How the Sampino family is keeping good food, tradition and legacy alive on Broadway
The Sampino family has served Italian classics for decades. Their family name is synonymous with good food and hard work. The Sampino family has served Italian classics for decades, with Michael Sampino, owner of Sampino's Kitchen at Joe Marty's, maintaining their tradition of good food and hard work. Michael started his own business selling tomatoes out of his dad's garage and car before buying his first storefront. The restaurant is a piece of history, once catering to fans and Sacramento Solons players at Edmonds Field on Broadway, now a Target. Every piece of memorabilia in Michael's restaurant has meaning, including baseball jerseys and nostalgic photographs from the '60s, '70s, and beyond. Michael believes that the city is bringing a lot of attention on Broadway as a welcome change that makes him hopeful for the future.
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The Sampino family has served Italian classics for decades. Their family name is synonymous with good food and hard work.
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If you've been down Broadway in Sacramento, you know it's gone through some changes. Many businesses have shut down in the area, but there are a few that have stayed through it all. One of them is Sampino's Kitchen at Joe Marty's.
The Sampino family has served Italian classics for decades. Their family name is synonymous with good food and hard work. It's something Michael Sampino, the owner of Sampino's Kitchen at Joe Marty's, learned from his dad Bill.
Michael got his start selling tomatoes out of his dad's garage and his car. From there he grew and eventually bought his first storefront on 16th and F streets, Sampino’s Towne Foods.
"I come walking in one day and Mike's got a sledgehammer in his hand. He's knocking a wall out," Bill said. "He said, 'Dad, you've always wanted your own business, we're going to do it,' That's how it started."
Joe Marty’s isn’t just a restaurant but a piece of history — a name and bar that’s been around decades — once catering to fans and Sacramento Solons players at their home field of Edmonds Field on Broadway, now a Target.
“The old school people of Sacramento and people that are from Sacramento remember this was Italian. I just wanted to go back to their original idea,” said Michael.
When you step inside Sampino's Kitchen at Joe Marty's, it feels like a step back in time. Baseball jerseys line the walls with Michael wanting to pay homage to those who’ve played.
"I think people appreciate that no matter how minuscule the item is," said Michael. "It's important to me. I'm not trying to make it look old, I'm just an old soul."
Every piece of memorabilia in his restaurant has meaning from photos to figurines and nostalgic photographs from the '60s, '70s and beyond. He created a space for customers to marvel, recognize and remember a time of the past.
Plate by plate, things changed. Michael doesn’t let anything hit his menu unless he puts it there. His father and son even make the sausage in a hand crank grinder from 1893.
It's the family tradition and the 'thank you' from customers driving him. Being a business owner by day and cooking in his restaurant by night, Michael never forgets where his family started.
Sampino's Kitchen at Joe Marty's sits in a busy corridor that's gone through some changes, too. Michael says the city is putting a lot of attention on Broadway, and it's a welcome change that makes him hopeful for the future.
المواضيع: Food & Drink, Theater