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Which closed Sacramento restaurant do you miss the most? Nominate your favorite

Dominic Pudwill, 7, of Roseville, eats Spam musubi alongside family and friends at FoodieLand Night Market for an Asian inspired pop-up festival at Sacramento’s Cal Expo on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, which featured food trucks, local art, drinks and entertainment.
Dominic Pudwill, 7, of Roseville, eats Spam musubi alongside family and friends at FoodieLand Night Market for an Asian inspired pop-up festival at Sacramento’s Cal Expo on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, which featured food trucks, local art, drinks and entertainment. xmascarenas@sacbee.com

Sacramento has a bustling foodie scene with new restaurants continuously popping up around the city.

The farm-to-fork capital was ranked the third best foodie city in the United States, according to a 2023 study from WalletHub.

However, Sacramento has always been an agriculture town with a diverse community and great food — but some of the classic and nostalgic restaurants in Sacramento have shutdown.

In California, 30% of restaurants said they were going to close or would downsize in 2020 after COVID, according to the California Restaurant Association.

Which is why we are coming to you — our readers — to help us remember some of those restaurants that were pillars to the Sacramento community.

We want to know about restaurants that you grew up eating at in the city. Take us down memory lane. Fill out the form below or click here. A Sacramento Bee reporter may reach out to you for a follow up story or poll.

This story was originally published November 10, 2023 at 5:00 AM.

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Jacqueline Pinedo
The Sacramento Bee
Jacqueline Pinedo was a reporter on The Sacramento Bee’s service journalism team.
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