398 Hartz Ave, Danville
Now that high-end women’s consignment boutique Consignit Couture has closed in Danville to focus on their Walnut Creek location, Starbucks will be expanding their next door Hartz Ave. location.
398 Hartz Ave, Danville
Now that high-end women’s consignment boutique Consignit Couture has closed in Danville to focus on their Walnut Creek location, Starbucks will be expanding their next door Hartz Ave. location.
1653 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek
After six years in downtown Walnut Creek, the soul food restaurant Home of Chicken and Waffles has closed. Thanks to everyone for emailing and photos.
1273 Locust St, Walnut Creek
It’s been a couple of years since we learned that Take One Pizza would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek next to the Century movie theater and since then quite a lot has changed in the neighborhood as Slice House opened and Pizza My Heart opened in place of Project Pie. Check out their menu here.
1632 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The Persian bakery Haleh Pastry which opened last year and closed earlier this year is being replaced with a restaurant called Ikoi. Details are scant but I’m hoping for a Japanese restaurant. This does mean that Rinehart’s jewelry clock is due for an update. How about SUSHI? TONKATSU?
Orchards Shopping Center, Walnut Creek
Thanks to everyone for sending word and photos that San Diego-based Mike Hess Brewing is coming to the Orchards shopping center in Walnut Creek. It turns out that Mike Hess is a Northgate High graduate so I can see how they decided to open in this spot. Check out this Brewbound article for more information on Mike Hess Brewing, check out their beer selection here and find out more about their brewery here.
From their website:
As the city’s first production nano-brewery – and its 33rd brewery – opening in summer in 2010, Mike Hess Brewing quickly built a solid reputation for great beers and a unique brewery and tasting room experience. After outgrowing Miramar’s production, Mike, his wife Lynda and his brother Greg launched the North Park brewery, welcoming our first visitors in August of 2013 after 18 months of construction. The OB location, located just blocks from Dog Beach, opened in November of 2015.
Our tasting rooms are family and pet friendly, and are staffed by some of the best beertenders in the industry. Whether a beer geek or novice, our friendly staff will make you feel right at home and happily walk you through our lineup of truly hand-crafted, well thought out beers. We offer tasting flights, beer by the glass as well as packaged beer – bottles and cans – or a 32 oz canned “Purrowler” of any draft beer to take beer home with you if you like.
Orchards Shopping Center, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word and photo that Pancheros Mexican Grill, which opened late last year in the new Orchards shopping center in Walnut Creek, has closed. I believe this is the first store to close in the new shopping center. Word on the street is that an Indian restaurant may be opening here. Stay tuned…
3206 Danville Blvd, Alamo
Earlier this year we learned that Lamorinda Pizza would be opening a second location in Alamo and they have now opened. Check out their pizza selection here, appetizers here and salads here.
From their website:
Lamorinda Pizza is owned and operated by Lamorindians John and Adriana McGrath.
We have been in the pizza industry since the 1990’s. We are passionate about making sure every customer has a positive experience when visiting Lamorinda Pizza.
Our key to a success; Quality, Consistency and Great Customer Service.
We use only the highest quality ingredients including Molinary meats and the finest italian cheese Grande. Our dough is made fresh daily and we roll out every pizza by hand.
3596 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
The owner of the Peruvian restaurant Parada in Walnut Creek (and six other restaurants in the Bay Area) is opening a new Peruvian restaurant in Lafayette this September. Called Barranco, the restaurant will feature seafood, a ceviche bar, family-style tapas, rotisserie chicken, empanadas, classic Peruvian skewers, alfrajores and more.
This is where Baja Fresh Mexican Grill used to be, right near the BART station.
1385 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Last week it was finally confirmed that the boba cafe T4 would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek where The Candy Counter used to be but intriguingly as you can see in the above signage Poke Salad will also be opening here as well. Poke Salad opened late last year across from Todos Santos Plaza in Concord, which just so happens to be located next to another new T4 cafe. Check out their menu here.
Considering Oke Poke will also be opening in downtown Walnut Creek, it looks like we have two trends, boba + poke so having it in one spot sure is convenient for the trend-setters.
Photo by Flickr user microcline
Thanks to everyone who emailed about Black Angus in Pleasant Hill. The website says:
We are temporarily closed due to an electrical fire. The restaurant will reopen as soon as possible after repairs are made.