{"id":310848,"date":"2026-05-11T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/310848\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:09:07","slug":"sacramento-executive-airport-restaurant-could-close-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/310848\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Executive Airport restaurant could close for two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Abridged version:<\/p>\n<p>Inspectors found structural damage, asbestos and mold at Aviator\u2019s Restaurant while it was undergoing renovations.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is known for its breakfast items such as omelets, pancakes and French toast.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento County\u00a0Supervisor Patrick Kennedy says he will seek community input once the project scope and engineering report is complete.<\/p>\n<p>Aviator\u2019s Restaurant at Sacramento Executive Airport\u00a0could be closed for up to two years as the\u00a0airport\u00a0works on upgrades inside the restaurant and\u00a0addresses newly discovered structural issues.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SacIntlAirport\/posts\/pfbid0to9qDgucreBgk53AwvEmao6Hr7uNXJDcj2QThAXNRrHAcrpPJpniAV5BEnQnujRpl\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SacIntlAirport\/posts\/pfbid0to9qDgucreBgk53AwvEmao6Hr7uNXJDcj2QThAXNRrHAcrpPJpniAV5BEnQnujRpl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento County\u00a0Department of\u00a0Airports\u00a0announced<\/a> that\u00a0significant issues were discovered\u00a0during construction\u00a0including \u201cdeteriorating flooring, water intrusion\u00a0and underlying structural damage.\u201d\u00a0Upon further evaluation, inspectors found\u00a0\u201cmold in\u00a0multiple\u00a0areas,\u201d\u00a0\u201casbestos from legacy flooring materials\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201ccompromised concrete reinforced by deteriorating rebar beneath the kitchen floor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Repairs will require removal of damaged materials and reconstruction of the affected foundation. This includes \u201clocating and tying into at least 18 inches of uncompromised rebar.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento County\u00a0Supervisor Patrick Kennedy, whose district includes the airport,\u00a0also said that\u00a0significant deterioration of the rebar\u00a0affects not only\u00a0Aviator\u2019s\u00a0but \u201cthe entire\u00a077-year-old\u00a0terminal building and tower.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patrick.d.kennedy.3\/posts\/pfbid02dNPnS1TwHqbNzq4BQeAjekSfz5kqmi1rkyW2FCjXSLkeUepYrQxxLHeRtErNwot4l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook post on\u00a0Sunday<\/a>,\u00a0Kennedy\u00a0said that he and the county are working closely with the Aviator\u2019s owner \u201cto come to an agreement that is fair to him under these\u00a0unforeseen\u00a0and unfortunate circumstances.\u201d\u00a0Kennedy said he will host\u00a0a community meeting to answer questions and seek input once\u00a0the\u00a0project\u00a0scope and engineering report is\u00a0finalized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Popular family restaurant<\/p>\n<p>Aviator\u2019s Restaurant is known for its\u00a0breakfast items such as\u00a0omelets,\u00a0pancakes\u00a0and\u00a0French\u00a0toast. They also serve\u00a0salads,\u00a0sandwiches and burgers.\u00a0Diners can watch small planes take off and land from the restaurant\u2019s expansive windows, and the interior is decorated with dozens of model airplanes. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024,\u00a0thousands of community members\u00a0came out in support of Aviator\u2019s\u00a0after the county opened proposals for\u00a0a new restaurant in its\u00a0place\u00a0after 25 years.\u00a0Nearly 4,400 people signed\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/save-aviators-restaurant-at-sac-executive-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">petition<\/a>\u00a0led by the\u00a0Save Aviator\u2019s Committee\u00a0asking\u00a0the Department of Airports to renew Aviator\u2019s lease.\u00a0The county eventually dropped the request for new restaurant proposals and\u00a0worked to extend the lease with Aviator\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shelley Ho\u00a0is a producer with PBS KVIE and a visual journalist with Abridged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Abridged version: Inspectors found structural damage, asbestos and mold at Aviator\u2019s Restaurant while it was undergoing renovations.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-310848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310848","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=310848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}