Stanford’s Restaurant and Bar, a mainstay at Walnut Creek’s Broadway Plaza for nearly a quarter-century, has closed its doors.
A note on the website reads: “We are thankful to have hosted so many of your celebrations and to have been a part of this wonderful community.”
The steakhouse, which opened in 1996, was part of a chain based in the Pacific Northwest. For years, the brick facade housed a darkly lit restaurant filled with deep booths that attracted families celebrating everything from special events to just plain Saturday nights.
A 2005 Contra Costa Times review, on the eve of the restaurant’s 10th anniversary, found Stanford’s stuck in a visual and culinary time warp — but still delivering on the promise of well-aged steaks cooked properly. “The meat has the telltale tang of proper aging. It’s a very good steak, served up with decent garlic mashed potatoes.”
Recently, the restaurant indicated on Facebook that Broadway Plaza renovations had perhaps affected business. “Stanford’s is open: A little construction (and a big wall) won’t stop us from serving,” the post read.
Restaurants Unlimited, the parent company, still owns several Stanford’s restaurants in Oregon and Washington states. Besides steaks, the menus feature prime rib, poultry and pasta dishes along with an array of seasonal dishes such as Columbia River steelhead.
The corporation’s five other Bay Area properties line local waterfronts: Kincaid’s in Oakland and Burlingame; Skates on the Bay in Berkeley; Horatio’s in San Leandro; and Palomino along San Francisco’s Embarcadero.
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