Two Sacramento families with downtown businesses will take over the space in the Firestone Building that houses California Pizza Kitchen. The restaurant, which opened in May 2009, will close this month, making way for the Firestone Public House in about six months. The de Vere Whites, who own de Vere’s Irish Pub, and the Wong family, which owns Ma Jong’s, The Park Ultralounge, The Mix and Cafeteria 15L, are still working out the details of what the approximately 5,700-square-foot space at 1132 16th St. will hold, according to Henry de Vere White. “The best way to say it is that a sports bar will probably be one aspect of it, and through the buildout, it is going to develop,” he said. “Th

Mason's New American Restaurant, the high dining that gave Downtown Sacramento a "big city" feel, will be closing its doors Feb. 15 to renovate and reopen as Cafeteria 15L. Co-owner of Mason's, Mason Wong, said that Cafeteria 15L will feature American comfort cuisine, what he sees as the next big trend in the food industry. Public relations manager Jennifer Bulotti said Wong has watched the development of the comfort food trend as it has grown in cities like San Francisco, New York, Portland and many others. "He’s seen this as a trend that appeals to a lot of people, and the draw toward comfort food dining is working in other similar cities," Bulotti said. The decision to transform Mas

 Okay, how many of you small business owner’s downtown Sac are sick of the Chamber meetings and clicks downtown? Being a small business downtown in this economy has its challenges and we need to work together. I have never been one to "love" or "grow" my business from these mixers but what else do we have? In Europe where I do allot of business in the pubs or bars (buying horses) made me ask myself why can't I do that here with my photography services? Until now there really hasn't been an arena for people over 40 to meet and socialize besides a happy hour pub. Well, no surprise here that Mason Wong of Mason's Ultra Lounge has now come up with a brilliant idea and opened the phenomenal lou