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Easter Reservations
Easter Sunday is April 16. Please call us at (925) 837-2501 to make your Easter reservation. Thank you and Happy Easter!
Private Banquet Rooms Available
West Room
East Room
Executive Room
Planning a work meeting, birthday party, baby shower or life celebration? We have three private banquet rooms available for your special event:
- The “Executive room which will seat 18 guests at a conference style table
- The “East” room which will accommodate 40 guests in a “U” shape or at five round tables of eight.
- Except for Friday evenings or Saturday evenings, we can join the East and west rooms and accommodate 90 guests
- We offer a full bar and we are wheelchair accessible.
Our staff will help you with designing a meeting or special occasion to suit your needs. We host any type of private or corporate event small or large up to 150 guests. We specialize in holiday parties, weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, showers, and business meetings with audio visual available. Our indoor private rooms can accommodate up to 50 guests. Corporate wine tasting events are also available.
Call us today at (925) 837-2501 to reserve one of our lovely rooms.
Happy Hour Half Price Appetizers Daily 4:30pm-7pm!
Enjoy Happy Hour Half Price Appetizers Daily 4:30pm-7pm in our lounge! The following appetizers are half price: Potato Skins, Fried Zucchini, Chicken Quesadilla, Buffalo Wings, Regular Fries, Garlic Fries.
Fried Zucchini
Chicken Quesadilla
Buffalo Chicken Wings
Our Lounge
Accolades
“Diners’ Choice” OpenTable 2016
“Best of the East Bay” Best Comfort Food-Diablo Magazine 2015
“Diners’ Choice” OpenTable 2015
“Best Bite” San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Wine & Dine in October 2015
“Best Bite” San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Wine & Dine in October 2014
“Best American Food”-2014 Readers Choice-San Ramon Express
“Best Cocktail Joint in San Ramon” -2012 SR Patch Reader’s Choice Winner
“This restaurant is one of our favorites. The Prime Rib of Beef here is consistently delicious, tender and perfectly cooked to our preference.” 1/1/15, Kim L., Danville
St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef & Cabbage March 17
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Rite mate, today is Friday, March 17 and it is Saint Patrick’s Day! Our soups du jour are Tomato Soup or Clam Chowder. Naturally we are serving traditional Irish-American Corned Beef and Cabbage served with potatoes and vegetable. Price is $18.99. The Fresh Catch is Grilled Salmon with Watermelon, Pineapple Salsa, Fresh Halibut with Chardonnay Sauce or Fresh Petrale Sole with Lemon Butter.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
(retro ad)
There’s a little bit of Irish in everyone, right? Did you know that corned beef is not considered an Irish national dish, and the connection with Saint Patrick’s Day specifically originates as part of Irish-American culture. Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish-American immigrants in the late 19th century. Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American variant of the Irish dish of bacon and cabbage.
Memorabilia of The Brass Door
Here’s one of our pre 1968 newspaper ads. We are also Oakland A’s fans, but back then the A’s were still based in Kansas City.
Brass Door Ad in the Valley Pioneer “A sign of good taste” (December 18, 1963)
The Brass Door shadow box located near the front brass door of the restaurant
Retro Ad from 1967 Valley Pioneer-Yikes! #politicallyincorrect
Howzabout You? Here’s a photo of Dick Basso (current owner Dan Basso’s father) and Mick Schlesinger. They owned The Brass Door from 1955 through 1974, when they retired.
Where the Elite Meet to Eat! Brass Door ad in the San Ramon 1964 Valley Pioneer newspaper
An old New Year’s Ad. We still have the same phone number!
Brass Door vintage cappuccino and Tuaca mugs
The Brass Door in San Ramon has stood the test of time. This Brass Door ad is dated August 1974 and we are still going strong after almost 70 years!
(1946-1955 we were known as ‘8/5 Club’ Mick’s father Howard ‘Shorty’ owned it)
‘Valley Bonanza Merchants’ San Ramon Valley businesses in Valley Pioneer newspaper, 1964-We are one of the few businesses still operating!
Vintage Brass Door ashtray. We still have the same phone number!
“At the SRV museum yesterday I found this Brass Door ash tray in the archives, not sure of the vintage but the phone number “VE7 2501″ (which is still the correct number today!) dates it pretty far back. Smoking was very much the norm when I was growing up in the 50’s, 60’s and beyond and most restaurants/hotels/etc had their logos on their ash trays.” Mark Harrigan
Thank you to Mark Harrigan and Joey O’Shea for sharing these photos on Facebook! (‘680/24 Corridor History’, ‘You Know You’re From San Ramon’, ‘If You Grew Up in Danville, CA in the 80’s and 90’s’)
Make Your Valentine's Day Reservation
Super Bowl NFL Food Specials
Austin Hooper, tight end for the NFL Atlanta Falcons, is a San Ramon hometown boy! This Sunday will be a big day for the Hooper family and the San Ramon Valley because Austin will be playing in the Super Bowl! As a boy, Austin played with the San Ramon Bears. In high school he played for De La Salle and Stanford was his college. The Atlanta Falcons drafted Austin last year.
So come watch Austin and the Falcons play the Patriots in the Super Bowl and enjoy our NFL Game Time Specials! We have the Prime Rib Sandwich, New York Steak Sandwich or Ribeye Sandwich for only $14.95 each! *NFL Game Time Football Specials are only good in our lounge while the games are televised live and are for dine in only.
*NFL Game Time Football Specials are only good in our lounge while the games are televised live and are for dine in only.
Also, the following appetizers are half price…Potato Skins, Fried Zucchini, Chicken Quesadilla, Buffalo Wings, French Fries and Garlic Fries
Ring in the New Year 2017 with The Brass Door!
An old New Year’s Ad. We still have the same phone number at The Brass Door!
Ring in the New Year 2017 with The Brass Door! We will be open regular hours 11:00 am -10:30 pm on New Years Eve, Saturday, December 31. On New Years Day, Sunday, January 1, we will also be open for our regular Sunday hours, 10 am-9:30 pm.
Winner of Best Bite, Best of the East Bay & Diners Choice
San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Wine and Dine 2015
The Brass Door wins “Best Bite” at San Ramon Wine and Dine
Hooray! The Brass Door wins Best Bite at the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Wine and Dine in October 2015! This is the second year in a row that we have won the award for our Prime Rib Sandwich.
We are pleased to announce that The Brass Door was voted Diablo Magazine Best of the East Bay 2015 in the ‘Reader Picks’ Comfort Food category. The complete list of East Bay winners was announced in the July 2015 edition of the magazine. We would like to thank the wonderful fans of The Brass Door who voted for us. We really appreciate your support!
Furthermore, The Brass Door won Diners’ Choice Awards with Open Table February 2016, July 2015 and in October 2015 we won another Diners’ Choice Award: Best Restaurant in San Ramon. Diners’ Choice Award winners are selected according to real feedback from diners who booked through Open Table.
Other Awards:
The Brass Door was voted “Best Bite” at the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Wine & Dine in October 2014 and October 2015!
“Best American Food”-2013 Readers Choice-San Ramon Express
“Best Cocktail Joint in San Ramon” -2012 SR Patch Reader’s Choice Winner