On November 4, a resident posted in an online forum that The Post was open, and that she and a friend had stopped in for "inaugural drinks" at the bar. According to Bay Area Telegraph, another neighbor went back for dinner that same evening and gave it "two thumbs up."
That soft opening at 3160 Danville Boulevard completes a year in which Alamo gained no new restaurant address. Both of its 2026 dining changes happened in rooms locals already knew. Seven months earlier, The Peasant's Courtyard at 3195 Danville Boulevard became The Courtyard Restaurant. The two new operators also chose different parts of the day. The Courtyard is a bakery-backed kitchen that opens at 8 a.m. The Post's doors open at 3 p.m., with happy hour first. With the holiday events Alamo has scheduled for late November and December, the split makes it easy to plan where a day starts and where it ends.
The room that kept its courtyard
The Peasant's Courtyard served its last meals on Sunday, April 19, and the new restaurant took over the next morning. Bay Area Telegraph reported in August that the restaurant has new owners, a new chef and a substantially different menu. The family-run restaurant is operated by Chef Jourdan De Sanctis and his wife, Amy De Sanctis, who are also connected to East Bay Artisan, the local bakery and prepared-food business known for its breads, fresh pasta and sauces.
The bakery link shows up across the menu. The same report lists brioche French toast, sourdough avocado toast and house-made English muffins at breakfast, and sandwiches on East Bay Artisan breads at lunch. Dinner includes pasta pomodoro made with the bakery's fresh bucatini, chicken piccata with house-made fusilli, prime steak frites and meatloaf. Cinnamon rolls, croissants, coffee cake, sourdough loaves and focaccia are also on the menu. According to that report, the courtyard setting is largely the same, and several employees from The Peasant's Courtyard stayed on through the transition.
The schedule matters most. The Courtyard's menu page lists weekday breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., weekday lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekend brunch from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and dinner every day from 4 p.m. Dinner came later than breakfast and lunch. When they took over in April, the new owners first kept the old menu and said dinner would follow. By August, the new menu and dinner service were both in place.
The room that starts at 3 p.m.
At 3160 Danville Boulevard, The Post took over the former Forli Ristorante space in Stone Valley Center, between Subway and the Hospice Thrift Store. Bay Area Telegraph remembered Forli as a longtime Alamo favorite known for its Italian food and a lively bar. The new tenant comes from the team behind Main St Kitchen & Bar in downtown Walnut Creek and calls its menu American comfort food with fresh, local flavors. According to Bay Area Telegraph, the name and concept draw on an early-1900s post office.
The Post's website lists Tuesday through Sunday, 3 to 9 p.m., with Mondays closed. Bay Area Telegraph noted that hours and menu may change during the soft opening. The first two hours are happy hour, with $8 cocktails, $6 draft beers and wines, and $9 bites. The bites include Wagyu burger sliders, crispy fish bites, loaded tater tots, spicy pulled pork tostadas and fritto misto.
On The Post's dinner menu, starters run from warm marinated olives at $8 to burrata on Acme toast at $17 and crispy fried calamari at $19. House-braised pot roast is $33. The soft-launch menu Bay Area Telegraph reviewed also had pork schnitzel at $34, a grilled ribeye with pommes dauphine and wild mushrooms at $64, and a zero-proof section. One of those drinks, the Overnight Express, is made with fresh espresso and coconut.
How the two schedules fit together
Side by side, the two rooms cover different parts of the day, and from Tuesday through Friday each one is open during the gap the other leaves.
| The Courtyard Restaurant | The Post | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 3195 Danville Blvd. | 3160 Danville Blvd., Stone Valley Center |
| Took over the space | April 20, 2026 | Soft-opened by November 4, 2026 |
| Earliest seating | 8 a.m. | 3 p.m. |
| 3 to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Friday | Between lunch and dinner | Happy hour |
| Mondays | Dinner from 4 p.m. | Closed |
| Kitchen's background | East Bay Artisan breads and pasta | Main St Kitchen & Bar, Walnut Creek |
| Fish and chips | Hand-battered white fish, house-cut fries, slaw, tartar, malt vinegar | $28 |
From Tuesday through Friday, The Courtyard's lunch service ends at 3 p.m., the same time The Post opens, and The Post's happy hour runs until 5. On Mondays, when The Post is closed, The Courtyard still serves dinner. Both menus have fish and chips, the dish that drew The Courtyard's attention in a viral neighborhood post over the summer.
Bay Area Telegraph described Alamo as "a community with a relatively limited number of full-service dining establishments," and said The Post gives residents another place for dinner or drinks without heading into downtown Walnut Creek or Danville. In a town that size, two operators splitting the clock adds a lot of options, even though no new address opened.
Where the holiday calendar ends each day
Most of Alamo's scheduled holiday events end in the late afternoon or early evening. That's when The Post's happy hour is running and The Courtyard's dinner service has started.
- Alamo Women's Club Jewelry Faire, November 19 and 20. The club's calendar lists Thursday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, November 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Train show at Alamo Plaza, November 27 through January 3. European Train Enthusiasts and the Alamo Improvement Association bring back model trains on a European-style layout at Alamo Plaza, 200 Alamo Plaza. It's open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extra days on December 22, 23, 29 and 30. It's closed Christmas and New Year's Day. Admission is $5 and benefits the Contra Costa and Solano Food Bank, and children under 6 get in free. Opening day is the Friday after Thanksgiving. The extra dates on December 22 and 29 fall on Tuesdays, when The Post is open.
- Holiday Celebration & Hospice Tree Lighting, December 10. The Alamo Women's Club lists Thursday, December 10, from 4 to 6 p.m., with wine, appetizers, the Monte Vista Barbershop Singers, and a tree lighting supporting Hospice and Brun's House. When it ends, The Post has three hours of service left that night.
The European Train Enthusiasts have run this show in Alamo Plaza since at least 2022. That year's exhibit ran from November 25 through December 31, which makes this season's run, ending January 3, a few days longer. The train show and the Jewelry Faire both close around 5 p.m., which is when The Post's happy hour ends and The Courtyard's dinner service is an hour in. Both restaurants are on Danville Boulevard, ready for dinner after either event.
A Sunday on the boulevard
The Sunday farmers market at Alamo Plaza is listed as running every week from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot near Bank of America. Weekend brunch at The Courtyard runs until 3 p.m. The train show is open Sundays until 5, and The Post serves until 9. From the first weekend after Thanksgiving through the first weekend of January, one Sunday in Alamo can take in the market, brunch, the trains and dinner, in that order.
If you're hosting family this season and want help planning a local afternoon, Amir and Cherry at Aliloupour Real Estate Team are happy to share their own notes on Alamo's Danville Boulevard. Reach out any time; it's the part of the job we enjoy most.
