Good restaurant in the east bay. Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Lafayette area?

Question

Looking for a good restaurant for lunch.

must have........

1. full bar

2. decent priced food

3. outdoor seating would be a plus but not nec.

Answer 1

Metro Lafayette

3524 Mt. Diablo Boulevard,

Lafayette, CA 94549

925/284-4422

Sophisticated yet with a relaxed attitude, Metro Lafayette has not only a fully-stocked friendly bar and ample outdoor seating within it's clever inner courtyard where you can eat an amazing selection of fine food at very reasonable lunch prices . . .

Small Plates

Spicy raw Tuna Poke 14. 00

Half dozen fresh shucked Oysters 10.00

Puree of Asparagus soup 5.50 Fish Chowder with lobster butter 8.00

Wild Mushroom Bruschetta with fresh goat cheese, cracked olive salsa & toasted hazelnuts 9.50

Tempura Atlantic Prawns with red pepper aioli, cucumber salad, lime & sea salt 10.00

Salads

Mixed Greens with Dijon vinaigrette 5.00

Salade Nicoise with wild tuna confit, tomatoes, grilled asparagus, fingerlings & olives 11.00

Caesar Salad with truffled anchovies, shaved reggiano & garlic croutons 8.95 add Rosie’s Organic Chicken 5.00

Roasted Chiogga and golden Beet Salad with goat cheese, mâche & lemon vinaigrette 8.25

Grilled Thai Chicken with nappa cabbage-rice noodle salad with nuoc cham & peanuts 12.50

Louisiana Gulf Shrimp with arugula-white bean salad, blood oranges, olives & lemon vinaigrette 12.95

Tri-tip Steak with organic spinach salad, balsamic grilled onions & mushrooms, buttermilk blue cheese 12.25

Sandwiches & Entrees

Quiche with bacon, gruyere cheese, leeks and mixed greens 9.00

Panini of roasted pork loin, Duroc bacon, grilled onions & cheddar 10.00

Crab Salad sandwich & a cup of asparagus soup 9.50

Crispy buttermilk Chicken Sandwich with cabbage-apple slaw 11.00

Metro Burger & fries 10.00

Croque Monsieur with dry-cured ham & gruyere mornay 12.50

Penne with English peas, spring garlic & Parmesan 11.95

Bucatini with spicy housemade sausage ragu & arugula 12.50

Misoyaki Black Cod with scallion rice cake, tempura mushrooms, living cress & ponzu 19.50

Answer 2

drive over to the dead fish in rodeo  it has it all

Answer 3

Park Chow, Lafayette

Il Fornaio, W.C.

Lark Creek, W.C.

Pizza Antica, Lafayette

Scotts Seafood, W.C.

Yacht Club, W.C.

Answer 4

Standfords (Walnut Creek)- steak. happy hour prices are insanely inexpensive and the food is great

Tomatina (Walnut Creek)- good Italian food.

Back Forty Texas BBQ (Pleasant HIll)- REALLY good BBQ. I think they have a full bar, but I haven't been through the whole restaurant, so I'm not sure.