Restaurants & Bars
Original Joe's Italian Restaurant In Walnut Creek Is Ready To Reopen
Original Joe's in Walnut Creek is ready to reopen the restaurant after a kitchen fire shut down the South Main Street location.
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Original Joe's — the family-friendly Italian restaurant with deep Bay Area roots — will reopen its Walnut Creek location Wednesday after closing in August because of a kitchen fire.
The Walnut Creek location was the famed San Francisco restaurant's first East Bay location.
The original Original Joe’s was opened in 1937 as a 14-stool counter in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district by Croatian immigrant Tony Rodin.
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It quickly became known for its abundant portions, reasonable prices, and well-prepared Italian-American comfort food like hamburgers, steaks, pastas, and seafood, and began attracting up to six million visitors a year.
The Duggan family, which owns the restaurant, joined Walnut Creek officials in August for a ribbon cutting and the proclamation of Aug. 14 as "Original Joe's Day" in Walnut Creek.
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Original Joe’s Walnut Creek will be open for lunch and dinner daily.
The restaurant's address is 1300 S. Main St.
Visit www.originaljoes.com/walnut-creek for hours and more information.
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