KBar opened April 26 and is the newest venture on K Street, which has steadily grown as a nightlife district over the past year and a half. The newest venture of local restaurateur Randy Paragary, KBar is connected to what will be the fourth Cafe Bernardo in Sacramento, and patrons can order from the Cafe Bernardo menu. Located at 1024 10th St., the combination KBar and Cafe Bernardo replaces Cosmopolitan Cafe, which Paragary Restaurant Group spokeswoman Callista Wengler said wasn’t hitting ... Brandon Curmudgeon comment-67504 2012-05-07T18:47:36Z 2012-05-07T18:47:36Z One would think the best way for brick and mortar eateries to compete against food trucks is to have (1) night life with a bar attached or (2) food a cut above that. Food trucks are also known as "industrial catering" or "roach wagons", right? Curmudgeon 2012-05-07T18:47:36Z William Burg comment-67496 2012-05-07T02:49:44Z 2012-05-07T02:49:44Z How can you not support food trucks? If your last original idea was 25 years ago, and your business model is based on trying to convince people that those ideas are still relevant and contemporary, then preventing new ideas from taking hold is a very high priority. Or if you have the small-town suburban mentality that assumes that pedestrian activity, marketing to a less-than-wealthy demographic, or doing business in a way that benefits people who actually live downtown is bad, because it interferes with the "draw people from the suburbs to your restaurant downtown and have them drunk-drive home" business model. William Burg 2012-05-07T02:49:44Z fifthgensacramentan comment-67481 2012-05-05T19:59:59Z 2012-05-05T19:59:59Z "How can you not support food trucks?" What's Randy's deal?... and Ben, they do have lower start-up and overhead costs along with being cash and carry.... Imagine having a brick & mortar business anywhere within a Business Improvement District...say within the confines of the Downtown Partnership BD, Midtown PBID, Sutter BID.....like perhaps, Randy. All your patrons are paying a surcharge because of those "districts" but yet a mobile vendor can roll on in and out....cash in hand....and not contribute to that area's maintenance. Now, there is an exception, Drew's Republic on 15th St....places him in the DTP boundary....but his mobile operation still allows him into all the other BID's. I think that is part of the discussion that needs to occur in the permitting process.....contributing to the established business areas in which you are "permitted" to work in. Here's a thought, we already have a mobile night club...or at least a piano bar....imagine if our friendly purveyor of the Acoustic Sanctuary was allowed to morph into the Acoustic and Libation Sanctuary ....do you think some of the other bars would have a problem with that? fifthgensacramentan 2012-05-05T19:59:59Z Ben Ilfeld comment-67389 2012-05-04T21:56:51Z 2012-05-04T21:56:51Z Not that I agree, but the concept is that they are competition which have lower overhead. Ben Ilfeld 2012-05-04T21:56:51Z eullrich comment-67378 2012-05-04T19:22:50Z 2012-05-04T19:22:50Z Yeah good news here. Whats Randy's deal with food trucks? How can you not support food trucks?? eullrich 2012-05-04T19:22:50Z Mark comment-67375 2012-05-04T16:45:50Z 2012-05-04T16:45:50Z This is good news for the K Street District. While I am often critical of Randy's aggressive stance against food trucks I also appreciate his contribution to this community. Mark 2012-05-04T16:45:50Z