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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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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Roku offers nigiri and sashimi, rolls, ramen and kitchen food such as chicken katsu.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 3 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.
opened about 3 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
Santino's Pizza & Pasta is a Sacramento-based casual Italian concept serving pizzas, pizza rolls, classic pasta dishes, subs, and salads. The menu is designed for family-friendly dining in a relaxed atmosphere, with pasta dishes served alongside garlic bread.
opened about 2 months ago
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Mediterranean and Greek-inspired menu—including kabobs and gyros.
-Sacramento Bee
OPENING TBD
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Toasted Rooster Cafe is a women-owned breakfast, brunch, and lunch concept with a menu spanning skillets, omelettes, waffles, pancakes, French toast, pastries, and lunch items with standouts like cinnamon roll French toast, churro waffles, the 50/50 Fearless Rooster burger, and breakfast tacos. The menu also includes vegan and vegetarian options.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 3 weeks ago
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Regional fusion pizza chain serving both Italian and Indian style pizzas as well as wings and wraps.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Vitality Bowls is a fast-casual superfood café chain specializing in açaí bowls, smoothies, juices, paninis, salads, and soups, all made to order in kitchens designed to minimize allergens.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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From Allison Lo of Sacramento, owner of Asian Blossom in Granite Bay, Pho Tasty is a Vietnamese eatery focused on authentic Vietnamese foods.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING 2026
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California froyo chain offering 16 flavors of yogurt daily.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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Huong Lan Sandwiches is a Vietnamese restaurant and deli specializing in sandwiches, noodles, and rice plates.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING SUMMER 2026
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The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is a fast-casual restaurant chain that currently operates 25+ locations across the U.S and is part of United Franchise Group. The restaurant's menu features dips, dolmades, spanakopita, Greek salad, gyros, rice bowls and entrees like souvlaki. Desserts include baklava ice cream and rice pudding.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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Jersey Mike’s is a sub sandwich chain that began franchising in 1987 and operates over 1,500 locations across the US.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 1 month ago
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Founded in 1984, Gold Dust Pizza is a family-owned Northern California chain with both full-service and fast-casual Express locations. The menu features handcrafted pizzas, oversized calzones, wings, oven-toasted sandwiches, fresh salads, and breadsticks.
-Sacramento Business Journal