1539 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The kitchen and bath studio At Home with Baystone, which opened a few years ago in downtown Walnut Creek, has rebranded as Design Haus. The ownership remains the same. Check out their website here.
1539 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The kitchen and bath studio At Home with Baystone, which opened a few years ago in downtown Walnut Creek, has rebranded as Design Haus. The ownership remains the same. Check out their website here.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
A couple of years ago Tesla opened a showroom in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek and they have now relocated to a new spot on the main Broadway Plaza strip next to the clothing store Madewell. Inside they still show the bottom frame on display and they also have a Model X on display with those cool Falcon Wing doors.
Previous showroom location:
1556 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word that Z Gallerie, the home decor and furniture shop, is returning to downtown Walnut Creek where Anthropologie is currently located on Locust St. and is planning to open in February, 2017 according to their website. Anthropologie will be relocating to a larger superstore where Barnes & Noble used to be. Several years ago, Z Gallerie used to be located where Patioworld currently is on Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Broadway Plaza is finally going to get some serious dining action when a huge, 6,000 sf health-focused restaurant called True Food Kitchen opens next to Macy’s in downtown Walnut Creek. As you can see by the above photo there is a lot of work left to do but according to their website, it is expected to open in the summer.
The Essence of the Image with Photojournalist David Butow:
Camera West
1255 S. Main St, Walnut Creek
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
6:30pm – 8:30pm | FreePlease join Camera West Walnut Creek as we welcome photojournalist David Butow Photography for a stirring discussion of his photography. David has followed his passion around the world to Afganistan, Burma, Iraq, Peru, and Yemen. His photographic coverage of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, the 2008 earthquake, as well as social issues in the United States has won awards from World Press Photo, Communication Arts, American Photography Anual, Photo District News, and others. His current project, Seeing Buddha has been published in the New York Times and National Geographic magazine.
Butow’s photographs have been exhibited in various venues such at the Asia Society and United Nations in New York and Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan, France. He is a member of Redux Pictures and has been a guest lecturer at many institutions including the Annenberg Space for Photography, Stanford University and Brooks Institute of Photography. His commercial and editorial clients have included National Geographic Books, Apple and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
1373 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Thanks to everyone who sent word that the independent cookware and gift store Kitchen Table is closing in downtown Walnut Creek. According to a sign in the window they will be closed until Wednesday to prepare for the “huge retirement and store closing sale” beginning on Thursday, April 14th.
Only a few years ago downtown Walnut Creek was home to five cookware stores, Williams-Sonoma, Sur La Table, Viking, Le Creuset and Kitchen Table. Once Kitchen Table close there will only be two left: Williams-Sonoma and Sur La Table.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The activewear clothing store lululemon has relocated from their downtown Walnut Creek location to Broadway Plaza and are now open. In October we learned about the metal tree design being overlayed on the storefront as as you can see in the photo above it has come to fruition, very cool looking! Check out updates on the Walnut Creek lululemon Facebook page here.
Previous downtown Walnut Creek location:
1548 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek
The iconic Hubcaps sign is gone from the Hubcaps diner in downtown Walnut Creek, replaced by the soon-to-open Sacramento restaurant Broaderick Roadhouse and today from 9am – 2pm there is a job fair so it looks like the opening will be happening soon as noted previously. Check out their menu here.
Downtown Walnut Creek
Sunday, April 17th – Sunday, April 24th, 2016
Walnut Creek Restaurant Week is a culinary celebration of spectacular cuisine at incredible prices. Entice your appetite and delight your palate with prix-fixe menus offered at over two dozen restaurants. With cuisines that encompass American, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese and Mexican (just to name a few), experience why our delicious community has been called, “The East Bay’s most popular dining destination.”Experience a weeklong event throughout Walnut Creek’s vibrant & ever-growing culinary scene.
Tickets, passes or coupon are not necessary! Just ask for the Restaurant Week menu at the participating restaurants below:
The Orchards at Walnut Creek Safeway
Lot of progress being made at the two new supermarkets going up across the street from each other on Ygnacio Valley Rd. in Walnut Creek. Safeway used to be located at Encina Grande which closed in September and is being replaced by Whole Foods (see photo below). A new Safeway is being built right across the street in the new Orchards at Walnut Creek shopping center, expected to open by year-end. With Nob Hill Foods around the corner there will be plenty of food shopping options for people living nearby which will be great.
Encina Grande Whole Foods:
