Eureka! Gourmet burger joint with extensive whiskey list opens in Roseville

Roseville is hardly a regional restaurant mecca, but nuggets of gold exist — and a new eatery in the Highland Village shopping center wants to be one of them.

Eureka splashed into the Sacramento region at 11 a.m. on Monday, opening at 234 Gibson Dr., Suite 100 in Roseville. The elevated pub food’s backdrop includes 3,700 square feet of operating space with a heated outdoor patio that’ll host live music on Thursday nights.

Founded not in the Lost Coast town that shares its name but on Eureka Street in the Southern California city of Redlands, the 10-year-old restaurant chain has 26 locations, including 20 in California. Its main draw is burgers, but this isn’t McDonald’s or even the Shake Shack opening in the neighboring Westfield Galleria.

Eureka’s menu is based around $15 to $18 items, such as the shiitake bone marrow burger, the fig and goat cheese burger and the 28 day-aged mushroom-and-onion burger made from Angus cattle finished with carrots. Vegetarian options include a housemade beet-and-kidney-bean patty plus an array of meatless appetizers and salads.

A weekend brunch menu mixes gut-conscious options such as the six-pack breakfast burrito (scrambled eggs, ground turkey, black beans, peppers, avocado and tomato salsa) and obligatory avocado toast with indulgences like the fried chicken with sweet cornbread and bread pudding French toast. Mimosas and Bloody Marys are $5 apiece.

“We strive to create an energetic environment, where guests can discover their new favorite style of burger or unique small-batch whiskey, while supporting the local community through our beverage program featuring the best breweries, distilleries, and wineries in California,” co-founder and chief discovery officer Paul Frederick said in a media release.

The bar is whiskey-based, with more than 40 varieties, including Buffalo Trace’s Antique Collection and limited-production bottles of Pappy Van Winkle, plus a cocktail program that veers a little more eccentric and tropical. Thirty taps pour mostly local beers from producers such as Alaro, Super Owl and Moonraker.

Eureka’s hours are 11 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and Sunday, with brunch until 2 p.m. on weekends.

This story was originally published November 11, 2019 at 12:54 PM.