Thai restaurant to open new shop after fire destroyed Sacramento location. Here’s where

Gai ‘N Rice, a family-owned Thai cuisine destination, will open a second location nearly six months after its first restaurant went up in flames.

The Sacramento-based business known for its chicken and rice platters will soon serve its homemade recipes to the Elk Grove community, it announced on Instagram. The original shop at 4400 Freeport Blvd. in Land Park burned in an unexpected fire in October and its doors have been shut for renovations ever since.

“Because of YOU, we are staying strong and still moving forward,” Gia ‘N Rice wrote in a March statement on its social media pages.

Gia ‘N Rice in Land Park

Customers who used to frequent the Land Park location were warned shortly after the fire in a November Instagram post that renovations will take time but the store will “definitely” reopen.

The shop remains temporarily closed and its number is disconnected.

Gia ‘N Rice new location in Elk Grove

The address nor the opening date for the upcoming Elk Grove location have been announced.

The original menu was packed with fresh authentic jasmine rice sourced from Thailand and free-range chicken without hormones or antibiotics, according to its website.

The three types of rice dishes — classic, green and lean — are served with poached chicken, cilantro, cucumber, soybean sauce and broth. Plates range from $10.95 to $11.95.

Dumplings, ravioli, noodles, soup and curry was priced between $5 and $11.95. Drinks like Thai iced tea and iced pink milk cost an additional $3.95.

Both the signature and only dessert on the menu was mango with sticky rice with “freshly” diced mango, blue sticky rice and coconut cream for $6.95