See popular North Sacramento restaurant with 80-year history reopen for business

Sammy’s Restaurant celebrated its grand reopening on Friday in North Sacramento. The classic American diner, which originally opened in 1944, is located at the corner of Del Paso Boulevard and Cantalier Street.

Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Councilman Shoun Thao were among those who spoke during the ribbon cutting ceremony. Thao said the investment would promote economic revitalization in the Del Paso Boulevard and Marysville Boulevard business corridor.

“Everybody out here – everybody – you are true believers,” Steinberg said. “You are true believers that community matters, that life can be better, and you fight for what is right and what you want and what is good for the people. And that’s what Sammy’s is about here.”

Sammy’s Restaurant had been closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is now under the new ownership of Naz and Moon Begum. The diner serves staples such as biscuits and gravy, pancakes, Caesar salads, BLT sandwiches and chicken Parmesan.

“This is very unreal. I’m still, like, ‘Hey, this is all mine now’ – still overwhelmed,” Naz Begum said. “This right here is success.”