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My friend and I came to check out granite outlet on a frigid winter day right before the end of 2025. It was a cold, but at least it was a dry day. We drove all the way out here from West Sac, but it only took about 20-25m. Not bad on 50 going east. This is the original store iirc. They no longer have the store on 52 Ave near Sac State, but they still have the Sunrise one. We came here first thinking they have all the selection, but it turns out this location has all the NATURAL stones and only SOME of the engineered stones (read quartz which is NOT quartzite, yes, it gets confusing), so we did end up going up a few miles to the Sunrise branch too (see my review of that one shortly).
This store has SO much to choose from! We felt like little kids in a candy store (except for the shivering from the cold, lol). My friend's trying to remodel a couple of bathrooms in her home so she's looking for something that's understated, but yet elegant and timeless, not flashy or loud, but still aesthetically tasteful. Unfortunately, she didn't find exactly what she was looking for in the material she wanted it in, for durability, but she found one that just *might* work so we went ahead and got a quote for material and labor and the price wasn't bad at all.
You can see there are just so many designs and patterns to choose from, it can get dizzying and overwhelming, so I highly suggest not coming here alone, but w/a friend (or a partner if s/he has the patience and interest), and then doing a lot of decisive eliminations, so you can get down to a short-list or else you'd be here for a LONG time, lol.
I enjoy design and remodeling type of challenges, even if it's not my project, so I was happy to come w/my friend to give her my 2 cents and to see what's new w/trends and prices, etc. If you're looking for a baseline for a project, G.O. is probably one of the best (if not the best) place for a quote. They have crews that they send out to do their projects if you don't already have a contractor. My friend was worried that there'd be pressured sales and I reassured her that this is definitely a DIY type of place that you can browse as you like w/NO pressure to buy at all. In fact, no one came up to say hi or ask us if we needed anything, so if you're comfortable w/this (or even prefer it), this is the place to go.