Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced a popular midtown business is expanding to fill the old riverfront Rio City Cafe site, which suddenly closed in 2024 in a dispute with the city.
The closure dealt the city a black eye just as it was promoting the riverfront business ahead of the A’s moving into Sutter Health Park across the Sacramento River.
Now, the city has reached a new deal with Der Biergarten, which currently has a location in midtown at 24th and K streets, to fill part of the space once used by the Rio City Cafe…