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  • Asian cuisine plans opening in former Citrus Heights PizzaRev location

    Folsom Palace Asian Cuisine & Bar is planning to open a new location in the former PizzaRev at 5450 Sunrise Blvd. // M. Hazlip

    By Mike Hazlip–
    Folsom Palace Asian Cuisine & Bar is planning to open a third restaurant in Citrus Heights, taking up a spot recently occupied by a pizza franchise on Sunrise Boulevard.

    Folsom Palace currently has locations in Folsom and El Dorado Hills, and the city announced in a newsletter last month that third location is “coming soon” to 5450 Sunrise Blvd., in the Sunrise MarketPlace business improvement district.

    A spokesperson for the restaurant could not be reached Thursday, but Kathilynn Carpenter, executive director of the district, confirmed the restaurant is in the permitting stage, with an opening date not yet set. Business incorporation documents were also filed last month for “Folsom Palace Sunrise Inc,” with an address of 5450 Sunrise Blvd, Suite E.

    The suite was formerly occupied by PizzaRev, which closed down several months ago. Adjacent restaurants in the same retail center are Dos Coyotes, Nations Giant Hamburgers, and Menchie’s frozen yogurt.

    From December: Popular Japanese noodle restaurant to open new location in Citrus Heights

    Folsom Palace has an average four-star rating on Yelp, with several hundred reviews. The restaurant’s menu describes entrees with “low sodium, less oil, and no MSG.” Diners can expect entrees such as mu shu pork, curry beef or chicken, and various seafood offerings. Vegetable and tofu entrees are also listed on the menu. The business has been in the food and restaurant industry for over 20 years, according to the company’s website.

    Folsom Palace’s dine-in menu shows prices ranging from about $10 for appetizers to just over $20 for some entrees, with most meals priced between $13 and $16.

    A previous report from The Sentinel shows Pizza Rev was one of the first occupants after Alta Sunrise Retail Center was remodeled in 2018. Property owner, Cordano Company, created an outside dining plaza by reducing the front face of the building.

    The new architecture brought the structure up to date from it’s previous 1970s strip mall aesthetic. Prior to the remodel, the building was home to “Organize It” and a sports bar.

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  • These 6 restaurants and businesses plan to open in Citrus Heights this year

    These 6 restaurants and businesses plan to open in Citrus Heights this year

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    PizzaRev is one of at least six new businesses that have announced plans to open in Citrus Heights this year. // Image courtesy, PizzaRev

    Yogurt. Coffee. Pizza. Southwestern food. What do all of these have in common? They’re all menu options at new restaurants slated to open in Citrus Heights by the end of 2017.

    Restaurants and businesses already opened this year include Tres Hermanos Taqueria on Greenback Lane, Black Bear Diner at the corner of Madison Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard, Crepes & Burgers at 8000 Auburn Blvd., and a new raw pet food store near the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Old Auburn Road. Here are six more on tap to open this year:

    Dos Coyotes Border Cafe — A new Dos Coyotes restaurant, known for its southwestern food and “humongous salads,” is slated to open this year on Sunrise Boulevard next to Nation’s Giant Hamburgers. Owner Bobby Coyote previously told The Sentinel his new restaurant would open sometime in 2017, following the completion of an extensive remodel of the Alta Sunrise strip mall. The property is owned by the Cordano Company, which estimates the new restaurant will open by the fourth quarter of 2017, according to representative Jim Cordano.

    Related article: “Outdated strip mall on Sunrise Blvd undergoing major face-lift”

    PizzaRev — A new “craft your own” pizza restaurant is slated to open at 5450 Sunrise Blvd, in the same shopping strip as Dos Coyotes and Nation’s. The Southern California pizza franchise originally anticipated opening late last year, but a company spokeswoman confirmed this week that an opening date for the new PizzaRev is now expected in the third quarter of 2017. Remodel work at the site is estimated to be completed in May or June of this year, according to the project’s architect.

    Related article: “PizzaRev to bring ‘3-minute’ pizza franchise to Citrus Heights”

    Yellow Yo Yogurt — A new yogurt shop at Sylvan Corners is listed as “coming soon,” according to the city’s First Quarter 2017 business newsletter. The new Yellow Yo Yogurt, at 7086 Auburn Blvd., will be situated next to Chase Bank and across from the new Sylvan Middle School.

    Big Lots — A new 35,000-square-feet discount retail store will take up a portion of the former Kmart building on Auburn Boulevard. Architect Mark Marvelli told The Sentinel earlier this year that construction on the former Kmart lot is expected to commence this summer, with the new Big Lots open for business by the end of the year.

    Related article: “See what’s coming to the old Kmart lot in Citrus Heights”

    Rebounderz — Along with the new Big Lots store, a massive 55,000-square-feet trampoline facility is expected to open by the end of 2017 in a portion of the former Kmart building on Auburn Boulevard. The new Rebounderz facility is planned to feature several different trampoline play areas for both children and adults, party rooms, an obstacle course, and a seating area for parents. Plans also include the sale of food, beverages, and retail items. (Read more)

    Human Bean Coffee — A new coffee drive-thru is planning to open on Sunrise Boulevard near the corner of Old Auburn Road, after receiving unanimous approval from the city’s planning commission on Jan. 11. Owner Amie Wallace previously told The Sentinel her new Human Bean Coffee drive-through was targeting an opening date in early 2017, but construction at the site has yet to begin and several messages left with Wallace were not returned.

    Several additional new business projects are also currently under review by the city’s planning department, including a 3,400-square-feet Quick Quack Car Wash. The proposed location is at 7882 Lichen Dr., in the Antelope Crossing Shopping Center, according to the city’s website.

    A proposed ARCO gas station and car wash at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Sungarden Drive is also under review and has drawn criticism from vocal area residents.

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  • PizzaRev to bring ‘3-minute’ pizza franchise to Citrus Heights

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    PizzaRev plans to open a new ‘flame-fired’ pizza franchise in Citrus Heights later this year. // Courtesy, PizzaRev

    A new Southern California-based pizza franchise is planning to open two Sacramento-area locations later this year, including one on Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights.

    Entering an already crowded pizza market in 2012, the relatively new PizzaRev restaurant chain has sought to distinguish itself with a “craft your own” pizza assembly process, with diners traveling along an open counter and selecting toppings from a wide array of choices in front of them. The final result is a fully customized personal-sized pizza that the company promises to be “flame-fired in just three minutes.”

    In an email to the Sentinel this week, PizzaRev spokeswoman Monica Rutkowski confirmed the company has tentatively scheduled two Sacramento-area locations for opening in the fourth quarter of 2016, but was not able to provide more specific opening dates.

    One PizzaRev will be located on Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento, while the Citrus Heights location will be about a block away from the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Madison Avenue, next to Nation’s Giant Hamburgers and the future site of a new Dos Coyote’s restaurant.

    [Related: Dos Coyotes to open new Citrus Heights restaurant]

    Other distinctive aspects of PizzaRev’s fast-casual pizza franchise include a 900-degree, stone-bed oven, used for baking a thin-crust pizza in just three minutes. Dough options also include gluten-free crust, with a recently added “double dough” crust for those preferring a thicker pizza.

    According to a company fact sheet provided by Rutkowski, prices are typically $8.25 for an 11-inch personal pizza, with diners able to add whatever topping mix they choose at no extra charge.

    The first PizzaRev opened in April of 2012 in Los Angeles, where it has earned an average 4-out-of-5 star rating from close to 200 Yelp reviewers online. The company says it also currently has plans underway to add 150 franchise locations in 16 states, adding to the current total of 34 locations.

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