Shoki Ramen is Open

This restaurant went through terrible times. They remodeled the old Trails Restaurant, opened, and immediately had a kitchen fire. Then there was Covid. But now, it finally looks like they are open:

Shoki Ramen House built a Sacramento cult following in the 2010s, then fell on hard times around the end of the decade. Now it’s back, and already sold out through its opening weekend.

Shoki is reopening its Land Park restaurant this weekend, five years after a fire forced its closure, owners Yasushi and Kathy Ueyama announced on social media Thursday night.

The Japanese restaurant initially opened in Curtis Park in 2008, expanded to the R Street Corridor in 2011 and accrued a devoted following for its tan tan men and rustic setting. The Curtis Park location was then closed when Shoki moved to at 2530 21st St., formerly home to longtime barbecue restaurant Trails. 

Two years later, that building was destroyed in a fire. It’s been fenced off ever since, and Shoki’s R Street Corridor restaurant closed in 2021. But the Ueyamas kept their ramen shop alive via a Shoki food truck while they refurbished the Land Park restaurant.