Here is a list of restaurants that have closed in-person dining in the Sacramento area
Restaurants around the Sacramento are temporarily pausing indoor dining as the omicron wave of the coronavirus hits California hard. Some have closed out of an abundance of caution to protect customers and staff, others because they are having trouble finding enough healthy staff to stay open. Here’s a list of restaurants in the area that have switched to outdoor dining or takeout as a result. Are we missing somebody? Drop us a line at jpatrick@sacbee.com.
Last updated: 5:30 p.m. Jan. 10, 2022
▪ Kansai Ramen & Sushi House in East Sacramento switched to takeout-only Jan. 5, citing a staffing shortage and customer health concerns.
▪ 105 Noshery in Roseville shut down entirely until Jan. 12 due to employee illnesses. Owners Randy and Lisa Peters’ other business, Randy Peters Catering, was one of eight in Placer County to sue Gov. Gavin Newsom over COVID-19 restrictions last year.
▪ Midtown Sacramento watering hole Old Tavern Bar & Grill closed from Jan. 4 through Jan. 7 to let staff get tested and deep-clean the bar’s interior.
▪ Midtown restaurant Beast + Bounty planned to reopen Jan. 7 with a new chef and menu, but pushed that debut back to Jan. 11 in light of the omicron variant’s rapid spread.
▪ Selland’s Market-Cafe in El Dorado Hills is temporarily closed from Jan. 5 through Jan. 10, and won’t have lunch service upon reopening due to staffing constraints. Other Selland’s Market-Cafe locations as well as sister restaurant OBO’ Italian Table & Bar have reduced hours but are open for dine-in and takeout.
▪ Journey to the Dumpling in Elk Grove curbed dine-in service indefinitely on Jan. 6, resorting to takeout or Grabull delivery.
▪ Downtown Sacramento restaurant Solomon’s closed Jan. 5-7 over a staffing shortage, and a planned drag brunch has been postponed until Feb. 5 due to rising Covid-19 case numbers. Reservations can be rolled over or postponed.
▪ The Burger Patch suspended indoor dining indefinitely on Jan. 5 over rising Covid-19 case numbers. Outdoor dining and takeout is still available at the all-vegan fast food joint’s midtown, East Sacramento and Davis locations.
▪ Midtown restaurant Mulvaney’s B&L closed Wednesday, Jan. 5 and will remain shut for the rest of the week after several staff members tested positive for Covid-19.
▪ Pizza Supreme Being is no longer offering patio seating in downtown Sacramento, rendering the small pizza shop to-go only for now. “The crew is all healthy and safe. We are just doing our absolute best to keep it that way,” read an Instagram post from Jan. 6.
▪ Land Park pizzeria Masullo is exclusively selling pies, salads and pasta to-go as of Jan. 5.
▪ East Sacramento’s Canon did away with indoor dining Jan. 5, but is still seating people on its large heated and covered outdoor patio.
▪ Tommy J’s Grill & Catering and affiliated bar Froggy’s in Davis closed Jan. 6 so staff could get tested after being exposed to COVID-19, but hoped to reopen on Jan. 7.
▪ Downtown seafood restaurant Station 16 has voluntarily reducing its indoor dining capacity to 25% of usual ahead of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s 10-day Dine Downtown celebration starting Jan. 7.
▪ Tahoe Park brunch hotspot Bacon & Butter shut down on Jan. 2, had scheduled days off on Jan. 3 and 4, then remained closed Jan. 5 and 6 out of an abundance of caution. It will reopen for to-go service on Jan. 7.
▪ Midtown’s Magpie Cafe will be takeout-mostly for the next couple of weeks starting Jan. 6, with limited service at the restaurant’s small outdoor seating area, according to a social media post.
▪ Roseville’s The Monk’s Cellar, a Belgian-inspired brewery and restaurant, announced Jan. 6 it planned to close entirely and reopen Jan. 11 with normal hours.
▪ In Rancho Cordova, Go 4 Pizza announced Jan. 6 it was closing all in-person dining and would be available for takeout and delivery only.
▪ Oak Park’s La Venadita announced Jan. 7 it was switching to takeout-only immediately.
▪ Land Park’s Taylor’s Kitchen announced Jan. 7 it was suspending in-person dining and switching to takeout only.
▪ If you’re looking for an indoor brunch or salad in Davis, you’ll need to bring Cafe Bernardo’s food home. The restaurant reopened Jan. 6 after a brief closure and was doing takeout-only service.
▪ Italian-inspired Cacio, located in Greenhaven, announced Jan. 6 it would be doing takeout-only for dinner, with no lunch service. The restaurant referred to the change as “Takeout January.”
▪ The Snug is closing until Jan. 12, Irish Hospitality Group announced Jan. 9. “We just keep saying ‘it’s like this right now’ and trust we’ve done everything we can,” the midtown Sacramento pub wrote in a social media post.
▪ The Station Public House in east Auburn is closed from Jan. 9 through Jan. 12 after staff members got sick or had close contact with sick people.
▪ Sac City Brews shut down Jan. 9 ahead of regularly scheduled days off Jan. 10 and 11. “SCB, like every. other. restaurant out there is a wee (bit) understaffed and mighty concerned about keeping crew healthy and safe during this surge,” the Tahoe Park taproom’s social media post read.
▪ Crooked Lane Brewing Co. has shut down indefinitely after several staff members got sick or were exposed to someone who was, the Auburn brewery announced Jan. 8.
▪ Chando’s Cantina has halted indoor dining and canceled all scheduled events at its downtown Sacramento restaurant and bar as of Jan. 7. The El Dorado Hills Town Center location appears unchanged.
This story was originally published January 7, 2022 at 6:38 AM.