Where Is Dad's Kitchen Now? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Fair Oaks, CA)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9, Episode 11

Best Thing I Ever Ate visited Dad's Kitchen in the 'The Upper Crust' episode (S9E11), spotlighting the restaurant's American comfort-food menu and craft-beer selection. Dad's Kitchen is a restaurant on Sunset Avenue in Fair Oaks, California, near Phoenix Park; the original listing listed the city as Sacramento, but the located address is in Fair Oaks. A Yelp business listing for Dad's Kitchen, updated July 2026, showed the restaurant active with current reviews, according to Yelp. The restaurant's own website (ilovedadskitchen.com) described a neighborhood setting with indoor booths and a patio, and listed support for local musicians. No closure, relocation, or ownership-change notice appeared on the Yelp listing or the restaurant's website during the July 2026 check.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 11, Episode 8 Aired March 7, 2011

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ("Soup & Sandwiches," aired 2011-03-07), Guy Fieri visited Dad's Kitchen on Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California, where the signature Dad's Burger — an eight-ounce patty topped with bacon and blue cheese — anchored a comfort-food menu that also included the Avocado with the Hot Blonde Sandwich, according to a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives fan site. A Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives aggregator, updated 2025-06-27, listed that original Freeport Boulevard address as permanently closed and noted the business had expanded to a second location at 8928 Sunset Ave in Fair Oaks. Dad's Kitchen's own website for that Fair Oaks address, checked 2026-09-08, listed current daily hours, beer and wine service, and live music events, confirming the restaurant continues operating there under the same name.