1515 is a Dudum-owned restaurant and lounge located in downtown Walnut Creek at 1515 N. Main St. The drinks and dinner menu can be viewed here. I’ve seen an outdoor fireplace and TV which look cool. Any fans of this place?
1515 is a Dudum-owned restaurant and lounge located in downtown Walnut Creek at 1515 N. Main St. The drinks and dinner menu can be viewed here. I’ve seen an outdoor fireplace and TV which look cool. Any fans of this place?
Vanessa’s Bistro 2, the Vietnamese tapas-style restaurant located in downtown Walnut Creek, recently replaced their sign and got rid of the “2”, although it looks like it’s still in their name officially. I think it looks cool using the distressed metal for the backing.
Lark Creek is located in downtown Walnut Creek at 1360 Locust St. From their website:
Lark Creek® Walnut Creek is located in historic downtown Walnut Creek. The atmosphere is light and airy, with American country charm, sidewalk seating, an exhibition kitchen, and the new Oakville Room seating up to 36 guests for private functions. The changing menu, created by Chef Scott Wall includes seasonal, farm-fresh American fare featuring traditional and updated recipes. Produce, meats, poultry, fish, and other products from local ranchers, growers, and fishermen. Housemade desserts; local and regional wines.
In addition to the Walnut Creek location, they also own Yankee Pier in Lafayette. You can see there menu here. I haven’t been back in a couple of years, any fans?
According to a tweet by Elisabeth Nardi from the Contra Costa Times, the Walnut Creek City Council denied an appeal by LIFT Lounge and Grill in downtown Walnut Creek and so alcohol service has been cut back to 11:30pm. This shouldn’t come as a surprise based on the numerous fights that have broken out over the years at similar bars in downtown Walnut Creek.
This seems like a reasonable response based on all the issues LIFT has had in the past. Did the city council make the right move or should LIFT have been allowed to serve alcohol until 12:30 like usual?
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, a new Chinese restaurant has opened up in downtown Walnut Creek focusing on Hunan and Mandarin cuisine, Dragon’s Pond, located at 1353 Locust St. across the street from Lark Creek restaurant. The offical grand opening will happen as soon as they can get a permanent sign but it’s still open now for business. They also have a restaurant in Livermore. I received an email from one reader who wrote:
FYI, I went to the new Dragon’s Pond on Saturday night and was impressed. Family run, attention to detail, the decor is really nice including the bathroom! Food was fantastic and great wine list.
Here’s a view of their bar:
I had a chance to speak with the manager who told me they’re focusing on healthy fare by not using any additional MSG and keeping it low sodium compared to typical Chinese restaurants. And because they cook everything to order, they can make things as spicy or as mild as you want. They will validate public parking tickets for up to 2 hours, and offer 10% off for seniors.
If anyone has eaten here please let us know how it was. I’m looking forward to trying this out.
*As far as the previous Vietnamese restaurant Da Lat is concerned, the owners decided to focus on their other restaurant in Marin.
Located at 1813 Ygnacio Valley Rd. in the Rancho San Miguel area of Walnut Creek in the Ygnacio Valley shopping center, Daphne’s Greek Cafe also has locations in Pleasant Hill and San Ramon. You can see their menu here.
I believe this is the first restaurant I posted about in Walnut Creek outside of downtown. I need to get out there more often. My go-to Greek (Mediterranean) place downtown is Pomegranate as well as occasionally Babalou’s. Question, how do you pronounce Gyro? I pronounce it “jai-roh”. Is that wrong?
Downtown Walnut Creek has plenty of pizzerias:
and Lafayette shall not be forgotten:
So the Friday Question of the Day is about pizza. Everyone loves pizza right? Well, almost everyone I imagine. As much as I love the atmosphere at Skipolini’s or Pinky’s, if we’re going on taste I’m going to have to go with Pizza Antica in Lafayette hands down.
So what is your favorite pizza joint in Walnut Creek or Lafayette? If I’ve missed any please comment and I’ll add them in as well.
Mel’s Diner – Walnut Creek
Hubcaps Diner – Walnut Creek
Both Hubcaps (menu) and Mel’s Diner (menu) are located within walking distance of each other in downtown Walnut Creek. Mel’s offers music jukeboxes to listen to. Hubcaps is decorated with automotive paraphernalia to please both children and adults alike. I tend to go to Hubcaps and usually get the Polish sausage with cole slaw. Which one do you prefer?
The restaurant Sasa has appeared on this blog for its side door, its front door, the meat sign on the side wall, and it’s Koi pond so it’s easy to see how it won the Action for Beauty award of excellence last year.
From the Walnut Creek Action for Beauty Council website:
The council, consisting of a group of citizens independent of the city’s political structure, has been issuing design review awards for 40 years. The awards honor projects in architecture, landscaping, and public art. The awards tend to focus on businesses, and how their designs enhance the quality of life in Walnut Creek.
Walnut Creek Action for Beauty Council’s community involvement dates back to the mid 1960’s when we partnered with the Chamber of Commerce on a “Clean-up-Fix-up-Paint-Up” Campaign in 1967 resulting in improvements to many business fronts, landscaping, homes cleaned up, and junk cars removed.
Walnut Creek Action for Beauty Council encourages good design, quality development and landscaping in Walnut Creek. Any citizen can nominate possible candidate projects.
Prominent Architects and Landscape Architects come to Walnut Creek to judge the work of award nominees. Our annual Awards Luncheon presents awards to outstanding projects in the Walnut Creek area to reward and encourage more high quality projects.
