Roseville gains 5 trendy restaurants under 1 roof at new food hall. Here’s what they’re serving

Five tastes of the Bay Area and greater Sacramento have landed under one roof in Roseville, where Local Kitchens micro-food hall opened Tuesday in the Highland Reserve Marketplace.

Customers craving a deluxe grilled cheese sandwich will want to order from The Melt, while people interested in Filipino or Indian adaptations of American comfort foods will try Señor Sisig and Curry Up Now, the latter of which also has a restaurant in midtown Sacramento’s Ice Blocks development.

Regional hot chicken star Nash & Proper also picked Local Kitchens for its third brick-and-mortar concept after downtown Sacramento and Elk Grove. Placer County-based salad/sandwich shop Garden of Eat’n will be available as well, its second Roseville location in addition to one in Auburn. Humphry Slocombe’s eclectic ice cream is also available as a grab-and-go option.

These five concepts combined to replace Daphne’s California Greek at 10357 Fairway Dr., Suite 130. Each has licensing agreements with Local Kitchens to serve their food under the same roof, cooked in separate stations. They supply Local Kitchens with necessary ingredients, branding rights and training, but don’t hire employees or run business operations.

That approach allows Nash & Proper co-owner Cecil Rhodes, who has long wanted to expand to Placer County, to gain a foothold in a new community without committing to expensive rent for a large venue.

Nash & Proper signed a one-year agreement with Local Kitchens. If customers respond well, Rhodes said, he’ll likely re-up and open an additional standalone location closer to Rocklin. If not, there’s little lost.

“It’s a great group, really good people, really good crew,” Rhodes said. “Like us, they want to scale fast and as much as they can.”

Roseville marks the sixth Local Kitchens overall but first outside the Bay Area, with additional halls in Lafayette, San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Cupertino. A grand opening with samples from each restaurant, a petting zoo and a photo booth is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

“We are thrilled to bring our newest location to Roseville, and are excited to share convenient and easy access to popular brands from the Bay Area, and beloved brands from around Sacramento with Roseville and Rocklin residents,” Local Kitchens CEO and co-founder Jon Goldsmith said in a media release.

Another Local Kitchens is coming soon to Davis Commons shopping center, according to the food hall’s website. The downtown Davis shopping center at 500 1st St. counts Burger Patch, Mikuni and My Burma (formerly known as Burma Eat) among its tenants, but has been missing an anchor tenant since Whole Foods departed in 2017.

A Local Kitchens spokesperson declined to answer questions about the Davis food hall’s exact location and restaurants but said more information would be provided next week.

Local Kitchens is planning five more Northern California locations in addition to Roseville and Davis, according to a press release. One will be in Los Gatos, according to the company website.

Roseville and Rocklin residents can order delivery from any of the five concepts (more could soon join) for the same flat rate. Local Kitchens is open 11 a.m. through midnight Sunday through Wednesday and until 2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. The late hours could appeal to Topgolf player or Thunder Valley Casino Resort gamblers in need of a bite.

This story was originally published March 16, 2022 at 5:25 AM.