Global restaurateur HMSHost has been awarded a new 15-year contract to open nine new dining options at Sacramento International Airport (SMF) in California — part of the airport’s transformation of its food and beverage offerings with a strong emphasis on showcasing local brands.
Under the new contract, HMSHost will redevelop nearly 16,700 square feet of concessions space across Terminals A and B to bring a mix of local and global brands to SMF.
The local brands include: Cafe Bernardo (Terminal B), a casual Sacramento restaurant concept based on the European tradition of cafe dining, featuring a farm-to-fork menu; and Centro Cocina Mexicana (Terminal A), which has been serving fine regional Mexican cuisine for over 25 years, with a restaurant offering travelers a quick-service format. Café Bernardo and Centro Cocina Mexicana are part of the Paragary Restaurant Group.
Also, Magpie (Terminal A), brings food reflective of the cultural and agricultural bounties of California’s Central Valley with farm-to-table fare; and New Helvetia Brewing Company (Terminal A), a community brewery that was founded in Sacramento in 2012 and specializes in local craft beer.
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HMSHost will also unveil a renovated Starbucks in Terminal B along with two hybrid Starbucks locations in Terminal A, both of which will have a complementary retail store.
Both Sycamore Market and Golden Grove Market were created in partnership with Avolta travel retailer Hudson and will offer Starbucks
beverages amidst a curated assortment of travel essentials, snacks, tech, books, magazine, and local products and gifts.
HMSHost will also open two new Wendy’s restaurants in Terminals A and B.
“We believe that our new dining options will offer visitors to the airport a strong sense of place, variety of choices, and culinary experiences that are worth arriving early for,” said Steve Johnson, President and CEO, North America, Avolta.
HMSHost will operate the new dining venues as joint ventures with multiple Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) partners, including LaTrelle’s, Skyview Concessions, Inc., JNK Elite Concessions Management, and Kelly’s Place, Inc.
