Roseville’s long-dark Claim Jumper is finally getting a second act, and it involves a lot of steaming trays and sizzling grills. A Chinese buffet with an attached hibachi bar is planned for the vacant restaurant at 250 Harding Boulevard, replacing the former steakhouse footprint with an all-you-can-eat dining room, live hibachi stations and expanded takeout capacity. Neighbors and shoppers who have watched the building sit idle since Claim Jumper closed are being told the new owners want to bring some energy back to the strip.
According to the Sacramento Business Journal, the property’s new owners say they plan to operate a Chinese buffet paired with a hibachi bar but have not shared a firm opening date or a trade name. The outlet reports the project is still in the early planning stages, with owners looking at interior work instead of a full teardown of the existing structure.
What the proposal would mean for the site
Commercial real estate listings describe the freestanding restaurant at 250 Harding as roughly 12,400 square feet on a roughly 2.7-acre parcel with a large surface parking lot, a combination that helps make a buffet-style operation possible. Those figures, including square footage and lot size, appear on Crexi, which previously marketed the property to prospective tenants. The building’s size and on-site parking could support high-volume, all-you-can-eat service without creating major off-site traffic headaches.
How the property got here
The Claim Jumper at this address shut its doors at the end of 2022, leaving the property vacant for more than two years while brokers tried to line up a new user and eventually listed it for auction in late 2025. Auction and marketing materials highlighted the site’s Harding Boulevard frontage and expansive parking field as key selling points and noted interest from multiple potential buyers. Tranzon Asset Strategies detailed the recent auction listing and the property’s backstory.
Local context for buffets and hibachi
Repurposing older standalone restaurant shells into Asian buffet or hibachi concepts is not new in the region. Operators have turned other shuttered dining rooms into high-capacity buffet-style restaurants that rely on volume instead of traditional fine-dining turns. One example: a hibachi buffet opened in nearby Citrus Heights in 2023 after its operator remodeled an older space, a move that pointed to solid local demand for the format. The Citrus Heights Messenger reported on that conversion…