What Sacramento-area restaurants shut down in 2025? See 12 notable closures
Sacramento restaurants faced a steep uphill battle in 2025. Economic downturn led residents to cut back on luxuries and necessities, while traffic and parking strife on The Grid are pushing away a good portion of remaining customers.
Adding that to rising costs of food from tariffs and agriculture worker deportations turned the situation fatal for many restaurants.
While dozens of businesses around the region closed in 2025 due to tough economic situations and personal factors, these 12 shutdowns made waves in the Sacramento-area food industry.
Big-name tacos, breweries and airport eateries closed in 2025
Cantina Pedregal
Address: 185 Placerville Road, Suite 150, Folsom
Closure date: April 19
Despite four big names in Sacramento cuisine teaming up for the ambitious Cantina Pedregal project, it faltered with diners and only lasted nine months. Patricio Wise and Cinthia Martinez of Nixtaco partnered with Brad Cecchi and Clay Nutting of Canon to develop an upscale Mexican concept with small family-style plates, The Bee previously reported.
While the Cantina never panned out, Wise and Martinez took the opportunity to expand their wildly successful Nixtaco brand to its second location in the Folsom Pointe shopping center unit, according to The Bee.
Device Brewing Company
Address: Multiple locations in Sacramento
Closure date: April 27
The Sacramento microbrewery shut its doors in spring, the first in a string of brewery closures in 2025. Device Brewing did not confirm the reason for closing. But the landlord of the 14th Avenue taproom sued the company in April for allegedly failing to pay more than $23,000 in rent, The Bee reported at the time.
Owner Ken Anthony launched the brewery in 2013 and within five years, Device Brewing was selling beer in dozens of grocery stores. In 2018, the Ice Blocks taproom opened and a location in the Pocket neighborhood launched in 2020. By the time of its closure, the brewery was distributing beer from southern Oregon to Bakersfield, according to The Bee.
524 Mexican Restaurant and Cantina
Address: 3830 Northgate Blvd., South Natomas
Closure date: May 11
The Mexican food mainstay closed after 52 years in business due to “overwhelming” rent prices and competition on the stretch of Northgate Boulevard popular with other Mexican and Latin American restaurants, The Bee reported. The Fonseca family, who owned 524 Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, attempted to keep their grandfather’s legacy going with a GoFundMe. But it raised less than $1,000 of its $50,000 goal.
Original owner Miguel Gomez opened 524 Mexican Restaurant in 1973, naming the restaurant after its 524 12th St. home in Alkali Flat. The eatery moved to South Natomas in 2010, where it remained until its final days.
Track 7 Brewing Co.
Address: 3747 West Pacific Ave., Suite F, Sacramento; and 826 Professor Lane, Suite 100, Sacramento
Closure date: May 31
A month after Device Brewing’s permanent closure, Track 7 Brewing shut its brewery and taprooms in Sacramento with no warning to customers or staff. The former manager of the Curtis Park location said employees were notified of the immediate closure — attributed to financial struggles — less than two hours before its scheduled opening, The Bee previously reported.
Track 7 Brewing originally opened its Pacific Avenue site in 2012 and a Natomas taproom in 2015.
Sacramento International Airport dining overhaul
Address: 6900 Airport Blvd. Terminals A and B, Sacramento
Closure date: From June 13 through Oct. 27
The Sacramento airport announced a major revamp of its dining and concessions offerings in early 2024, but plans were not put into motion until this year. More than 20 new full-service and fast-casual restaurants will join the airport’s culinary roster, according to its website.
To accommodate the new tenants, existing restaurants across Terminals A and B had to close, including some popular names. Squeeze, Mango Taco, Urban Crave, Peet’s Coffee, Esquire Grill and Iron Horse Tavern were among the eateries that shut down in 2025 to make way for new concessions. Some spots opened in late 2025, while the majority are slated to begin operations in 2026.
Jim-Denny’s
Address: 816 12th St., Sacramento
Closure date: July 2
N’Gina Guyton’s rebooted diner closed its 80-year-old doors for the final time this summer after the building’s owner reportedly sought to sell the unit, according to The Bee. Though permanent this time, it marked the second closure for Jim-Denny’s in five years.
In 2020, the diner’s then-owners closed the business due to financial struggles downtown. Its reopening was delayed following the COVID-19 pandemic. Guyton purchased and reopened the landmark diner in 2023. Since the 12th Street restaurant’s closure, Guyton has since brought the Jim-Denny’s concept to New Helvetia Brewing Co.
Chando’s Tacos
Address: Multiple in Sacramento, Fair Oaks and Roseville
Closure date: July 29
The well-known regional taco chain shocked Sacramento-area fans in the middle of summer when it announced it had shut down all of its locations. Taco lovers were further shocked when owner Lisandro “Chando” Madrigal appeared in court days later to plead not guilty to domestic violence felony charges, though his lawyer said the closure was unrelated to the legal situation.
However, three outposts reopened in November.
