opened about 1 month ago
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Balance Beerworks is a Sacramento-based craft brewery founded by a team of craft beer industry veterans, with a tap lineup spanning lagers, IPAs, seasonal brews, and experimental styles.
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opened about 1 month ago
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Pistachio & Cream is an Italian-style gelato and dessert café centering its menu on small-batch gelato made with DOP-certified Bronte pistachio from Sicily, alongside Belgian waffle bowls, sorbets, pastries, tiramisu cakes, and a specialty coffee program featuring a signature pistachio latte and affogato.
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opened about 2 months ago
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Steele House Coffee is a family-owned independent coffeehouse specializing in freshly roasted, low-acid coffee with beans sourced from farms around the world. The menu features barista-original espresso drinks alongside traditional offerings, with specialty lattes such as French Toast, Banana Cream, and Honey Bee all complemented by breakfast food options.
OPENING TBD
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Paris Baguette is a South Korean chain of bakery-cafes serving French inspired pastries, sandwiches, coffee, tea and more.
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opened about 2 months ago
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The Golden Pineapple is a dual-concept takeout operation from Kupros Craft House owners Keegan Currey and Steve Tokuhama, with one side of the space dedicated to a California-style deli and the other to a Hawaiian concept featuring plate lunches, ramen, and poke. The Hawaiian menu draws on family recipes including kalua pork and cabbage, chicken katsu, garlic mahi-mahi, and garlic shrimp, served alongside deli sandwiches where the two concepts intersect.
opened about 2 months ago
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Vallarta Prime is a contemporary Mexican restaurant specializing in premium seafood, grilled meats, and traditional Mexican cuisine inspired by the coastal flavors of Puerto Vallarta.
opened about 2 months ago
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Ume Tea is a boba tea chain founded in the Bay Area in 2019. Menu offerings include milk tea, fruit tea, fresh tea, coffee, bento boxes and snacks.
opened about 2 months ago
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Oak Park Bardega is a neighborhood deli and cocktail bar concept from the team behind Darling Aviary in Downtown Sacramento and The Flamingo House in Midtown. The menu centers on sandwiches made with premium meats, fresh-baked bread, and crisp ingredients, complemented by a bar program featuring beer, wine, and cocktails.
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opened about 2 months ago
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Day Tripper is a cocktail bar from Irish Hospitality Group and is built around agave and cane spirits sourced from Latin America and the Caribbean, with a concept intentionally broader than any single region or tiki tradition. The menu spans elevated vacation-style drinks including caipirinhas, pisco sours, and frozen slushies with 33 cocktails each tied to a producer-owned spirit with a cultural story behind it.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Bayt Al Mocha is a Dearborn, Michigan-based coffee franchise whose name and menu are rooted in the city of Mocha, Yemen. The menu spans both modern and traditional offerings, including frappes, smoothies, and shaken espresso alongside classic Yemeni drinks like Qishr (spiced coffee husks) and Mufawar (cardamom coffee), with Yemeni pastries such as honey-filled Sabaya and familiar options like croissants and cheesecake rounding out the food menu.
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opened about 3 months ago
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CAFÉX is a locally and Mexican-owned café concept centered on Mexican coffee culture, serving specialty espresso drinks, Mexican-inspired lattes like horchata and mazapán, fresh-pressed juices, aguas frescas, energy infusions and baked goods.
OPENING TBD
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Buddha Bowls and Rolls is a Sacramento-based Asian-American concept from Full Tilt Hospitality, centered on build-your-own spring rolls, noodle bowls, rice bowls, and banh mi-inspired sandwiches. The drink menu features fresh-pressed sugarcane juice, Vietnamese coffee, and tea beverages, rounded out by a selection of specialty cookies.
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opened about 2 months ago
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Founded in Lahaina, Maui in 2008 by David and Ululani Yamashiro, Ululani's Hawaiian Shave Ice has grown from a 65-square-foot stand into a multi-state chain with locations across Hawaii, California, Texas, and Florida. The brand crafts its syrups in-house using 100% pure cane sugar, ultra-purified water, and natural fruit purees or juices, with customizable shave ice available in dozens of tropical flavors and topped with optional add-ons such as ice cream, mochi, azuki beans, and sweetened condensed milk.
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OPENING TBD
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Peet's Coffee began in 1966 in Berkeley, California. Peet's offers freshly roasted beans, brewed coffee and espresso beverages, as well as a bottled cold brew.
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opened about 3 months ago
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Smokey Grill is a halal casual-dining concept blending Pakistani and American cuisines, with a menu featuring tandoori chicken, kebabs, mixed grill platters, karahi, curries, biryani, and naan alongside burgers and pizza.
OPENING DEC 2026
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The Habit Burger Grill is an American fast casual restaurant chain best known for their charbroiled hamburgers.
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opened about 3 months ago
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Range Kitchen & Tap is a casual American concept centered on creative, shareable plates including burgers, pizza, salads, and comfort-food staples.
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opened about 3 months ago
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VJ's Bar & Burger is a local bar and grill concept serving burgers, grillhouse plates, kebabs, wings, and loaded fries, alongside draft beer and signature cocktails.
OPENING SUMMER 2026
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California froyo chain offering 16 flavors of yogurt daily.
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OPENING TBD
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Onigiri Burgers is a family-owned Japanese restaurant built around the concept of replacing traditional burger buns with rice and seaweed to create a Japanese-American fusion format. The menu spans onigiri burgers, nori bites, and combo meals, with fillings ranging from Spam and ham to imitation crab and eel, served alongside sides like macaroni, miso soup, and salad.
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