While we wait for Amazon Books to open in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek check out these Amazon lockers in the Lafayette Whole Foods. Are these in all Whole Foods locations? Looks super convenient.
While we wait for Amazon Books to open in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek check out these Amazon lockers in the Lafayette Whole Foods. Are these in all Whole Foods locations? Looks super convenient.
Avalon, Walnut Creek
Last spring we learned about a new bar called Hops & Scotch coming to the Avalon apartment complex across from the Pleasant Hill BART station in Walnut Creek and according to their website they are planning to open sometime this fall. Watch for updates on their Instagram page here. Note that this is not related to the upscale diner Hopscotch in Oakland.
I called it back in August when we learned that Ikoi Sushi would be opening in this spot in downtown Walnut Creek. SUSHI it is. To see the original Rinehart’s jewelry clock followed by its replacement, the GELATO clock, click here. I hope this will turn into a more tasteful SUSHI font…
1275 S. Main St, Walnut Creek
Lots of progress on Gott’s Roadside opening this fall in downtown Walnut Creek where Fresh Choice used to be. Check out their job postings here, and follow updates on their Facebook page here. Check out their menu here. They mention plans for serving the well-regarded, meatless Impossible Burger.
From their website:
Gott’s Roadside is a different kind of burger joint. For anyone who craves delicious, high-quality fare in a welcoming, down-to-earth spot, Gott’s Roadside is a tried-and-true local favorite. We serve juicy cheeseburgers, 100% beef Fearless Franks, beer-battered onion rings and hand-spun shakes alongside crispy Ahi Poke tacos, Chinese chicken salad, and a sushi-grade Ahi burger—try finding those at your average drive-in.
850 S. Broadway Walnut Creek
Plans are underway for a new five tenant retail building where the restaurant Vic Stewart’s is currently located across from Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek. One Vic Stewart’s employee indicated they plan to stay open at least through December. Check out their menus here. According to the Design Review commission, the building, built in 1892, was moved from the corner of S. Broadway and Mt. Diablo Blvd where it served as the Walnut Creek South Pacific Railroad (SPRR) Passenger and Freight Depot. Since it “retains only one of seven aspects of integrity that contribute to a historical resource’s eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR). As such…it is not eligible for the CRHR under any criteria.”
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Thursday, October 19th – Sunday, October 22nd, 2017
$20Get ready for Halloween with this hysterical improvised comedy from Synergy Theater! No one in town knows who is still human and who has been converted into a brain-eating zombie – not even the cast! Which of those sweet, little townsfolk are really horrific, bloodthirsty zombies? Who can be trusted? Who will be converted? And who will be the last human improviser standing? Find out in this edge-of-your-seat, laugh-till-you-drop, improvised horror show!
2905 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Thanks to everyone who sent word that Forever Yogurt + Bee & Tea closed in Walnut Creek at the corner of N. Main St. and Geary Rd. According to a sign in the window they are “temporarily” closed. I don’t see any explanation on their Facebook page but the location is still listed on their website here. “Stay tuned”…
Plaza Escuela, Walnut Creek
18|8 Men’s Hair Salon, which opened last January in Plaza Escuela in downtown Walnut Creek has now closed with much of their staff relocating to their Lafayette location a few stores down from the Cooperage. Check out their services in Lafayette here.
A new exhibit at the Bedford Gallery in downtown Walnut Creek, About Abstraction – Bay Area Women Painters, is on display through December 17th.
From the exhibition page:
Political conversations have turned a renewed spotlight on women and their power and influence on every corner of society, including the arts. In the spirit of continued discovery, About Abstraction: Bay Area Women Painters celebrates 16 Bay Area women artists, emerging and established, who have worked in abstraction for years. There is no monolithic visual definition of abstraction, and this show provides a platform for a breadth of work that features precise, powerful lines, as well as gestural patterns.
While Bay Area art history is rooted in figurative art, the past few decades show us that abstract art is flourishing. The work in About Abstraction suggests a kinship with the Abstract Expressionist movement of 1940s SoHo and San Francisco, and illustrates the enduring vitality and power of nonrepresentational art for well over a century.
Ygnacio Plaza, Walnut Creek
Earlier this year we learned that the discount department store TJ Maxx would be opening in Ygnacio Plaza in Walnut Creek where the supermarket Fresh & Easy used to be and the signage is now up with a grand opening on November 19th from 8am to 8pm.
