ALAMO, CALIFORNIA – Locals are writing in to tell us about a big change happening in Alamo.
One of Alamo’s best-known restaurant names is about to disappear. But, there’s good news.
The Peasant’s Courtyard, the longtime restaurant at 3195 Danville Blvd., reportedly served its final day under that name on Sunday, April 19.
But this is not a typical restaurant shutdown: the space is set to reopen the very next morning under new ownership as The Courtyard Restaurant.
The transition appears to have happened quickly. According to a joint social media announcement cited by local reports, The Worth Group’s final breakfast and lunch service as Peasant’s Courtyard is Sunday, with the new owners taking over today.
That means Alamo is not losing the restaurant space itself — but it is losing the Peasant’s Courtyard brand, which has been part of the local dining scene for years. Rodney Worth took over the property in 2009 and opened The Peasant’s Courtyard that August, after the site had previously operated for nearly 25 years as the Courtyard Cafe.
At least the “Courtyard” part has stayed consistent over all these years!
The new operators are the family behind East Bay Artisan, a bakery business known for selling at area farmers markets including Danville, and for operating Cafe 1277 in Walnut Creek. Their website describes East Bay Artisan as an artisan bread, baked goods, pasta, pizza, and sandwich business, with Cafe 1277 operating out of Treat Towers in Walnut Creek.
For fans of Rodney Worth’s restaurants, this marks another change in his East Bay lineup. Worth’s Walnut Creek restaurant The Little Pear closed earlier this year, while his business website now lists The Peasant & The Pear in Danville, The Bourbon Pear in Livermore, and The Golden Pear in Walnut Creek among his current operations.
That last one is the newest, and it’s located in Rossmoor. Worth may be closing or selling other spaces to focus on turning the Golden Pear into a flagship location.
We’ll stop in to try the new Courtyard Cafe, which they say will happen in early May. Join our free 925 News newsletter so I can keep you in the loop.
