531 Hartz Ave, Danville
Last month I noted that the restaurant Yo’s on Hartz featuring fusion-style Asian cuisine would be opening soon in downtown Danville and their signage is now up and they are open.
531 Hartz Ave, Danville
Last month I noted that the restaurant Yo’s on Hartz featuring fusion-style Asian cuisine would be opening soon in downtown Danville and their signage is now up and they are open.
3116 Oak Rd, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word that Mika’s Japanese Cuisine has opened in the shopping plaza next to the Park Regency Apartments in Walnut Creek. Check out this photo by @foodhoe of their natto rolls. Being a huge fan of natto I’ll have to try this place one of these days. Has anyone been yet, what dishes do you like?
Check out the Valentine’s Day menu at Corners Tavern this year.
From their Facebook page:
We have a special menu in store for Valentine’s Day this year!
Make your reservations for the evening ASAP as they are almost full!
581 Moraga Rd, Moraga
A new Chinese and Japanese restaurant called Golden Palace has recently opened on Moraga Rd. across from the Rheem Valley Shopping Center. Previously Iron Kitchen was located here. According to this brief from Lamorinda Weekly the owner and chef come from Asia Palace in the Moraga Shopping Center.
1633 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek
Last year I noted the opening and closing of Cafecitos Cafe in downtown Walnut Creek and they are now open for business again! Yesterday I noted another Latin American cafe Sabores del Sur that will be opening soon so I see a trend forming with Latin American cuisine.
With the reopening they also plan to offer beer and wine for sale. You can see the preliminary menu below. Note that the Lomo Saltado sandwich is still available.
Check out the inside:
Preliminary menu:
3003 Oak Rd, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word that a new South American bakery cafe called Sabores del Sur is opening soon in the PMI Plaza near the Pleasant Hill BART station in Walnut Creek. They currently are a catering company and their products are sold in Whole Foods, the SF Ferry building and elsewhere and apparently their alfajores cookies are quite delicious. Check out more details and photos at their Indiegogo page here:
Now, almost ten years later . . . Sabores del Sur supplies products to 21 Bay Area Whole Foods Markets and 56 other high-end restaurants and markets. We sell our products at the SF Ferry Building and the Alemany and San Ramon Farmers markets. Sabores del Sur, LLC is also an experienced caterer and is capable of doing events from small parties to large weddings.
My cookies (called “alfajores”) have won the hearts and minds of many in and out of the “foodie” community. Professional food reviewers such as Diablo Magazine described my cookies as “Little Bites of Heaven”; and 7 X 7 Magazine crowned them “The Best Cookie on Earth”. It was also #2 on the list of “50 Things to Indulge Yourself Before You Die” (7 X 7 Magazine).
From their website:
I am Guisell Osorio, the owner and chef of Sabores del Sur (Flavors from the South), a rapidly growing food and catering company (founded in 2004). Cooking is my passion, and bringing people together over delicious food has always filled my heart with joy.
Since I was a child cooking next to my grandmother in a small country-kitchen in Chile, I dreamed of sharing her incredible recipes with the rest of the world. It occurred to me even at that young age, the best way to do this would be to have my own restaurant . . . one that would make my “abuelita” (grandma) proud.
Check for updates at their Facebook page here. This looks like a great addition to the Pleasant Hill BART area!
The inside so far:
Check out the menu and another sign after the jump….
Thanks to everyone who let me know that Boudin Bakery & Cafe has closed in Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek on Wednesday. The yummy sandwiches and reasonable prices made this a favorite place to get a bite to eat. Having read the goodbye sign it looks like they’re trying to return to Broadway Plaza when it reopens in ‘late 2015’.
I’ll let a Boudin fan who wrote in have the last word:
Sadly, Boudin Bakery Cafe has closed due to the Broadway Plaza redevelopment. This store generously donated unsold food for many years to St. Vincent de Paul at St. Mary’s church in WC, and helped many people. Now, because Broadway Plaza has forced out many longtime tenants in order to “redevelop,” the restaurant had to close, as an alternate space apparently was not to be found. Many thanks to the fine folks at Boudin for their generosity over the years! Boudin represents an organization that clearly has the greater good in mind.
1518 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek
The eagerly anticipated Indian gastropub Kanishka’s has opened in downtown Walnut Creek on Bonanza St. where Fujian used to be and it looks great inside. Check out their dinner menu here, brunch menu here and beer and wine list here. For those who have had a chance to try this place, what are your favorite dishes?
More photos of the inside after the jump…
3545 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
We know Smitten Ice Cream has been coming to downtown Lafayette for a while now, and now there is a coming soon sign in the window to prove it. Check out their menu here. Now that Roam Artisan Burgers is open around the corner I think I’ll be hanging out in Lafayette more often.
