Salvio Pacheco Square, Concord
Thanks to a reader for sending word that the Japanese cream puff shop Beard Papa’s is coming to Salvio Pacheco Square in Concord across from Todos Santos Plaza. Check out their menu. What’s your favorite flavor?
Salvio Pacheco Square, Concord
Thanks to a reader for sending word that the Japanese cream puff shop Beard Papa’s is coming to Salvio Pacheco Square in Concord across from Todos Santos Plaza. Check out their menu. What’s your favorite flavor?
1523 Giammona Dr, Walnut Creek
San Francisco-based Sweet Maple Restaurant, “serving a classic American breakfast and brunch menu with a touch of Asian influence”, is coming to downtown Walnut Creek where Tozai Izakaya used to be. Check out their San Francisco menu here.
From their website:
Home of world famous Millionaire’s Bacon, our extra-thick, sweet and spicy bacon that is slow-cooked for hours with brown sugar and spicy peppers to a chewy perfection. Nearly as famous are our Big Hip deep fried French Toast, bottomless mimosas and bloody Marys.
Today, the James Bond film No Time to Die is being released and I’d really like to see it in on a giant screen in a movie theater. But I’d rather not sit through an entire movie masked. Nor do I want to catch Covid either. Is it worth the risk and inconvenience or is it better to wait until it comes out online and watch it at home?
1251 S. California Blvd, Walnut Creek
In July we learned that Kokolo Donburi & Bar would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek and they have now opened. Check out their menu here. Photo of Jidori Karaage below.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
In May, we learned that San Francisco-based Marine Layer would be coming to Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek and they have now opened. Check out their online selection here and find out more about their story here. Hopefully the storefront signage and exterior walls will be completed soon.
Main Street Plaza, Walnut Creek
Mark your calendars as the bakery and matcha café, Third Culture, makers of the Mochi Muffin, plans to open on Saturday, October 16th at Main Street Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek. Check out their menu here.
Contra Costa now requires vaccination proof before dining indoors. When I briefly showed my card at one restaurant and they accepted without asking for ID, I wonder whether it will make much of a difference. After all, how can you make restaurant staff enforce this rule seriously? Is that a reasonable request or is this just for show? If you have dined indoors recently, how closely did they check your vaccination status? Do you approve of dining vaccination requirements?
The Veranda, Concord
Pressed, (formerly Pressed Juicery), is coming to the Veranda shopping center in Concord this winter. Check out their menu here. I’m a fan of their frozen yogurt freezes!
1500 S. Main Street, Walnut Creek
Ralph Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu relocated next to Pancoast Pizza in Walnut Creek. Check out their classes here and find out more about the school and history here.
