Fluffy pancakes, sizzling sausages and country fried steak were on the menu Saturday as the classic American diner Sammy’s celebrated one year of being reopened in Old North Sacramento.
The cozy eatery marked the occasion with a speech by City Councilmember Roger Dickinson, a car show and a vendor market.
Founded in 1944 by Sammy Powell, the hash house was later owned by Khalid Farhoud, who passed it on in 1996. Farhoud preserved the nostalgic menu before handing the business to the Begum family, according to previous Bee reporting. The COVID-19 pandemic had shuttered Sammy’s for several years before Naz Begum and her mother, Moon, took over the diner and opened it a year ago…