New Sizzler Restaurant Opens Downtown

FREMONT, CA — If you're looking for an awesome salad bar, steak, lobster and Malibu chicken, a new Sizzler restaurant has just opened in Fremont at 3101 Walnut Avenue. If you're trying to picture it - the site is where Black Angus used to be.

The restaurant received a complete makeover inside and out.

But this isn't the same old Sizzler. According to the company, "Sizzler’s famous 'Endless Salad Bar' is gone, replaced with the new 'Craft Salad Bar,' which features hand-crafted salads, such as Kale Mint, Superfood, Sweet Potato Pomegranate and Quinoa Fruit, all made fresh in-house; gourmet soups created from scratch in the restaurant’s kitchen; and a new array of premium vegetables and specialty ingredients, such as edamame, roasted beets and corn."

Sizzler’s signature steaks are now cut fresh in-house every day from U.S.D.A. Choice tri-tip, another example of its commitment to quality and freshness.

“We’re happy to bring Fremont a family friendly, affordable steakhouse that will be popular with guests of all ages,” said Anil Yadav, the Sizzler owner. “Further, we paid great attention to every aspect of redesign as this new Sizzler will be an important part of the Fremont downtown redevelopment.”

Yadav Enterprises owns and operates more than 300 branded restaurants in California and Texas, including Sizzler, Jack in the Box and Corner Bakery. The company’s Fremont-based corporate office, which serves as the restaurants’ support center, employs more than 50 full-time employees. The new Fremont Sizzler provides work for an additional 60 people.

The Fremont Sizzler opened with Sizzler’s new Craft Salad Mix Station, an industry first. Guests select their favorite fruits and vegetables from the Craft Salad Bar. Next, they step to the Mixing Station where a Salad Master adds each guest’s choice of premium ingredients, such as shrimp, Kalamata olives, feta cheese, fresh artichokes, sliced avocados and gourmet dressings. The Salad Master then carefully mixes the salad and returns it to the guest on a chilled plate.

“As simple as this sounds, it completely changes the dining experience,” said Sizzler USA CEO Kerry Kramp. “No other restaurant is offering this format. Guests love spending time picking their own ingredients from the salad bar and interacting with the Salad Master, and the salads taste so much better when mixed.”

Sizzler also updated its hot appetizer bar with an eye toward healthier eating. For example, lean ground turkey is now used in its tacos. Sweet tooths can be soothed with an upgraded Sundae Station that features real ice cream, non-fat frozen yogurt and brand-name candy and cereal toppings. It replaces hot desserts, such as bread pudding.

The Craft Salad Bar as an entrée is $10.49 (lunch) and $11.99 (dinner). Added to a meal, the Unlimited Craft Salad Bar is $5.99.

New drink options also are on-trend, ranging from specialty lemonades, iced coffee, multiple iced tea choices and craft beers.

While Sizzler has upped its food quality, it has remained focused on value and variety. Menu items include tri-tip sirloin, New York strip, as well as rib eye steaks, baby back ribs, handcrafted burgers and chicken sandwiches.

Sizzler in Fremont is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. It also has a 4,500 square-foot banquet room available for large parties and special occasions.

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