NORTH HIGHLANDS
Note: Mailing addresses for this unincorporated portion of Sacramento
County sometimes use the "Sacramento" moniker, even though it is not part
of the City of Sacramento.
former Picnic 'n' Chicken and burger place and Wienerschnitzel?,
now Adalberto's Mexican Food, 5544 Watt (at A)
According to Johntodd from Flickr, this was a 39 cent burger stand for a
while. Architecture is similar to an existing Wienerschnitzel on Broadway
in Sacramento, which (based on Flickr user tspauld's research) was also a
Picnic 'n' Chicken location.
exterior
(Update, 5/1/07)
drive-thru
area
Rexall Pharmacy, North Highlands Shopping Center (5600 Watt (at A
Street))
Although the American Rexall drugstore chain is long gone (the Canadian division
still survives as a major player in pharmaceuticals north of the border),
several independent drugstores in the States still use the name, including
one that closed a few years ago in San Francisco. This one looks to
be surprisingly located in a modern strip mall.
far shot
showing Tower Mart
(Update, 3/7/07)
view towards
east
former Phillips 66, now Smog Depot Smog Check, 7460 Watt (at
Larchmont)
The 1960s space-age butterfly canopy gives this former gas station's past
away very easily. (My thanks goes out to Les of the Western Gas/Stores
mailing list for alerting me to this location.)
view of
canopy
exterior
of whole building
(Update, 3/7/07)
far view
from Raley's Center parking lot
(Update, 3/30/07)
far view
towards southeast
(Update, 5/4/07)
view towards
north
former Burger King, 6819 Watt (at Elkhorn)
Yet another victim of Burger King's major cutbacks in Sacramento in the early
part of the 2000s. The building itself no longer exists, but the sign
still does. According to
this link
and
another
link and
this news
story, Sacramento County successfully sued Burger King over poor upkeep
of the (closed) site from about 2001 to 2005, earning $170K for community
groups in North Highlands. This location was once owned by bankrupt
franchisee Joseph Lal, before becoming Burger King owned in 2000.
view of sign
from parking lot north of Napa Auto Parts
closer view
of sign
former Albertsons and Ralphs, soon to be Ross, Elkhorn Watt Square (6737
Watt Avenue)
According to storewanderer, this was remodeled in the early 90s during its
Albertsons days, but did better as a Ralphs. Johntodd from Flickr notes
that this is soon to become a Ross.
exterior
entrance
blacked out
Ralphs oval on sign
(Update, 5/10/07)
sign with
blacked out oval
closer view
of sign
angle view
of front
Taco Bell, Watt and Elkhorn
This Taco Bell still has the 1980s look going, and is right next to a
McDonald's.
exterior
Town Center Plaza (including former Louis Furniture), 6007-6015 Watt (at
A)
The furniture store (which is now divided up as county offices) was once
a grocery store, per
this
article.
exterior
parking lot
sign
parking lot
sign #2
Watt and E Center, including former United Furniture, Watt and E
Yet another decaying shopping center in North Highlands.
freestanding
sign
closed furniture
store, with labelscar
more closed
storefronts on the north
Highland Faire Shopping Center (5621 Watt), including former Compton's/Grocery
Outlet (now Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance) , 5747
Watt
That's right - a former Grocery Outlet, just one more example of a declining
strip mall on the Watt Avenue corridor. This seems to have been converted
to offices, while another large building is now a bingo parlor.
former
supermarket
west front
of former supermarket
Highland
Faire freestanding sign
bingo
parlor
former Marashes' Restaurant, now N-Zone Sports Lounge, 3542 A Street (east
of Watt Avenue)
Distinctive 1960s coffeeshop architecture.
view from
Watt Avenue pointing southeast
(Update, 2/9/07)
exterior
Taco Bell, 4915 Watt (at Myrtle)
Another 1980s prototype with original signage.
exterior
(Update, 6/8/07)
morning
view
Former Dairy Queen, later Tugboat Fish & Chips, now Niko Sushi, 4910
Watt (at Myrtle)
The front signage area looks too much like the Dairy Queen prototypes of
yesteryear...and a Google search confirms this restaurant's previous
incarnation.
exterior
(Update, 3/30/07)
view towards
northeast
view towards
southeast
former Church's Chicken, 4840 Watt (at Myrtle)
A current Church's Chicken is less than 25 feet south of this building.
