Stereo 41: Southern Restaurant & Lounge in Walnut Creek
RESTAURANT
Honest Southern cooking: shareable entrées, just right on your own and even better passed around. Shrimp creole, short rib pepper pot, hot skillet cornbread, fried chicken, collard greens. We don't reinvent these dishes. We honor them.
(Sample menus. Prices and offerings change with market availability.)
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A listening room, not a nightclub. Not that we're policing hips; the funk gets into people, and there's a reason we took Best Late-Night Dining. Some nights a DJ, some nights curated playlists: soul, funk, disco, hip hop, or Latin, whatever the night calls for, through a hi-fi Void sound system. Think your cool aunt showing off her record collection.
No cover. The good seats are the ones near the speakers.
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BRING YOUR PEOPLE
Full buyouts, private space rental, patio parties, family reunions, and catering when the gathering's at your place. If it matters to you, it matters to us.
RESERVATIONS
Walk-ins always welcome. Reservations if you like to plan ahead.
Mon–Thu 2pm – 10pm
Fri 2pm – 1am
Sat 11am – 1am
Sun 11am – 10pm
Happy Hour Mon–Fri 2pm – 5pm
Open late: until 1 AM Fridays and Saturdays.
PRESS
Best of the East Bay 2026
Best New Restaurant
Best Late-Night Dining
"The kitchen will be led by executive chef Jonathan De La Torre, an Oakland native who previously worked at San Francisco's Mourad, Nopa and Quince."
"...tailor-made to pump up the volume in the downtown Walnut Creek restaurant scene."
"A dining experience that is unique to anything I've had before in Walnut Creek, and one put together with passion, personality, and precision."