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East Sac poised for Good Eats
by Suzanne Hurt, published on August 19, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Storyline: Stores and Shops
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Raley's heir Michael Teel and partners will open a new cafe, wine bar and market called Good Eats in East Sacramento Monday.
Similar to Selland's Market-Café and Corti Brothers, which operate on other end of East Sacramento, the kitchen will offer hot and cold takeout foods, wine and coffee. The specialty grocery will include wine, butchered meats, seafood, cheeses, bakery items and flowers.
On Thursday, Good Eats official Julie Rollofson led food and wine tastings to prepare for a soft opening set for 6 a.m. Monday. The opening follows a lengthy renovation of what used to be Andiamo restaurant and the Rosemont Grill at 3145 Folsom Blvd., near Alhambra Boulevard.
The establishment promises to be the flagship store for the Good Eats company founded by Teel and venture capitalist Michael Ashker, who partnered previously to run Prosper Media in Midtown. Ashker also founded Internet companies Healthaxis and Courtlink.
Teel — grandson of Raley's founder and son of its owner, Joyce Raley Teel — was named president and chief executive officer of the West Sacramento-based Raley's grocery chain last January after an eight-year absence. He'd also served as Raley's CEO between 1996 and 2002.
Teel's original plan to open his first Good Eats specialty market at 5810 Folsom Blvd. — a retail space long occupied by Corti Brothers — in 2008 met with stiff opposition from locals because it would have forced the Italian gourmet shop to move. Teel canceled those plans and opened several Good Eats markets in Arizona.
Good Eats was previously scheduled to open last December. The building's brick and brown adobe-style exterior is accented with an outdoor terrace, new landscaping and trellis work.
The official opening will be held in September. Hours are expected to be 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturdays and 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sundays, said Rollofson, also Teel's fiancée.
Photos by Suzanne Hurt, a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.
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And to this day I do not understand why Sacramentans have it out for Michael Teel. And yet they worship Darrell Corti, who, as we can plainly see, runs a dump of a store. Good food, yes; but a store in bad need of redecorating. And how about longer hours, so I can stop by after work and not have to race to get there by 7; and maybe an indoor seating area, so I can eat my sandwich there on Saturday? Or a coffee bar?
I wish it had been Good Eats in place of Corti Bros., because we would not have had to wait so long for Good Eats, and, judging from what Teel did to the former Andiamo site, a Good Eats in the Corti Bros. site would have been a BIG step up from Corti Bros. in terms of a spruced up look and amenities.
Only now is Corti Bros. (or the landlord) fixing up the outside of the building. Today I saw a new seating area outside, which made me laugh on a 100-plus-degree day. Already i see that Good Eats will be open later than Corti Bros. -- so I say WELCOME GOOD EATS.
If I am a landlord and the owner of a very well established business is okay just paying rent on a month to month basis, I would have to conclude that the business is thinking about closing or moving, and I would be entertaining other offers too.
I can't wait for Good Eats and have been driving by on my way home from work waiting for the grand openning... I am impressed with what I have been reading so far.
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