TO THE GENERAL ELECTION. IN NOVEMBER, A RESTAURANT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE IN SACRAMENTO’S DOWNTOWN COMMONS APPEARS TO BE SHUTTING DOWN VERY SOON. PUNCHBOWL SOCIAL FILED WHAT’S KNOWN AS A WARN NOTICE, WITH CALIFORNIA’S EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT SAYING IT WILL CLOSE PERMANENTLY CHRISTMAS EVE AND THIS WILL IMPACT 83 EMPLOYEES. PUNCH BOWL SOCIAL OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2017, OFFERING FOOD AND DRINKS AS WELL AS BOWLING, ARCADE GAMES AND KARAOKE.
Popular DOCO venue Punch Bowl Social to close its Sacramento location, impacting 83 employees
Updated: 11:47 AM PDT Oct 30, 2025
One of downtown Sacramento’s largest entertainment centers will close its doors after almost eight years in business.Punch Bowl Social, a multi-floor restaurant venue that offers bowling, karaoke, pool, shuffleboard, darts and various other arcade games, first opened in December 2017. The 25,000 square-foot business connects with the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel and is considered a core attraction to the city’s Downtown Commons (DOCO) area, which houses the Sacramento Kings’ arena, the Golden 1 Center. But Punch Bowl recently filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with California’s Employment Development Department. The WARN Act requires employers to give 60 days’ notice to employees before a mass layoff, plant closure or relocation.| VIDEO BELOW | A preview of Punch Bowl Social before it opened in 2017This closure will impact 83 employees, according to the WARN notice. Punch Bowl’s last day is on Christmas Eve. Its closure comes at a time when DOCO is bringing several new attractions, such as Hot Dog on a Stick and Tandoori Pizza-DOCO. A virtual reality experience is also set to open soon.DOCO, a multi-purpose retail and dining space, opened in 2014 and has other attractions such as the mini-golf restaurant Tipsy Putt, a Cinemark theater, the champagne bar Fizz and Tom’s Watch Bar. It serves as a connector between K Street and Old Sacramento.Punch Bowl has 14 other locations across the country. Sacramento became the 11th location in 2017.KCRA 3 has reached out to Punch Bowl for comment. We have not heard back as of Thursday.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
One of downtown Sacramento’s largest entertainment centers will close its doors after almost eight years in business.
Punch Bowl Social, a multi-floor restaurant venue that offers bowling, karaoke, pool, shuffleboard, darts and various other arcade games, first opened in December 2017.
The 25,000 square-foot business connects with the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel and is considered a core attraction to the city’s Downtown Commons (DOCO) area, which houses the Sacramento Kings’ arena, the Golden 1 Center.
But Punch Bowl recently filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with California’s Employment Development Department. The WARN Act requires employers to give 60 days’ notice to employees before a mass layoff, plant closure or relocation.
| VIDEO BELOW | A preview of Punch Bowl Social before it opened in 2017
This closure will impact 83 employees, according to the WARN notice. Punch Bowl’s last day is on Christmas Eve.
Its closure comes at a time when DOCO is bringing several new attractions, such as Hot Dog on a Stick and Tandoori Pizza-DOCO. A virtual reality experience is also set to open soon.
DOCO, a multi-purpose retail and dining space, opened in 2014 and has other attractions such as the mini-golf restaurant Tipsy Putt, a Cinemark theater, the champagne bar Fizz and Tom’s Watch Bar. It serves as a connector between K Street and Old Sacramento.
Punch Bowl has 14 other locations across the country. Sacramento became the 11th location in 2017.
KCRA 3 has reached out to Punch Bowl for comment. We have not heard back as of Thursday.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel