Sentinel staff report–
A new sushi restaurant is now open on Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights, featuring traditional Japanese sushi and various hibachi grill entrees.
Sushi Star owner Eric Su told The Sentinel in an interview Wednesday that he opened the restaurant after moving from the Bay Area this summer. The first-time restaurant owner said after 15 years working in the food industry, opening his own restaurant was a dream of his.
Su said business has been slow since opening on Nov. 26, noting the location at 7777 Sunrise Blvd. is tucked in a shopping center behind Walgreens and isn’t visible from traffic traveling on Sunrise Boulevard and Antelope Road.
Menu items at the restaurant include chicken, salmon and steak hibachi entrees in the $13-14 price range, which include fried rice, hibachi veggies, miso soup and either mustard or yum yum sauce. Classic sushi rolls range from $5-10, with options including spicy salmon, snow crab roll and various vegetarian rolls.
Specialty rolls are also offered, along with various salads and appetizers. A poke salad, for $11.95, includes mixed fish tossed with green salad seaweed and cucumber, along with kimchi sauce.
More menu items are posted on the restaurant’s website, which includes online ordering. As of Thursday, the website says a house salad is included with each order as part of a grand opening special.
Sushi Star operates in the former location of Tea Republic, which closed permanently during the pandemic. The interior has been remodeled to include a cushioned seating row on one side, along with tables and chairs.
Hours of operation are Tuesday to Sunday, from 11:30 a.m. to 9 pm., with a 2-hour break from 2:30-4:30 p.m. when the restaurant is closed each day. On Fridays and Saturdays, the restaurant closes a half-hour later, at 9:30 p.m.
Sentinel staff report--
A new sushi restaurant is now open on Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights, featuring traditional Japanese sushi and various hibachi grill entrees.
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