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  • Voting underway online to select ‘Best of Citrus Heights’ businesses

    Best of Citrus Heights 2016-2017
    Best of Citrus Heights logo, 2016-17. Image credit: BestofCitrusHeights.com

    Got a favorite local business or restaurant you want to show support for?

    Through May 31, the Citrus Heights community can cast votes online for local businesses they feel are worthy to win the “Best of Citrus Heights” annual award from the local Chamber of Commerce.

    To vote in the competition, participants are invited to visit BestofCitrusHeights.com and select their choice for best business in up to 39 different categories this year. Choices range from just three businesses listed in smaller categories, like media publications and local veterinarians, to more than 10 business choices in categories like insurance services and accounting. Other categories include restaurants, automotive services, and car washes.

    A quick browse through businesses listed in each category shows not all local businesses are listed, as the annual competition is restricted to businesses who are members of the Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce.

    Categories like restaurants give voters a choice of just eight local restaurants: Asian N Cajun 2, Black Bear Diner, El Tapatio Restaurant, India Oven Restaurant & White Lotus Banquet Hall, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Red Lobster, Sammy’s Restaurant and Bar, and Texas Roadhouse Restaurant. Another eight restaurants are also located in a separate “Quick Service Restaurants” category.

    Last year, nearly 10,000 votes were cast to determine winners in each category. Winning businesses this year will be honored during an awards luncheon on July 11 at the Citrus Heights Community Center, and a “Best of the Best Award” will also be awarded to the business who gains the most overall votes.

    Those wishing to vote in the competition can do so online at www.BestofCitrusHeights.com.

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  • Moe’s: New southwest grill to open in Citrus Heights

    Moe's Southwest Grill, Citrus Heights, Roseville
    File photo, a new Moe’s Southwest Grill in Roseville, which opened earlier this year. Citrus Heights is also set to gain a new Moe’s by fall. // CH Sentinel

    A new southwest fast-casual restaurant is slated to open by early fall in the new shopping plaza being built at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Madison Avenue in Citrus Heights.

    Similar to Chipotle, Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurants feature Subway-style meal creation, with orders custom made at a counter in front of the patron. Meal selections range from quesadilla’s to tacos and salads, with grass-fed steak and organic tofu options advertised on the menu. Free chips and salsa come with every order as well.

    Moe’s spokeswoman Daley Michael said the new Citrus Heights restaurant is part of an 18-unit deal signed by a franchise group, HKMII, that is developing restaurants in Sacramento and Santa Cruz. The group also recently opened a new Moe’s at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Cirby Way in January of this year.

    Although a map on the company’s website shows more than 600 Moe’s nationwide, the Georgia-based restaurant chain only recently entered California. The first franchise in the state opened in Auburn, with Roseville becoming the second Moe’s in California.

    The Citrus Heights Moe’s is scheduled to open “late summer, or early fall” of this year, according to the company’s spokeswoman. She said at least 25 staff and two managers will be hired.

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    Other stores and restaurants announced to be opening at the new Capital Nursery Plaza include Smart & Final, Black Bear Diner, McDonald’s and Jimmy John’s Sandwiches. Several other spots listed as available at the plaza have yet to be announced.

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  • New McDonald’s to relocate in Citrus Heights shopping center

    New McDonald’s to relocate in Citrus Heights shopping center

    McDonald's
    McDonald’s, stock photo. Courtesy, McDonald’s.

    The Fair Oaks McDonald’s at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Madison Avenue is currently located just a few feet outside Citrus Heights city limits, but if things go as planned, the fast-food restaurant will soon be relocating across the street to the new Citrus Heights shopping center under development.

    McDonald’s spokesperson Natalie Aronson said the decision was made due to the current facility outgrowing its capacity over the past 20 years, and the new location promises to feature a larger, modern design and site plan.” She said the new store will be almost 900 square feet larger than the existing facility.

    McDonald’s will join Smart & Final and several other restaurants to make up the new shopping plaza under construction at the old Capital Nursery site on Sunrise Boulevard. So far, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches and Black Bear Diner have been confirmed for the new plaza, according to The Edwards Company — the commercial real estate group seeking to fill the two remaining retail spots on the plaza.

    [Link: see the Capital Nursery Plaza conceptual site plan and photos]

    Although The Edwards Group says the new plaza will be open in January 2016, Aronson said McDonald’s expects to begin construction in “the first quarter” of 2016. She said the existing location will remain open until the new store is ready to serve customers in summer 2016.