opened about 1 week ago
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The Chai Lounge is an Indian café specializing in slow-simmered masala chai alongside a kitchen menu of wood-fired paneer tikka pizza, grilled Bombay sandwiches, pasta, and house mocktails, with halal options available for dine-in and takeout.
-Sacramento Business Journal
OPENING TBD
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Teriyaki Madness is a fast-casual Asian restaurant concept featuring a Seattle Teriyaki menu and offers made-to-order Teriyaki dishes prepared with natural ingredients.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months ago
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Chicken Gogo is a locally owned fast-casual concept from the same owner as Aloha Poke & Ramen. The menu centers on crispy chicken tenders, chicken sandwiches, Korean fried rice, and combo meals, with a house Gogo sauce and both original and spicy preparations.
opened about 2 months ago
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Tiny Lot Pizza and Grill is a Sacramento-area pizzeria specializing in hand-tossed New York-style pizza, smashburgers, and house-made tiramisu, with a menu that adheres to 100% halal preparation standards. The kitchen employs a 2-to-3-day dough fermentation process, and all sauces are made in-house.
opened about 2 months ago
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Founded in 1981 by Frank Crail in Durango, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is a franchised confectionery chain whose stores offer approximately 300 chocolate candies and confectionery products including clusters, caramels, creams, meltaways, and truffles as well as in-store prepared items such as hand-dipped caramel apples and fudge made fresh in view of customers.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months 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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 2 months 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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 3 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.
opened about 3 months ago
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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 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
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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 3 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.
-Sacramento Business Journal
opened about 3 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.
-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