After a last minute name change. Sticky Gator BBQ opened earlier this month, reports Kelly Dipenbrock in Sactown Mag.

The bright red and yellow interior and gator-trimmed leather booths reinforce the Southern aesthetic, while the Nanninis say customers can expect a rotation of menu specials like pork chop gumbo, pot roast, and mac and cheese decked out with a béchamel sauce. Traditional baked items from the region (like cornbread, pecan pie and sweet potato pie) will share a sizable dessert menu with items like chocolate bundt cake, pumpkin cheesecake and oatmeal walnut cookies whipped up by pastry chefs Vesela Peneva (of Desserts by Vesela) and the Nanninis' daughter Delanie.

Read the entire story in Sactown Mag.

Sac Biz Journal has a little more about the chefs and the owners.

Lisa Nannini and Rodney Nannini own the business with Sticky Gator executive chef Rodney Ray. The chef also operates T & R Taste of Texas Barbeque in Oak Park, in which the Nanninis are silent investors. The restaurant fills the space that housed Rick's Dessert Diner before the business moved to 2401 J St. The owners of Sticky Gator have transformed the space, as shown by the bright orange paint that now dominates the exterior.

Read the entire story in Sac Biz Journal.

I've always found T & R on Broadway to be delicious. (FYI - The T and R stand for Tasty and Reasonable). I'm excited to give this place a try.

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