exterior
former Pizza Hut, now El Parian Taqueria, 4834 Watt (at Myrtle) (and
current Church's, 4838 Watt)
Classic Pizza Hut prototype from the 70s. As of 2/9/07, a replacement
Pizza Hut is being built, located on the west side of the street in a small
strip mall.
exterior
view with labelscar on building
(Update, 3/30/07)
The Pizza Hut is now operating as a Mexican restaurant.
view towards
northeast
view towards
southeast showing old and current Church's and former Pizza Hut
closer view
towards southeast
Levitz, 4741 Watt (south of Winona)
old
sign
(Update, 2/9/07)
exterior
view
(Update, 3/7/07)
sign lighted
up
former Bel-Air, now Santa Fe Market, 5840 Santa Fe Way (at Karl) (New,
2/9/07)
Charles Hathaway's research discovered that this opened as a Bel-Air, though
it became Santa Fe Market in
1975
and recently (October 2006) changed ownership.
left side
of front
right side
of front
aisle
hanger
back
row
older Pepsi
sign
Big T
sign
Have A Nice
Day decor
bread
shelves
aisle
view
meat
section
old
fridges
produce
laminated
beams, front area
(Update, 7/2/07)
far view
of back side
former Texaco, now In-N-Out Smog/Sam's Auto Repair and Service, 6001 Watt
Avenue (New, 2/9/07)
Another of the "Matawan" prototypes.
exterior
(Update, 3/7/07)
view towards
southwest
(Update, 3/30/07)
view towards
southwest, into sunlight
parking lot
sign
(Update, 5/4/07)
view towards
northwest
former Carrow's, 4601 Watt Avenue (at Orange Grove) (New, 2/9/07)
exterior
Union 76 (Bhullar's), 4631 Watt Avenue (at Orange Grove Avenue and Business
I-80 Exit 14) (New, 2/9/07)
view
from Orange Grove Avenue
gas price
sign
(Update, 3/30/07)
close canopy
view
(Update, 5/4/07)
view towards
southwest
former Beacon and Shell/USA Mini Mart, now USA Gasoline, 7550 Watt Avenue
(at Antelope) (New, 3/7/07)
Storewanderer notes this was once a Beacon, and then just USA Gasoline before
receiving Shell branding; the architecture suggests that this station did
start off as a Shell.
exterior
view towards
southeast
(Update, 5/4/07)
Now rebranding as solely USA, without Shell affiliation.
price sign
and part of canopy
canopy and
building
(Update, 7/5/07)
view towards
southeast
Carl's Jr., Raley's Center (7523 Watt Avenue) (New, 3/7/07)
far view
Raley's, Raley's Center (7477 Watt Avenue) (New, 3/7/07)
shopping
center sign
angle view
of front
front
Thanks For
Shopping Raley's (blurred)
wall
graphics
Fresh
Dairy
clock
aisle
view
Cold Cuts and
Cheese
Digol's Gas, 6323 Watt Avenue (New, 3/7/07)
exterior
(Update, 3/30/07)
view towards
slight southwest
(Update, 5/4/07)
view towards
northwest
Marie's Donuts, 6143 Watt Avenue (at Don Julio) (New, 3/7/07)
exterior
(Update, 4/10/07)
early evening
view towards slight northwest
former Cal Texaco Watt, now Valero (Servo Watt), 5701 Watt Avenue (New,
3/7/07)
exterior
(Update, 3/30/07)
view towards
slight southwest
(Update, 5/10/07)
view towards
west
Arco/ampm, 4745 Watt Avenue (at Winona Way) (New, 3/7/07)
exterior
(Update, 3/30/07)
view towards
west
view towards
south
(Update, 4/10/07)
early evening
view with lights on
Carl's Jr., 4805 Watt Avenue (New,
3/30/07)
close view of building
sign
Jiffy Lube, 4800 Watt Avenue (New, 3/30/07)
view towards
east
KFC, 4801 Watt Avenue (New, 3/30/07)
sign
close angle
view of north entrance
Napa Auto Parts, 6831 Watt Avenue (New, 3/30/07)
view towards
southwest with old Burger King sign in background
former Grant's and KMart and SavMax, now dd's discounts, Watt Towne Center
(3615 Elkhorn Boulevard at Watt Avenue) (New, 3/30/07)
According to Johntodd, this started out as a Grant's, then KMart.