Kau Kau
Address: 855 57th St., Suite C, Sacramento
Closure date: Aug. 18
Lynn Fu bought the East Sacramento Hawaiian restaurant from its original owners in June with plans to continue the Kau Kau brand. However, she said the concept of fusion Hawaiian fare was not working well, so she and partners Johnny Lin and Steven Luong reimagined a new plan for the strip mall space.
The Hawaiian eatery originally opened in 2022 under owners Amanda Bridger and Chris Tocchini, with menu staples like poke bowls, spam musubi and kalua pork. The space Kau Kau occupied eventually reopened as Japanese comfort food concept, Genki Kitchen, in the fall.
Burger Patch
Address: 2301 K St., Sacramento
Closure date: Sept. 1
After eight years of serving vegan burgers, fries, tenders, milkshakes and more, the area fast food joint closed its final remaining location. An announcement from owners Phillip and Danea Horn said the team “couldn’t make the numbers work,” The Bee reported.
Burger Patch started as a pop-up business in 2017 and opened its inaugural K Street eatery in 2019. The regional chain expanded to multiple restaurants in the area, but they had all closed by 2023. On its closing day, a line wrapped around the midtown building throughout a 103-degree day, social media posts indicated.
Pete’s Restaurant and Brewhouse
Address: 3003 Douglas Blvd., Roseville
Closure date: September-October
The Sacramento-based Pete’s Restaurant’s Roseville franchise quietly shuttered in the fall, The Bee previously reported. Pete’s Restaurant did not share a reason for its closure after eight years serving casual American food.
According to its website, Pete’s was founded in 1987 with its first J Street location, eventually expanding as far as Redding. Following the Roseville closure, it had five remaining locations in Northern California.
Bodega Kitchen & Cocktails
Address: 6401 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento
Closure date: Nov. 15
Falling sales and increasing costs led co-owner Rafael Jimenez Rivera to close his eatery last month, The Bee reported. The Greenhaven and Pocket neighborhood spot served a variety of pan-Caribbean dishes, many hailing from family recipes.
Jimenez Rivera opened Bodega Kitchen with Chris Sinclair and former co-owner Emily Neuhauser in 2022. In its final days, the restaurant offered numerous drink and food specials and its last day was “a big party, a big blowout,” according to previous Bee reporting.
Mraz Brewing Company
Address: 2222 Francisco Drive, Suite 510, El Dorado Hills
Closure date: Dec. 31
Right when it appeared that breweries were stabilizing, the El Dorado Hills brewery announced its impending shutdown days before the new year. In an Instagram post, the company cited “ongoing challenges” similar to other area small businesses for its decision to close.
Mike Mraz opened his small brewery and taproom in 2013 after spending years brewing beer out of his house. Mraz Brewing was well-known for its award-winning Belgian-style ales and fruit sours. In 2018, it even won the title of best brewery in California.
Two spots saved in the eleventh hour
While many restaurants met a tragic fate in 2025, a select few were fortunate enough to find ways to remain open days before they were scheduled to close.
Enchanted Forest Dining Experience
Address: 372 Main St., Placerville
Planned closure date: Oct. 12
Woodland elves and fantastical fairies were poised to be evicted from the fantasy forest-themed eatery in early fall, The Bee previously reported. Owner Kaitlyn Keyt said in a Facebook post that the central Placerville building’s owner planned to sell it and asked the business to move out.
Less than a week ahead of the expected closure, Keyt announced she was able to “come to an agreement” with the landlord to remain in the building. Since then, the elaborately decorated restaurant has continued serving its pasties.
Enchanted Forest Dining Experience opened six years ago and was featured in a Food Network show in 2024.
Broadway Donuts
Address: 2731 Broadway, Sacramento
Planned closure date: Dec. 12
The almost 40-year-old doughnut shop planned to shutter in mid-December after its owners were set to retire. Josan So had a stroke earlier in 2025, which he said hindered his ability to run the store. To focus on his recovery, he decided to step down from his family’s long-running shop, The Bee reported.
Without a succession plan in place, Broadway Donuts was on the verge of closing. Days before its scheduled shutdown, the shop’s baker of 36 years, Don Thach, offered to pick up operations to keep it running. In his last day as owner, So said Thach was like “my uncle and my other dad.”
Restaurants shutting their doors in 2026
Additionally, one restaurant announced its upcoming 2026 closure with time for local fans to say their final goodbyes.
Sibling by Pushkin’s
Address: 1813 Capitol Ave., Sacramento
Planned closure date: Jan. 4, 2026
After nine years running their midtown restaurant, Danny and Olga Turner will sunset the concept in the new year. Danny Turner said signing a new 10-year lease for the gluten-free restaurant would be too steep of a cost. The team looks to focus on their successful bakeries, according to previous Bee reporting.
Pushkin’s still runs three fully gluten-free bakeries in Sacramento, Arden Arcade and Roseville, as well as the vegan and gluten-free Babes Ice Cream and Donuts. Sibling will still operate as normal until its Jan. 4 closure, Danny Turner told The Bee.
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