Here are 12 Sacramento-area eateries offering take-home Easter meals amid coronavirus
Have a happy but socially distant Easter this Sunday.
A holiday that in normal times would bring thousands to tables at locally owned restaurants for Easter meals, or into friends’ and family members’ homes for food and other celebrations, can now for the most part feature neither, at least in a traditional sense.
Sacramento County earlier this week expanded its mandatory stay-at-home order to ban social gatherings of any size outside of one’s immediate household, and restaurants throughout the county and across California have been forbidden since March 19 from offering in-person dining. All are measures intended to mitigate spread of the coronavirus, which as of Thursday morning had infected nearly 20,000 Californians and killed close to 500.
But if no one in your home can cook, or if no one wants to make food this Sunday, or if you want to support local businesses that are providing takeout or delivery options on Easter, you have a number of options in the Sacramento area.
Here is a list of 12 notable local eateries that are providing breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner options this Sunday. It is not a full list of all restaurants offering such services. If you wish to patronize one of these businesses, The Bee strongly recommends calling ahead and double-checking the restaurant’s website. Many are requiring reservations in advance and, in the uncertain times of COVID-19, plans are almost always subject to sudden change.
Sacramento
▪ Capitol Garage on K Street downtown will offer takeout via phone or the Toast TakeOut app from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, the restaurant’s website says.
▪ Ettore’s Bakery and Restaurant on Fair Oaks Boulevard will have delivery and pickup options for Easter, with the latter available Saturday. Customers can preorder online, but are asked to call (916-482-0708) for pickup service that is less than 48 hours in advance, the restaurant’s site says.
▪ Fixins Soul Kitchen in Oak Park is offering takeout, curbside pickup and delivery services for Easter dinner. Orders must be placed by phone only (916-999-7685), but the menu is available online. Time is limited: order by noon Thursday for pickup Sunday, according to the website.
▪ Marie Callender’s will offer “Easter take-home meals, quiche and pies” at participating locations, including the one on Freeport Boulevard, this weekend, the California-headquartered chain says online. Orders can be placed through Grubhub and DoorDash. Marie Callender’s is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday.
▪ Riverside Clubhouse in Land Park is selling “take and bake” Easter dinners, an $80 special that serves between four and six people. Orders should be placed by phone before noon Friday, and will be ready for pickup starting noon Saturday. Riverside Clubhouse said in a Facebook comment it will also offer individual Easter dinners, but has not yet posted a menu for those.
▪ Shari’s, a West Coast bakery and cafe chain with a location on Florin Road in the Pocket area, said in an Instagram post that it will serve “a classic Easter dinner,” available Friday through Sunday for curbside pickup or free delivery on orders of at least $15. Customers can preorder online.
▪ Zocalo in midtown is taking preorders through Saturday for pickups brunch, taco or enchilada bars on Easter, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to its Facebook page. Zocalo is offering meals for two for $30, and meals for four at $56.
Folsom
▪ Land Ocean on East Bidwell Street is offering curbside pickup on a prime rib “family meal” for Easter. Customers are asked to preorder no later than Thursday by calling 916-98-7000 or emailing their order to folsom.info@lorestaurants.com. Land Ocean’s location at the Westfield Galleria mall in Roseville remains closed as the mall is shut down.
Multiple locations in Sacramento area
▪ Brookfields will do curbside pickup for glazed ham, quiche, muffins and more on Easter at its Rancho Cordova restaurant off of Sunrise Boulevard as well as its Sacramento location on Madison Avenue. Guests can order by phone at 916-638-2046 (Rancho Cordova) or 916-332-0108 (Sacramento) or order online at the Brookfields website. Brookfields’ third location, in Roseville, remains closed.
▪ Cattlemen’s, which has steakhouses in Dixon, Rancho Cordova and Roseville, is offering both a Good Friday seafood special and a prime rib dinner, available for pickup Saturday or Sunday, according to a Facebook post. Call the location to place an order, which can be picked up between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily.
▪ Sienna Modern American, a pair of restaurants in El Dorado Hills and Roseville, is offering the same prime rib meal as Land Ocean, which is operated by the same owners. El Dorado Hills customers can call 916-949-9694 or email eldoradohills.info@siennarestaurants.com, and those in Roseville can dial 916-771-4700 or send their order to roseville.info@siennarestaurants.com.
Bonus: Chocolate, anyone?
Capital Confections at Fulton and Marconi avenues in Arden Arcade is offering curbside pickup on preordered “chocolate Easter Bunnies, edible Easter Baskets and more,” according to its website. Curbside hours for Easter goodies are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Saturday.
This story was originally published April 9, 2020 at 9:54 AM.