view towards
northeast
(Update, 5/10/07)
front
7-Eleven/Citgo, Watt Towne Center (3601 Elkhorn Boulevard at Watt Avenue)
(New, 3/30/07)
view towards
southeast
(Update, 4/13/07)
price
sign
canopy and
c-store
(Update, 5/4/07)
view towards
east
Lou's Burgers, 6229 Watt Avenue (New, 3/30/07)
view towards
southwest
former Safeway, now Kragen/Wheelworks, 6150 Watt Avenue (at Don Julio
Boulevard) (New, 3/30/07)
Falsefronted gable with true ceiling.
view towards
southeast, showing building (obscured by trees) and possible former gas
station
(Update, 4/10/07)
front
interior
#1
interior
#2
freestanding
sign and canopied area
canopied
area
streetlamp
stone facing
on Wheelworks section (north wing area)
far view
towards south of canopy
former The Kettle and King's Smorga Table and Lloyd's Launderland and
North Highlands Laundromat, Town Center Plaza (6099 Watt Avenue) (New,
4/10/07)
Last occupied in 2005, according to tspauld's library research.
view from
Kragen lot
Tom's Burgers and Frosty, 6115 Watt Avenue (New, 4/10/07)
exterior
former Exxon, now Shell (Flyers), 4261 Elkhorn Boulevard (at Walerga Road)
(New, 4/13/07)
view towards
northeast
(Update, 5/11/07)
canopy and
pumps
Circle K 76 (Co-Op 5438), 6955 Walerga Road (at Elkhorn Boulevard) (New,
4/13/07)
Uses a Sacramento address and Foothill Farms (95842) zip code, but is in
the North Highlands postal boundary.
far view
Pizza Hut, Watt Avenue and Myrtle Avenue (New, 5/1/07)
Not open yet, but a replacement for the older, dine-in hut structure across
the street at 4834 Watt.
obscured
view
(Update,
5/10/07)
front
North Highlands Bottle Shop, 5540 Watt Avenue (at A Street) (New,
5/1/07)
older sign
and partial building view
former Cheaper, now Tower Mart, 3519 A Street (at Watt Avenue) (New,
5/1/07)
view towards
slight northeast
price sign
former A&W, now Las Islitas Restaurant, 3618 A Street (at Watt Avenue)
(New, 5/1/07)
front
sign
Discount Grocery gas station, 3840 Madison Avenue (at Jackson Street)
(New, 5/4/07)
view towards
southwest
Rite Aid, Elkhorn Watt Square (6639 Watt Avenue) (New, 5/4/07)
far
view
(Update, 5/10/07)
front
close view
Popeye's, Elkhorn Watt Square (6631 Watt Avenue) (New, 5/4/07)
view towards
west
(Update, 5/10/07)
west
entrance
former Circle K, now Jessey's Food & Liquor, 7440 Watt Avenue (New,
5/4/07)
angle view
of building
shopping
center sign
former Circle K, now SR Food Stores/Food & Liquor, 7547 Watt Avenue
(at Antelope Road) (New, 5/4/07)
view towards
west
angle view
of sign
McDonald's, 6749 Watt Avenue (New, 5/4/07)
view towards
southwest
Jack In The Box, 4990 Watt Avenue (at Roseville Road) (New,
5/10/07)
front
former Lamppost Pizza, now Mountain Mike's Pizza, Elkhorn Watt Square
(6475 Watt Avenue #J) (New, 5/10/07)
angle view
Ace Supply Hardware (closed), 3525 Elkhorn Boulevard (New,
5/10/07)
Store has moved to 7115 Watt Avenue.
front
Goodyear Tire Center, 3535 Elkhorn Boulevard (New, 5/10/07)
front
Jimboy's Mexican Fiesta, 3845 Elkhorn Boulevard (New, 5/10/07)
view towards
northeast
former Cheaper?, now Steve's Liquor & Food, 4340 Kirkby Way (at Walerga
Road) (New, 5/10/07)
far view
former The Happy Steak, now Pancake Palace, 6225 Watt Avenue (New,
5/11/07)
angle view
McDonald's, 4957 Watt Avenue (at Myrtle Avenue) (New, 6/8/07)
morning
view
Long John Silver's, Watt Towne Center (3605 Elkhorn Boulevard at Watt
Avenue) (New, 6/8/07)
angle view
Pacific Pride (Hunt & Sons), 4200 Roseville Road (at Longview Drive,
northwest of Interstate 80) (New, 7/2/07)
exterior
Highlands Upholstery, 5070 Roseville Road (near Watt Avenue) (New,
7/2/07)
angle
view
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