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When Chomp Chomp invites you out for Vietnamese, this is what we’re talking about!
08/06/2026

When Chomp Chomp invites you out for Vietnamese, this is what we’re talking about!

Chomp Chomp snuck into Le Nocturne for some snacks and wants to tell you all about it. First the food and then the ambie...
07/15/2026

Chomp Chomp snuck into Le Nocturne for some snacks and wants to tell you all about it. First the food and then the ambience. Sorry if Chomp Chomp ruffles some feathers here, we were feeling very French!

Chomp Chomp had the tartare, the salad, the mushroom, the steak frites, the pommes puree, the caviar bump, the caviar blini, and the crème brûlée. Don’t make fun of Chomp Chomp! We like to eat! The tartare, salad, mushroom and crème brûlée were top notch. No notes. Worth the visit just for those item. The steak frites were a bit of a mess - overcooked with some type of chimchurri type sauce? Maybe Chomp Chomp just not classy enough, but Chomp Chomp pretty sure that’s not French! Also, they burnt the sauce. But Chomp Chomp forgive them because it’s soft opening.

Chomp Chomp likes the food. And we’d come back just for those Joel Robuchon styled mashed potatoes. But Chomp Chomp thinks the ambience is a mess. Chomp Chomp wonders if anyone working there (except Chef) has ever been to France? The walls do not feel French. The staff does not feel knowledgeable about French food. And the drinks are not French (only one French wine?). Again, soft opening, so we hope things change. But it’s summer in Livermore! It’s showtime! Buy some pictures of some fancy looking cats and some gold hardware and call it a day!

Lastly, Chomp Chomp does not like this DJ malarkey. Chomp Chomp does not need another restaurant turned club. We are here for the food. Not to bump our buns against tables that have been pushed to the side to make room for 7 drunkos with popped collars. Why can Chomp Chomp not enjoy nice wine and snacks late into the night? Chomp Chomp feels like the restaurant turned “club” thing died in 2008. Just be you, Le Nocturne!

Apple bottom jeans, le pommes purrrrr, Chomp Chomp got the whole club munchin haricot verttttttt.

We’ll see about that MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes.
06/03/2026

We’ll see about that MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes.

05/30/2026

As a self proclaimed, honorary citizen of Chicago (and a consumer of copious amounts of that city’s pizza), Chomp Chomp thinks it’s got the juice to evaluate Zachary's Chicago Pizza in Livermore.

A lot can be forgiven when it comes to deep dish. After all, it’s basically a hub cap filled with cheese, meat, and bread. What could go wrong? And in the case of Zachary’s, so it seems, the answer is “not much!”

Look Zachary’s isn’t reinventing the wheel. Chomp Chomp has had this food before. Many of you have. It’s solid deep dish pizza. The cheese pulls. The sausage snaps. And, most importantly, the sauce is nice and bright. That’s the real highlight for us - bright sauce with big chunks of tomato that cuts perfectly through the heavy cheese.

If Chomp Chomp could make one complaint: we wish there were more appetizers! Sometimes Chomp Chomp can’t eat 5000 calories all by itself (v. rare). Sometimes Chomp Chomp just wants to eat 2000 calories and have a beer. Where are the zucchini sticks? Mozzarella triangle things? Is it too much to ask for a jalapeño stuffed with cheese and deep fried? No deep fryer back there? Zachary, you call Chomp Chomp and we go back there and make you a grill top app menu. 7 minute pickups. Chomp Chomp’s got you. Anyway, Chomp Chomp is getting too nitpicky, but man do we love a snack.

Overall, Zachary’s earns 7 Chomps out of 10. A tasty eat in a beautiful, downtown location but a couple more snacks would go a long, long way.

PS Can we drink Malort at Zachary’s? Chomp Chomp forgot to check.

Hidden Livermore gem: the focaccia at Swirl on the Square. Chomp Chomp particularly likes the F-Bomb, which is exactly w...
04/11/2026

Hidden Livermore gem: the focaccia at Swirl on the Square. Chomp Chomp particularly likes the F-Bomb, which is exactly what we dropped several of once we took a bite! Chomp Chomp doesn’t want there to be any secrets between us Livermore. So Chomp Chomp promises to always tell you about our favorite secret bites!

Best kept secret in Livermore?
02/11/2026

Best kept secret in Livermore?

Every time Chomp Chomp goes to The Korean Place in downtown Livermore, we get overwhelmed. So many tasty things, Chomp C...
12/28/2025

Every time Chomp Chomp goes to The Korean Place in downtown Livermore, we get overwhelmed. So many tasty things, Chomp Chomp needs to make more friends so we can order everything!

Chomp Chomp likes the Bo Ssam. But we understand not all white people are ready for that. You know what you are ready for, though? Their Bbq short rib and beef bulgogi - both out of this world delicious and palatable to even the most conservative of tastes. Who doesn’t like beef and bbq sauce?! And who doesnt love thmselves some corn cheese?!

For those dipping a toe in the deep end, the Japchae, Seafood pancake, and gimbap all play.

The Korean Place in downtown. Strong recommend!

12/16/2025

2 things that are uniquely Livermore. We dont know why! But we love It:

-Garlic sauce on white tuna/albacore/shiro maguro at sushi restaurants. Shiro maguro is Chomp Chomp’s favorite sushi fish. We eat it all over the Bay on a regular basis. Only in Livermore does it regularly appear with a garlic sauce.

-Chicken asado being readily available at Mexican taquerias. Shredded chicken is at just about every taqueria, but cubed/grilled chicken? Not so much. This is good news for Chomp Chomp since we’re not the biggest fans of shredded chicken. Grilled chicken, though? All day.

Yes, of course there are exceptions to this, but it’s wild that this city has seemingly communally settled on these two items. Was there, like, a meeting or something?

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4424 Las Positas Rd
Livermore, CA
94551-9529

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