Downtown Sacramento Restaurant Space at 1000 K St. Listed for Lease

A restaurant space in the heart of Downtown Sacramento’s K Street is for lease.

The space at 1000 K St. was most recently the site of El Santo Cantina, which opened in December. The bar and restaurant was still advertising that it was open for outdoor dining on its Facebook page, as of July 31. However, there was no answer at the restaurant’s telephone number last week, and a message left with founder Manuel Montero was not returned.

Before El Santo, it was the site of The Grid, a locally focused eatery that closed in 2019 after just a few months of business. Before that, the space operated as the Bennigan’s chain, and before that it was Cosmo Cafe and then KBar/Cafe Bernardo concepts from local restaurateur Randy Paragary.

The 7,739-square-foot space is being leased by Scott Kingston and Patrick Stelmach of Turton Commercial Real Estate.

Even though restaurants are currently closed for inside dining due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kingston said the space still presents some options.

“It’s a very cool space,” Kingston said. He said a new tenant could reopen it as a new bar and restaurant, which only offered outdoor dining for the time being.

But a new tenant could also just use part of the space as a ghost kitchen, which prepares food for to-go orders only. The bar area could be split off as a separate space. Since the kitchen, bar and dining room were recently remodeled, Kingston said it’s a turnkey space that could reopen quickly.

“We could definitely just convert the kitchen into a stand-alone space,” Kingston said.