
With a wide, healthy selection of vegan, vegetarian, or gluten free options we offer something for everyone. Try the kale and quinoa, you’ll live longer. Drink the seabuckthorn and acai, you’ll feel better. At True Food Kitchen, we want you to feel better, live longer, and make your mouth happy in the process. It’s honest food that tastes really good.
Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
Thanks to a reader for sending word that Blackhawk Burger, Shakes, Salads & Sandwiches is opening soon in Blackhawk Plaza in Danville where Methany’s used to be.
Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
Nekter Juice Bar recently opened their first East Bay location in Blackhawk Plaza in Danville. Check out how their cleanse works here. They also offer smoothies and acai bowls. See menu below…
Menu:
Park Plaza, Lafayette
The gluten-free bakery Mariposa, with locations in the Ferry Building in San Francisco and Oakland is opening a third store next spring right in downtown Lafayette in the new Park Plaza development, the same block where Squirrel’s Coffee Shop used to be. According to Inside Scoop, “Mariposa will occupy a 2,900-square-foot space in which it will run a retail café offering gluten-free baked goods (some of which will be baked on-site), as well as a seasonally changing selection of breakfast and lunch items, such as sandwiches.” Check out the article here.
From the Mariposa website:
Mariposa started in 2004 because founder Patti Furey Crane was gluten-intolerant, baking a lot of baked goods to satisfy her own cravings and there were few gluten-free artisan baked goods available on the market at that time.
This week we learned that downtown Walnut Creek was hosting food trucks for a special “Feastival” event one evening. Walnut Creek also has theBend, while Concord and Pleasant Hill has Off the Grid. Are there any others? I’m what wondering what your favorite food truck is for 2014?
Walnut Creek Holiday Feastival:
Downtown Walnut Creek
1555 Mt. Diablo Blvd, 1350 N. Main St, 1403 N. Main St.
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
6:00pm – 8:00pmFood Trucks at 3 different locations in downtown. Great for a family outing or a midweek date night:
Canasta Kitchen
Ebbetts Good To Go
Union Bank
1555 Mt. Diablo BlvdTacos de los Altos
Yummi BBQ
Mechanics Bank
1350 N. Main StUnited Bites
Savourie Street
Jos. A Bank
1403 N. Main St (parking off Cypress St)
7001 Sunne Ln, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for an update about the Peruvian restaurant that is planning to open in the Contra Costa Transit Center near the Pleasant Hill BART station this spring. Last year we learned it was going to be called Mochica, and now it will be known as Parada Kitchen. Check out their Facebook page here.