The Sacramento Chicken Company, which took over the iconic, orange Merlino’s Freeze building on Stockton Blvd two years ago, has served its last chicken wing.
They closed down in March.
It’s a darn shame too. The chicken was tender, juicy, and delicious. It was a cool little spot to have lunch and take in the scene along Stockton Blvd across from UCD hospital.
Life on that corner was becoming as colorful as the building and the reggae music they piped out of the little orange food stand.
On the Sacto Chicken Co. Facebook page somebody wrote, “Why are you guys closed? So many broken hearts at UCD”.
I spoke with the affable owner Zak Rever over the phone and he said, “We’re evaluating our options moving forward and hope to have something up and going in that location very soon. We’ll leave that a mystery as to what they may be”.
“Quality of product was never our challenge. People loved our food”. Zak told me.
He added, “I don’t want to go into editorial mode with the difficulties of running a successful restaurant but it’s hard and we’re just gonna see what we can do next”.
He wouldn’t throw me a chicken bone and tell me what might be next for the old Merlino’s Freeze location.
Lets hope it’s something as equally delicious.
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