Café Bernardo on the Paragary Pathway Trail
September 28th, 2026
Hear the stories behind Café Bernardo
Welcome to Café Bernardo, a stop along the Paragary Pathway Trail celebrating the restaurants, people, and places that helped shape Midtown Sacramento. Café Bernardo has long been a neighborhood gathering place, with its roots tracing back to the original café opened by Stacy Paragary on Capitol Avenue. Its story is woven into the larger Paragary legacy of creating welcoming spaces where good food, conversation, and community come together. Scroll on to listen to the audio recording and explore the history, memories, and stories that make Café Bernardo a meaningful stop along the Paragary Pathway.
For more than five decades, Randy Paragary helped shape Midtown Sacramento into the vibrant urban destination it is today through restaurants, hospitality concepts and continued investment in the district. Paragary Pathway honors his legacy with a connected trail of lighting throughout the Midtown Sutter district.
Learn more about the project and the history of this building as a stop along the path by scanning the QR code on the pathway trail signage or visiting the Paragary Pathway Website
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Explore Your Next Stop
Click or tap on any of the stops below to get a glimpse of some of the stories behind the locations you can find along the Paragary Pathway Trail below. Or go to the Paragary Pathway Page to learn move about the project!
Centro Cocina Mexicana
Paragary’s
Sutter Medical Center
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