To foodies, Hawks Restaurant may be best known for its Sunday night fried chicken supper. Located out in Granite Bay, it's not exactly a short drive. But there may be some good news for those of us who live on or near The Grid soon, reports Allen Pierleoni in the Sac Bee:

It's early in this particular game, but... Chef Molly Hawks and her chef-husband, Michael Fagnoni, co-owners of Hawks restaurant in the Quarry Ponds Town Center, are planning an expansion.

"It's definitely something that's been on our minds and we're looking at a spot near the intersection of Alhambra and Stockton boulevards (in the forthcoming Stockton Boulevard Medical Building)" Hawks said on the phone today. "It's under construction, so we couldn't open until a year from now. We haven't signed a lease, so if that location doesn't pan out, we'll keep looking for another one."

Read the entire article in the Sac Bee.

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