These 51 Walnut Creek Restaurants Scored Revitalization Money

WALNUT CREEK, CA — 51 Walnut Creek restaurants are among thousands in California that received money from the Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which was passed by Congress last year as part of a sweeping coronavirus relief package.

The awards ranged from $11,800 to almost $2.2 million, with four restaurants receiving more than $1 million each.

Here is a list showing where grants went in Walnut Creek:

1. GALPAO GAUCHO FIVE LLC: $2,202,122.04
2. Jacks SB LLC: $1,648,498.00
3. JTJ Inc: $1,349,884.00
4. JZ Restaurants LLC: $1,039,415.50
5. Pho Huynh Hiep 6 INC.: $937,717.00
6. BSC CATERING LLC: $621,000.68
7. Joroda Inc: $610,646.00
8. Montecatini Ristorante Inc.: $601,628.00
9. Thaithani walnut creek Inc.: $573,083.39
10. Arian & Darian Company: $463,025.00
11. Bourbon Highway: $458,623.20
12. Parada Kitchen INC.: $450,681.00
13. Fat Harvest Restaurant Group LLC: $372,352.00
14. Triton Enterprises LLC: $350,984.00
15. Bikkuri llc: $349,798.00
16. EUN H SOAN: $325,293.00
17. Quynh Duong: $312,396.23
18. tonli kitcheninc: $308,142.00
19. Sustainable Restaurant Development Inc: $299,561.50
20. Buttercup Grill Inc.: $299,437.49
21. Kkum enterprise inc.: $255,132.52
22. Victor Chow: $234,675.00
23. Stadium Pub Inc: $229,912.17
24. Boobuli's LLC: $210,864.00
25. Sangha Hospitality Group Inc.: $173,452.60
26. D&C Mint Inc: $168,084.00
27. Sorrento Italian Restaurant and Pizza: $167,501.00
28. PRETZEL DAY INC.: $167,136.00
29. Saint Sixtus LLC: $164,189.00
30. Pinky's Pizza Parlor of Walnut Creek Inc.: $151,552.31
31. ZINDY Corp.: $150,761.00
32. PCPARTSSOURCE.COM INC.: $128,689.60
33. Arian Shekaib: $127,668.00
34. Abdul Maroof: $126,868.40
35. PEONY TRADING INC: $118,739.00
36. KW Liam Inc: $105,577.00
37. Basil Leaf Inc: $98,889.00
38. Sinceretea Group LLC: $85,796.52
39. Kitt Chanwattanapong: $84,376.59
40. toyo sushi Japanese Cuisine Inc: $79,782.00
41. Broderick WC Inc: $76,459.16
42. TBSIT LLC: $73,714.00
43. TMa Food Group Inc: $63,758.00
44. Chicken Pie Shop LLC: $61,510.00
45. Jakkrid Inc: $49,684.00
46. MICHELLE KIM: $37,323.00
47. LE GATEAU ELEGANT INC.: $27,359.00
48. Sh premier group: $25,839.00
49. DIVINE WONDERS LLC: $19,885.72
50. Banzai Izakaya Inc.: $17,272.00
51. Expectasian LLC: $11,877.97

Restaurants here in Walnut Creek and across the country are facing an uncertain future after the SBA said last month it was shutting down the Restaurant Revitalization Fund passed by Congress as part of the coronavirus relief package.

In an email to applicants last month, the SBA said the program will stop taking applications on July 14. Nationally, the program has handed out grants to 105,000 restaurants, but another 265,000 applicants are still waiting. A bill to replenish the fund has been introduced in Congress, but it has not moved forward.

Despite the restaurant industry lobbying for Congress to replenish the fund, lawmakers have been more focused on reaching a compromise on the Biden administration's infrastructure improvement bill.

A petition asking Congress to backfill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund can be found online.