1825 Sutter St, Concord
Popping Fresh Vietnamese Sandwiches opened in Concord off Willow Pass Rd. in Concord at the end of last year. In addition to sandwiches they offer various snacks such as lobster balls and Vietnamese style chicken wings, and flavored teas such as purple yam, taro and kumquat. Check out their menu here.
Around the Bay Area there are basically two options for online access: cable or DSL. I’ve stuck with AT&T DSL for years and am getting increasingly agitated at the spotty connection speeds. Most of the time it’s fine but sometimes as I watch a video I find it will half-load and drop out. Frustrating!
Is anyone happy with their cable/DSL provider? Please tell us your provider, speed, and location for perspective. Should I switch to Comcast? (The image above is the fastest DSL service AT&T offers in my area. A sad 6 Mbps download speed.) 🙁
Design Dash – Progressive Shop Tour:
Your three favorite shops in the east bay are joining forces this weekend. We are hosting demos, doing fun giveaways and making magic happen in our studios!
The Spotted Cow is open on Saturday, April 25 from 10:00am – 5:00pm, and our friends at Elsie Green House and Home and Room With A Past: Home Decor, Antiques, Whimsy will also be open. There will be fun events and giveaways in store all day, and special hands-on demos at the following times —
Floral Design Workshop – 1:00-1:45 at Elsie Green
Vignette How-To Workshop – 2:30 – 3:00 pm at Room With a Past
Painting 101 with Clay/Chalk Paint – 3:30 – 4:15 at The Spotted CowVisit all three stores, get your “Design Dash” passport stamped, and you’ll be entered to win a fabulous gift certificate package from all three stores!! Note: RSVPs for the demos are NOT required.
We can’t wait to see you this Saturday!
1651 Botelho Dr, Walnut Creek
Thanks to everyone who sent word that Dragon 2000, the Chinese restaurant that was undergoing renovations has now closed in downtown Walnut Creek next to Petco.
Sunvalley Shopping Center, Concord
A new food court is coming to the Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord featuring seven new food offerings. Stay tuned…
1358 North Main Street, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending in word (and photo of menu) that Main St. Kitchen, a restaurant, “serving farm to table ingredients, focusing on fresh organic, seasonal products” has opened in downtown Walnut Creek where Breads of India used to be. Check out today’s menu here and their Facebook page here.
More photos of the inside after the jump…
1388 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Sunol Ridge, a downtown Walnut Creek restaurant and bar, is requesting the Walnut Creek Planning Commission to allow alcohol consumption up to 12:30am from their 11pm current time. The current recommendation from the city is to increase the time until 12 midnight daily so as to not, “coincide with other alcoholic beverage establishments” that allow for consumption until 12:30am. This will be taken up at the Planning Commission meeting tomorrow.
Photo by Flickr user perspective
Run for the Health of It – Esophageal Cancer Awareness 5K Run/Walk:
Heather Farm Park
301 N. San Carlos Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, April 25th, 2015
8:30am | $35Make your steps count. Help raise awareness for esophageal cancer! Come join us for an early spring run and spend a fun morning promoting health and raising awareness about this curable disease.
According to the National Cancer Institute over 18,000 people are diagnosed with esophageal cancer annually and the incidence is increasing. The most common type of esophageal cancer can be linked to issues such as cronic heartburn. Learn how to decrease risk through diet, exercise and more!
The Honorable Ellen Tauscher – espophageal cancer survivor – four years disease free – will serve as our honorary chair.
Course~
5K Run through beautiful Heather Farms Park.Fees Include~
Custom t-shirt and post race refershments.
Event details and schedule
7:00 a.m – Check-In and race day registration opens.
8:30 a.m. – Start 5K Run
1415 Pine St, Walnut Creek
Great news from near downtown Walnut Creek as a new, family-owned brewery and taproom called Farm Creek Brewing Company is planning to open this summer. They will be focusing on traditional European ales such as English pale ales and IPAs with an American twist. During the week the production brewery will be busy brewing beer for local restaurants such as Sunol Ridge, ØL Beercafe and others and on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays they will shut down their brewery and open as a taproom where the public can sample their brews. It will also be possible to fill up a keg to bring home. I can’t wait to try this! Soft drinks will be available and you may bring your own food. Right now they are waiting for construction documents from the city but the stainless steel fermenters, copper mash tun, boil kettle and bright tank for carbonation are already being used to test brews according to their Facebook page. Find out more about Farm Creek Brewing Company from an article by East Bay Beer here.
From their website:
Farm Creek Brewing Company will be a family owned and operated production brewery located near downtown Walnut Creek, California. In late 2014, the city of Walnut Creek unanimously approved our Conditional Use Permit. This approval marked the beginning of the real work of converting 1415 Pine Street into a beer factory and taproom.
Once completed, the brewery will include a 15 barrel, copper-clad brew system and several 30 barrel fermentors. This system will allow us to produce about 450 gallons of beer in a single brew session and approximately 4000-5000 barrels of beer per year (that’s more than 124,000 gallons of beer!!).
While the facility will be a production factory, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays we will shut it all down, roll up the doors and invite the community into our taproom to enjoy our fresh, locally produced beer.
Photos of the bar area, copper mash tun and malt after the jump…
