Appetizers

By Andy Furillo
afurillo@sacbee.com

It's "Eat to Feed the Hungry" week in Sacramento, with 15 top local restaurants each pledging $500 contributions to support the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.

From today through Sunday, the participating eateries have promised to kick in $1, to a maximum of $500, for every diner who checks in first at the restaurants' social media sites.

Participating restaurants are Cafeteria 15L, Dive Bar, Ella, Gogi's Korean BBQ, Golden Bear, Ink Eats and Drinks, Level Up Lounge, MIX, Pizza Rock, Red Rabbit, River City Brewing Co., Sandra Dee's Bar-B-Que & Seafood, Thai Basil and Zocalo.

The Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, also the beneficiary of the annual Thanksgiving Day "Run to Feed the Hungry, feeds and otherwise assists 15,000 people a month.

By Chris Macias
cmacias@sacbee.com

You'll have to wait until May 20 if you were planning to grab a cocktail at Shady Lady (1409 R St. #101, Sacramento). The popular watering hole had its alcohol license suspended on May 10, due to Shady Lady's owners failing to notify California Alcoholic Beverage Control about a change in its business structure.

Shady Lady was granted its liquor license under the name of its individual owners: Jason Boggs, Garrett Van Vleck and Alex Origoni. The business has since changed its ownership name to Shady Lady Inc., but were penalized when ABC was not notified of this change. The business partners behind Shady Lady agreed to a 10-day suspension of its liquor license, said ABC spokesman John Carr.

"Any time you have a change in a person's name or the (business) structure, you have to let the department know," said Carr. "The department needs to know who the owners are and who's responsible for the business."