opened about 2 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
Sichuan City is a locally owned Chinese restaurant whose menu blends personal favorites with interpretations of popular Chinese dishes. The menu features Sichuan-style specialties such as spicy boiled fish, Dan Dan noodles, and creamy shrimp, alongside appetizers, soups, rice, and chow mein dishes, with vegetarian options available.
OPENING JUN 2027
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King's Fish House is a casual-dining seafood chain whose daily-printed menu highlights a broad raw bar selection and seasonal specials that rotate with fishing patterns. The chain operates its own seafood distribution arm, which hand-selects and delivers fresh product directly to its restaurants, with signature offerings including live oysters, seasonal catches, sushi, lobster, and crab.
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opened about 2 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 JUL 2026
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Angry Chickz is a fast-food restaurant serving Nashville-style hot chicken.
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opened about 2 months ago
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Tran Kitchen is a Vietnamese counter-service restaurant where recipes are helmed by a mother-son team serving pho, bún bò Huế, bò kho, rice plates, vermicelli bowls, and bánh mì sandwiches.
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OPENING TBD
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Burger Me! is a family-owned gourmet burger concept serving all-natural meats across multiple protein options including beef, bison, chicken, turkey, lamb, ahi tuna, cod, and veggie with sides like sweet potato garlic fries and hand-dipped onion rings. The menu also includes shakes, malts, and beer and wine.
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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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OPENING TBD
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Louisiana-based Raising Cane's is an international chain of quick-service chicken eateries and was founded by Todd Graves and Craig Silvey on August 26, 1996.
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opened about 2 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
NEW CONCEPT
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.
opened about 2 months ago
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Kai Japanese Cuisine is a modern Japanese restaurant offering an elevated dining experience centered around fresh sushi, sashimi, specialty nigiri, and traditional Japanese dishes with a contemporary touch.
opened about 2 months ago
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Offers a variety of Hawaiian-inspired dishes such as BBQ chicken, chicken katsu, BBQ short ribs and Spam and egg plates.
OPENING TBD
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Great Gold is an Italian-American restaurant built around a farm-to-table approach, with a menu centering on house-made pastas, Roman-style pizzas, and grilled meats sourced from local farmers and ranchers. The kitchen follows a hyper-seasonal philosophy rooted in California cuisine, emphasizing whole-animal butchery and locally sourced produce.
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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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OPENING TBD
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Lao Hu Tong Dumpling House is a Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings, including soup dumplings (xiao long bao), steamed, and pan-fried varieties. The menu also features noodle dishes such as beef noodle soup, dan dan noodles, and wontons, alongside cold dishes and other Chinese comfort food.
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OPENING TBD
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Chipotle, is an American chain of fast-casual restaurants founded in 1993 by Steve Ells and currently operates more than 2500 locations across the US, Canada, UK, France, and Germany.
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OPENING TBD
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Roku offers nigiri and sashimi, rolls, ramen and kitchen food such as chicken katsu.
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OPENING AUG 2026
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Sugar Llamas is a Tulsa-founded franchise operating as a dessert and coffee cafe whose concept combines a donut shop, coffee house, and ice cream parlor under one roof. The centerpiece of the menu is made-to-order mini donuts served hot, customizable with a variety of drizzles and toppings, alongside ice cream, frappes, and craft drinks.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Pizza Factory is a family-style pizzeria chain serving hand-tossed pizzas made from in-house dough and topped with 100% real mozzarella in a variety of specialty and build-your-own configurations. Their menu also includes appetizers like breadsticks, garlic bread, pasta, calzones, sandwiches, wings, soups, salads, desserts, and beverages.
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opened about 4 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
Tasty Sushi is a Sacramento-based Japanese restaurant with a menu spanning specialty and classic rolls alongside traditional nigiri, sashimi, pan-fried noodles, and fried rice.