Residual Sugar wine bar expands to Concord’s Veranda
Downtown Walnut Creek’s popular Residual Sugar now has a sister wine bar — with an expanded restaurant and 100-seat patio.
The new location opened at The Veranda, Concord’s stillgrowing mega-complex.
The addition comes more than eight years after the original opened. During the interim, owners Jim and Jennifer Telford launched another venture, Rooftop restaurant and bar in Walnut Creek.
At their new Residual Sugar, customers will find 50 global varietals by the glass or bottle, 20 wines and beers on tap, a full kitchen — and a lot of extras.
For starters, there’s an outdoor patio, and the restaurant will provide food service to the nearby water fountain area and to the holiday ice rink, which will be open from early November through mid-February. On weekdays, customers will be encouraged to pick the inhouse music from a vinyl collection. Movie theme nights are planned, with a cotton candy machine on the way. Brunch service will be added soon.
Look for an emphasis on local, organic ingredients on the expanded Veranda menu — a lobster club sandwich, crispy glazed riblets with apple slaw, fried chicken and waffles, pulled pork sliders and a Cobb salad — besides the charcuterie and cheese dishes that will join the menu from Walnut Creek.
DETAILS » Residual Sugar is open daily, with inaugural hours from 4 to 10 p.m. SundayThursday and until midnight Friday and Saturday. Lunch and brunch hours will be added soon. 2045 Diamond Blvd., Concord; www.rswine.com.