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Critics’ Reviews

Tender Greens

Categories
  • Bakery, Cheap Eats, Steak

Essential Information

Address 1352 Locust St.
Walnut Creek, CA
Phone925-937-5100
Website URL tendergreensfood.com/

Additional Information

Diablo Review:


Part self-service restaurant, part hall of gastronomy, Tender Greens—the only Bay Area location of co-owner and former Chez Panisse cook Eric Oberholtzer’s small California chain—represents a new concept in dining: fresh seasonal meals served the way you want them. Choose from a list of natural hand-carved meats and garden-fresh vegetables sourced from small local farms. Then, select your preferred format: in a sandwich, on a hot plate, or atop a simple salad. Or dive into one of the signature salads made with some of the most beautiful lettuce leaves you’ve ever seen. Platters of roasted and grilled vegetables brighten the chef’s counter, where you watch your meal being composed to your exact specifications. Although it looked succulent under the warming lights, the roast pork was overcooked and dry. The barbecue chicken is succulently delicious, however, and the slab of local albacore tuna in the salade niçoise was seared to perfection. Beer and wine are served, as well as superb Weaver’s Coffee and a raft of stunning house-made bakery items. Lunch and dinner daily.

Price: $

Additional Info:
Outdoor Dining
Wine and Beer

URL: http://tendergreensfood.com/

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