![]() ![]() The concept of revival has also been on Guyton’s mind. “I want this diner to be light and easy and super approachable, and also culturally inclusive, having things on the menu for everybody, and you walk away full and happy.” “Having this opportunity at Jim Denny’s, I just want to have fun,” she says. Guyton, 46, wasn’t alive during the height of the West End era, and the original Jim Denny’s didn’t offer hot dogs like the Hey Papi when it opened in 1985 - which is exactly why she wants to serve them now. Guyton hopes to turn Jim Denny’s into an approachable and inclusive dining option for downtown Sacramento. The West End community was forced out in the late 1950s and ’60s when the city’s redevelopment agency authorized a demolition of the area, and along with it, much of the multiculturalism for which Sacramento was well known. It’s as much a demonstration of Guyton’s commitment to giving her menu personality as it is an homage to another important piece of downtown Sacramento history close to her heart: the West End neighborhood from the late 1940s, where Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese immigrants, along with Black Americans, lived among and influenced one another culturally. One of those dogs, the Hey Papi, is made with chorizo and dressed in mango salsa, crushed Takis Fuego, and togarashi-spiked mayo, laid across a brioche roll. ![]() Every now and then she’ll indulge at a baseball game, ordering multiple franks throughout the day with a beer, or sunflower seeds, or Dippin’ Dots - but mostly, she’s excited to dream up and serve the playful hot dogs she craves when she reopens the historic Jim Denny’s diner next month as its new owner. There aren’t a lot of places you can get a quality hot dog for dinner in Sacramento, she says. Restaurant owner N’Gina Guyton has hot dogs on the brain lately. ![]()
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