"With some familiar faces and a fresh new feel, we are excited to serve our Alamo community!"
The new owners of 3195 Danville Blvd. posted that line in April, one day before The Peasant's Courtyard served its last breakfast and lunch. Chef Rodney Worth shared it on his own social media as a joint goodbye and hello, which is not how most restaurant handoffs go.
A few months later, "Coming Soon" signs went up across the boulevard at 3160 Danville Blvd., the longtime home of Forli Ristorante.
So in a single year, Alamo's two longest-running Danville Boulevard dining rooms have changed hands. Both buyers already had businesses nearby. One family's bread already sold at farmers markets in the area, and the other team runs a Walnut Creek restaurant a short drive north. Downtown Alamo's dining scene isn't being reshaped by out-of-town concepts. Local operators are taking over buildings that Alamo has eaten in for about forty years.
The handoff at 3195 took one night
The timing was tight. The Peasant's Courtyard served its last meals on Sunday, April 19, 2026, and The Courtyard Restaurant opened the next morning.
There's a long history behind that changeover. The property was the Courtyard Cafe for nearly 25 years until it closed in March 2009. Worth took it over and opened The Peasant's Courtyard that August, and The Worth Group ran it for close to 17 years. The Worth Group isn't leaving the area, either. It still runs The Peasant & The Pear in downtown Danville and The Bourbon Pear in Livermore, and in April it was preparing The Golden Pear in Rossmoor.
The new operators are Chef Jourdan De Sanctis and his wife, Amy De Sanctis, the family behind East Bay Artisan. DanvilleSanRamon reported that this is the bakery's first brick-and-mortar location in the San Ramon Valley. The family was already known for selling bread at area farmers markets, including Danville's Saturday market, and also runs Cafe 1277 in the Treat Towers office building in Walnut Creek.
The new owners kept a lot of what was there. Bay Area Telegraph reported that the courtyard setting is largely the same and that several employees from The Peasant's Courtyard stayed on. Recent diners have singled out the outdoor seating near the fountain.
What a bakery family does with a breakfast room
Despite the similar name, this wasn't a rebrand. The business has new owners, a new chef and a substantially different menu. For the first few weeks they kept serving much of the old menu while they built their own seasonal one.
The bakery shows up all over the menu. House-made breads run through breakfast, lunch and dinner. You'll find brioche French toast, sourdough avocado toast, house-made English muffins, sandwiches on East Bay Artisan bread, and pasta dishes made with the bakery's fresh pasta, such as pasta pomodoro on bucatini and chicken piccata with house-made fusilli. The pastry case has cinnamon rolls, croissants, coffee cake, sourdough loaves and focaccia.
The dish that took off online is the fish and chips: hand-battered white fish with house-cut fries, slaw, tartar sauce and malt vinegar. Breakfast still has an Alamo Scramble with bacon, greens, tomato relish and cheese, if you want something with the town's name on it.
The biggest change is the hours. When the new owners took over in April, they said dinner was "coming soon." By early August, the menu listed weekday breakfast and lunch, weekend brunch, and dinner starting at 4 p.m. The Telegraph pointed out that this adds an independent dinner option on a stretch of road where full-service restaurants are still fairly few. It also recommended confirming hours before you go, especially early in the week.
A room that has mostly been a breakfast and lunch spot for about four decades now serves meatloaf and prime steak frites at night. That's the most concrete change from this year's turnover so far.
Across the boulevard, a Walnut Creek team takes over Forli's room
Forli is the other old-timer. A 2011 Patch profile described it as a local Alamo favorite since the early 1980s. It changed owners more than once over the years, including a 2006 sale to new owners. By August 2026 it had closed. We couldn't find a public record of Forli's last night of service or the reason it closed, so we won't guess.
The new tenant is The Post, an American comfort-food restaurant in the Stone Valley Center near CVS. The restaurant's own site says it comes from the team behind Main St Kitchen & Bar in Walnut Creek. According to Bay Area Telegraph, state business records tie the project to Alamo Restaurant & Bar Group LLC, which was formed in September 2025 and lists 3160 Danville Blvd. as its address. Danville-based Lala Hospitality Inc. is listed as the manager.
According to its website, the concept takes its inspiration from an early-1900s post office.
Here's how the two addresses compare as of October 8, 2026:
| 3195 Danville Blvd. | 3160 Danville Blvd. | |
|---|---|---|
| Earlier tenants | Courtyard Cafe for nearly 25 years, then The Peasant's Courtyard from 2009 to 2026 | Forli Ristorante, a local favorite since the early 1980s |
| New operator | Jourdan and Amy De Sanctis of East Bay Artisan | The team behind Main St Kitchen & Bar in Walnut Creek |
| Where else they cook | Cafe 1277 in Walnut Creek, plus bread at area farmers markets | Walnut Creek |
| Status | Open since April 20, 2026 | Not yet open, no date announced |
| Meals | Weekday breakfast and lunch, weekend brunch, dinner from 4 p.m. | Comfort food planned; final menu not released |
What's confirmed about The Post, and what isn't
The Post's own channels are the best indicator of how close it is, and as of today they still say "soon." The site shows a post that reads, "The wait is nearly over! Follow us on IG, TikTok, or even our newsletter to keep posted on our opening date."
Here's what we know as of October 8:
- Opening date: Not announced. In early August, the Telegraph reported renovation work underway, with crews still inside after 8:30 p.m.
- Menu: Not final. The menu page on the website still shows template content, such as bread and dips for $4.50 and a peanut-crusted steak for $8. The Telegraph called it unfinished placeholder material in August.
- Hours: Still changing. In August the site said 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It now lists Tuesday through Friday 3 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and closed Mondays.
The newer hours suggest a later-afternoon and weekend-brunch restaurant. If they hold, both old rooms would be open for weekend mornings and weeknight dinners. That's a plan on a website, though, not a restaurant you can book yet.
Sunday morning is where these food businesses got started
The Courtyard's owners were known for their farmers market stalls before they had a dining room. Alamo has its own market, and it's having its biggest morning of the fall soon.
The Alamo Farmers Market holds its 13th annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, October 18. According to the event listing on Patch:
- Where: 120 Alamo Plaza, in the Bank of America parking lot
- When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- For kids: Vendors will decorate their stalls and hand out treats for trick-or-treating, with kid activities all morning
- Show: A ventriloquist and puppeteer from 10 a.m. to noon
- Pumpkins: Free mini pumpkins for the first 50 kids, so arriving early helps
The market runs every Sunday, all year, at the same spot and hours. If you're at the festival on October 18, The Courtyard serves weekend brunch at 3195 Danville Blvd., and its number is 925-362-0088 if you want to check the wait.
I grew up in Lafayette and still keep track of every "Coming Soon" sign between Walnut Creek and Danville. When The Post announces its opening date, I'll share it. If you're thinking about what a changing Danville Boulevard means for your own corner of Alamo, Lauren Deal would be happy to talk it over, maybe over fish and chips. Let's Connect.
