opened about 2 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
Stonebird Japanese Grill & Noodles is a restaurant with a menu centered on open-flame yakitori skewers alongside ramen, including miso and creamy options, and appetizers such as pork gyoza, crispy tofu, and edamame. Skewer options span chicken, pork, and seafood, rounding out a menu that blends Japanese grill traditions with noodle-focused comfort dishes.
-Sacramento Bee
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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Brew Bird Creative Cafe is a Sacramento-based paint-your-own pottery café where guests can pick a ceramic piece and paint it while enjoying handcrafted drinks, including Camellia coffee, craft beer, and wine, along with light snacks. All painting supplies are included, and completed pieces are kiln-fired in-house for customers to pick up at a later date.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING JUL 2026
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Life's Grind Coffee House is an independent specialty coffee shop concept rooted in Galt, CA, offering a full menu of hot, iced, and blended espresso drinks alongside fresh daily bakery items and breakfast and lunch food options. The menu includes coffee drinks, mushroom coffee, matcha, smoothies, pastries, sandwiches, power bowls, and avocado toast.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months ago
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Cali Rays Sourdough Deli is a California-based deli chain serving gourmet sandwiches on daily-baked sourdough bread, alongside fresh soups, wraps, salads, and flatbreads. Signature menu items include the French Dip and Garlic Pesto Turkey sandwiches, as well as daily soups such as New England Clam Chowder and Creamy Tomato Bisque.
-Sacramento Bee
opened about 2 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
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
NEW CONCEPT
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
NEW CONCEPT
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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Chubby Cattle is an all-you-can-eat dining chain operating across three formats — BBQ (yakiniku), shabu shabu, and hotpot — with locations outfitted with robot servers, food conveyor belts, and immersive 5D projection dining rooms. The BBQ format centers on premium Wagyu, offered across tiered all-you-can-eat menus featuring American and Australian Full Blood Wagyu as well as Japanese A5 Wagyu.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 3 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
Thai Smile Noodle Bar is a casual restaurant centered on traditional noodle dishes including Thai boat noodles in deeply seasoned broth, stir-fried noodles, rice dishes, curries, and street food-style sides.
opened about 3 months ago
NEW CONCEPT
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months ago
RELOCATION
Sentivo Vineyards & Winery is a family-owned Northern California winery with over 50 acres of estate vines, producing limited-run wines across multiple Sierra Foothills and Suisun Valley properties. The portfolio centers on Rhône and Italian varietals including Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Barbera, Sangiovese, and Syrah as well as specialty sparkling offerings.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months ago
RELOCATION
Chulla's Café serves cuisine drawing from North, West, and East African coastal traditions, blended with influences from Asian, Latin American, and Pacific Coast cooking. The menu spans breakfast through dinner, with offerings that include coastal stews, omelets, burritos, and house made tropical drinks such as hibiscus tea.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months ago
LOCAL ADDITION
Traditional donuts as well as cronuts, mochi donuts and tiramisu donuts. Additionally, Donuts & Coffey serves a variety of croissants as well as bubble tea, smoothies, lattes and more.
-Sacramento Business Journal
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.
-Sacramento Business Journal