Gonul's J Street Cafe

The opening of our restaurant in April, 2003 was the fulfillment of a lifetime dream of owner, Gonul Blum. Raised in Turkey, a country with a rich heritage of fine cuisine based on preparing everything fresh and using the exotic spices of her region, Gonul was exposed to great cooking from an early age. Her family is in the spice business and those spices (famous Maras pepper and wonderful fresh saffron) are used liberally in our food. Gonul came to the United States and was a cardiac surgery nurse for 12 years at Mercy General Hospital before an injury ended that career. That gave her the opportunity to return to her first love. After a number of classes at Napa's Culinary Institute of America, she started catering. As that business thrived, the next logical step was the opening of Gonul's J Street Cafe. Catering, fine food, fine restaurant, wine, wine spectator,
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fine wine, fine catering in Sacramento

Soon after opening, our lead chef, Craig Mabry joined us and has added his years of experience at Harlow's and Mendocino's Heritage House to the development of a varied and interesting menu. A new chef joined us in October of 2007. He is Turkish was trained in culinary arts in Turkey.

Our emphasis is on using the freshest products available. When possible, organic produce is used and canned food is shunned in our kitchens. Our fish is delivered fresh three times a week from San Francisco. Durham Ranch provides us with organic free range chickens and our lamb is organic, exclusively from Niman Ranch. We believe that hand preparation (avoiding food processors when possible) helps retain taste, aroma, and nutritional value. In addition to our wonderful food, we offer you a wonderful selection of wines that fit our cuisine from the various wine regions of California, France, Italy, Argentina, and Australia.

Your will find our cuisine to be very compatible with the Dr. Atkins and the Zone diets.

The restaurant offers a pleasant atmosphere to enjoy your meal. From the wonderful aromas coming from our brick oven, to the simple, but elegant decor, to the opportunity to people watch at our out door cafe, you will experience the best restaurant in East Sacramento.

We are located at 3839 J Street in Sacramento, California. Call us at 916-457-1155 or email us at gonulscafe@aol.com