Oakland Restaurant Guide - Walnut Creek Restaurants
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Located just a few miles east of Oakland lies Walnut Creek, an upscale suburb that is home to some of the best dining in the Bay Area. Va de Vi Bistro & Wine Bar is no exception to this rule—the international wine selection is rivaled by few restaurants, and the tapas-style cuisine pairs perfectly with a glass. Bing Crosby's, with its extensive cocktail and martini menu combined with live music, is an ideal romantic date restaurant. The nearby Le Bistro offers another intimate setting and is Walnut Creek's only Southern French restaurant. For those who miss good old-fashioned comfort food, Lark Creek serves upscale dishes that are sure to satisfy the taste buds.
1342 Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Bing Crosby had 42 No. 1 hits and this Walnut Creek restaurant plays tribute to every one with a different specialty martini. Nosh on global classics like crab cakes with tomato ginger chutney and champagne beurre blanc, grilled steak brochettes with Indonesian marinade and peanut sauce or the Crosby clam bake with clams, lobster, mussels, potatoes, andouille sausage, and corn in a savory broth, while you enjoy the sounds from the piano lounge. Bing Crosby's features live music five nights a week.
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1360 Locust St.,Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Hefty portions of upscale comfort food such as cedar-plank salmon and pan-seared ahi tuna should satisfy flesh-eating Americans. Celebrity chef Bradley Ogden of Larkspur's Lark Creek Inn launched this suburban version of a Parisian sidewalk cafe whose caesar salad speaks volumes and whose walnut bread is baked on the premises. Smoked ham-hock ravioli and green apple sorbet are clever twists on old faves. (review: East Bay Express).
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1606 North Main St., Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Walnut Creek's only small and intimate southern French restaurant, Le Bistro is the place to come for a romantic dinner out. Voted one of the Bay Area's most romantic restaurant, Le Bistro is sure to please. A daily changing menu may offer such dishes as foie gras, bouillabaise, or hanger steak. Don't miss those award winning desserts, the "floating islands" and the crepe cake.
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1616 North Main Street, Walnut Creek CA
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1511 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596
The name means "it's all about wine." Va de Vi Bistro and Wine Bar in Walnut Creek offers an international wine selection with user-friendly tasting notes and a large choice of wine by the glass as well as creative wine flights. Small plates of internationally inspired dishes are served tapas style. Dishes include mushroom risotto roasted yellow chanterelles, sweet onions, English peas, fava greens and pecorino romano or organic seared beef tenderloin with five spice glaze, wasabi mashed potatoes and tempura sweet onion rings. Dine outside under the old oak tree or dine outside on the picturesque lane.
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—Oakland.com reviews by Ryan Osterbeck, F.L. Avery, Richard von Busack and Traci Vogel.
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