Top Tickets: September 19-25
This week, celebrate an East Bay cultural institution, take the kids to the theater, enjoy live music, and more.
Crowning a stunning three-story building in downtown Walnut Creek, Rooftop’s “bar to the stars” offers the loveliest spot in town for warm-weather dining when its roof is rolled back. While the ambitious menu was still coming together on our two early visits, faring well were gutsier dishes like the smoky, charred rib eye steak and the moules frites—mussels in a silky shellfish broth, with a side of fries and thick aioli for dipping. The menu has no regional theme, but Vietnamese (lime-spiced chicken wings) and French (smoked trout rillettes) dishes are specialties. Also consider a half-dozen oysters with the bubbly Up and Up—one of Rooftop’s many compelling craft cocktails. Lunch and dinner daily.
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