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<\/a><\/p>\n\n Masks and accessories on display on the third floor of
\n Evangaline\u2019s Costume Mansion.(Photo by Jacob Peterson)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Immel also noted that Halloween 2025 landed on a Friday, which
\n she said normally made the day even busier than normal for the
\n store. Add in various conventions throughout the year, like
\n SacAnime, and the store missed out on a significant amount of
\n business during the closure.\n<\/p>\n
\n The current plan is for the store\u2019s grand re-opening to take
\n place on the weekend of June 27-28. While finer details are being
\n ironed out, Immel says the store wants to provide swag bags to
\n some of the first customers to arrive, as well as setting up
\n entertainment in the morning and afternoon.\n<\/p>\n
Books in the Paperworks\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Evangeline\u2019s won\u2019t be the only store opening that weekend. June
\n 27\u00a0will also see the opening of Wild Sisters Books Company\u2019s
\n second store in The Paperworks Building on Front Street. Owner
\n Claire Bone says she had already been in talks about opening a
\n new location in Old Sacramento when the owner of the historic
\n building reached out.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI knew Old Sac was going to be our future at some point, so
\n we\u2019ve been looking for the right opportunity for a while,\u201d Bone
\n says. \u201cSo when Troy Carlson approached us it was perfect.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A smaller location than Wild Sisters\u2019 original East Sac
\n store, Bone says the Old Sac shop will forego used books and
\n primarily sell new releases. She says the initial idea was for
\n the new location to offer a taste of what the main location
\n offers, but she is ready to adjust depending on the desires of
\n the customer base.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen we announced, the volume of people who said, \u2018Oh wow, this
\n is closer to my house, this is going to be my home book store,\u2019
\n was huge,\u201d Bone says. \u201cSo we\u2019re kind of floating the idea of
\n doing the more community-driven stuff we do in East Sac over
\n here.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Some of these community-driven events include the store\u2019s book
\n clubs, children\u2019s reading time and meet-and-greets with authors.
\n Bone says she sees West Sacramento, right across the river from
\n Old Sac, as a community her store can attract.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Paperworks Building, which already hosts stores like the
\n Wonderland Gift Shop and Big VIP Clothing, is set to host a
\n variety of new businesses throughout the summer, including Wild
\n Sisters, the recycling studio EcoPress and the clothing and gift
\n boutique Dearisa. Troy Carlson, the owner of The Paperworks and
\n Stage 9 Entertainment, could not be reached for comment before
\n publishing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTroy bought this building sometime last year and knew he wanted
\n to create a unique space,\u201d Bone says. \u201cHe really has brought
\n everyone together and sought people out.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Beer on the river<\/p>\n
\n Visitors to Old Sac will also have a new spot to grab a drink and
\n relax when Der Biergarten opens its new location along the
\n waterfront in July. Owner and CEO Sean Derfield, who also owns
\n the Midtown Der Biergarten, Sean Finnegan\u2019s Pub in Old Sac, and
\n formerly River City Saloon from 2009 to 2023, says one of the
\n most exciting parts of the new location is seeing all the
\n different people who\u2019ll come by.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere\u2019s always people down here,\u201d Derfield says. \u201cWhen we opened
\n our first restaurant here, River City Saloon, I would see people
\n from all over the world, like China and Japan, and they\u2019d always
\n have their own stories.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The business will operate out of part of the old Rio City Cafe, a
\n separate building from the main restaurant previously used by its
\n kitchen, and use space on the boardwalk for seating. Derfield
\n says the process of construction and permitting has been going
\n smoothly and that he expects to open sometime after the 4th of
\n July.\n<\/p>\n
\n \n The building Der Biergarten will be using for its kitchen, on the \n Rio City Cafe stopped operating in August 2024 after the City of \n While many local residents criticized the city\u2019s closure of Rio \n Derfield says he appreciates Sacramento investing in Old<\/a><\/p>\n
\n waterfront of the Sacramento River. Owner Sean Derfield said the
\n process of permitting and construction has gone smoothly so far.
\n (Photo by Jacob Peterson)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Sacramento closed the waterfront dining patio for safety reasons,
\n after closing another outdoor dining section in 2019. The city
\n owns the building and would have been the party responsible for
\n fixing these safety issues but declined to do so. Rio City Cafe\u2019s
\n co-owner, Stephanie Miller, told Comstock\u2019s in
\n 2024<\/a> that she never learned why they made that
\n decision.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n City Cafe, which had been open for more than 30 years, the
\n forthcoming opening of the new Der Biergarten location is already
\n generating buzz. \u201cOMG having the Biergarten there will be
\n amazing. I\u2019d be going all the time,\u201d wrote a commenter on a
\n
\n February Reddit post<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Sacramento, seeing it as the city putting its trust in businesses
\n with good reputations.\n<\/p>\n