{"id":118903,"date":"2026-01-03T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/118903\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:53:08","slug":"vics-ice-cream-in-sacramentos-land-park-reopens-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/118903\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic\u2019s Ice Cream in Sacramento\u2019s Land Park reopens on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVic\u2019s Ice Cream in Sacramento is reopening on Saturday under new ownership, and promises \u201cclassic Vic\u2019s flavors.\u201dThe beloved Land Park ice cream and sandwich shop on Riverside Boulevard was started in 1947 and closed following the death of owner Craig Rutledge last March. The shop was co-founded by Rutledge\u2019s father Ash and his friend Vic Zito.(Video above: Previous coverage of Rutledge&#8217;s death.)It was later sold to \u201ca new generation of Sacramento locals who grew up coming here and are committed to keeping its legacy alive,\u201d according to its website. The new owners have shared renovation updates on social media. The business said it needed to modernize electrical and plumbing systems but would keep the overall aesthetic in place, including Vic\u2019s checkerboard floor and classic soda fountain counter and stools. Vic\u2019s has said it is also keeping the same ice cream recipes, along with its red sauce and lime rickeys that have been a favorite over the decades.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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Vic\u2019s Ice Cream in Sacramento is reopening on Saturday under new ownership, and promises \u201cclassic Vic\u2019s flavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The beloved Land Park ice cream and sandwich shop on Riverside Boulevard was started in 1947 and closed following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/vics-ice-cream-owner-death\/60324046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the death of owner Craig Rutledge last March<\/a>. The shop was co-founded by Rutledge\u2019s father Ash and his friend Vic Zito.<\/p>\n<p>(Video above: Previous coverage of Rutledge&#8217;s death.)<\/p>\n<p>It was later sold to \u201ca new generation of Sacramento locals who grew up coming here and are committed to keeping its legacy alive,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicsicecream.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to its website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>The new owners have shared renovation updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vicsicecream\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on social media<\/a>. The business said it needed to modernize electrical and plumbing systems but would keep the overall aesthetic in place, including Vic\u2019s checkerboard floor and classic soda fountain counter and stools. <\/p>\n<p>Vic\u2019s has said it is also keeping the same ice cream recipes, along with its red sauce and lime rickeys that have been a favorite over the decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vic\u2019s Ice Cream in Sacramento is reopening on Saturday under new ownership, and promises \u201cclassic Vic\u2019s flavors.\u201dThe beloved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,62994,339,23615,62995,30604,9770,62993,14808,62991,121,123,122,62992,595,669,49786,62990],"class_list":["post-118903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-classic-soda-fountain-counter","tag-death","tag-download","tag-friend-vic-zito","tag-ice-cream","tag-land-park","tag-ownership-change","tag-renovation","tag-rutledge","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sandwich-shop","tag-saturday","tag-subscribe","tag-vic","tag-vics-ice-cream"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}