Sam’s Cafe

Love this place! Great ice cream and the owner was so kind and let us use his shop for a photoshoot! Will be back again for more ice cream and maybe even a hot dog!

Friendly service inexpensive grub, ice cream from Crystal so it’s good and better prices then anyone in old sac

Just so happened to be in this area of Old Sac and was hankering for a quick ice cream cone. I saw that this business had advertised it for 1.99. I seriously wanted a scoop of chocolate ice cream for breakfast. Luckily there was no line & we were able to get in and out.
Also my HB purchased a bottle of diet pepsi as well. I believe that they also sold yogurt and hot dogs if one was interested.
There was no indoor seating but some wooden seats outside although there may be a vagrant sleeping on one if you’re not so lucky…

Cheap food in Old Sac? Yup! Here is the place. I only go here for the ice cream and that is good Crystal ice cream. Nothing to write home about, but cheap and convenient.

Yogurt & Hot Dogs on a Sizzzling Summer Afternoon
SITREP
Great mainstay business here in Old Sacramento. [Yes, definitely a tourist trap clientele, but what do you expect for Old Sacramento?]
SETUP
I like how the Hot Dogs here remind me of ball park franks in the way they are prepared. And it’s great there is a choice for yogurt instead of ice cream if I’m trying to cut down on the fat content.
THE LOWDOWN
This place is made for the «quick lunch». Even if I only have 30 minutes, I can grab a dog and/​or a scoop of yogurt to go, and it’s still pretty dam close to only $ 5.

The black guy serving ice cream has a fat belly.
The owner gives free hot dogs to bums if he is feeling generous!

Love the place, always a must whenever my son and I take the train from the Bay Area to Sacramento to visit Old Sacramento. My son says their hot dogs are his favorite as they steam them to perfection.
Friendly service, great prices, a great place to get a quick bite in Old Town.

Sam’s café is great! Conveniently located in Old Sac, it’s a must on a hot summer day for the great tasing ice cream, or other goodies on any given day.
The prices are extremely reasonable, and the service is always top notch! I almost always visit Sam’s Café when I’m in the downtown area, and ALWAYS when I’m in Old Sac.
Couldn’t ask for better product, service, and price. This place is a must!

Sam’s is a great place to go get a wafflecone on a hot summer day or a wet winter day. The staff is always sincerely friendly and the scoops are big. Pair this place for dessert after a trip to the Spud Shack next door and you will not regret it!

Came in for some Ice-​cream today, yes I know I’m a fatty cause I got ice cream right after I got the garlic fries 2 doors down hahaha.
The price isn’t too bad, it’s $ 1.75 for a scoop of ice cream, the service was okay the guy was pretty nice and very patient.
There wasn’t too much of an option of the ice-​cream, just the original stuff like bubble gum, praline something, kona coffee etc. The texture was rich and creamy which was a plus, it wasn’t too sweet. I got the bubble gum ^_​^ mmmm yum and my pal got the Kona coffee which was also delicious, the total came up to 3.80 i think, not too bad.
The place looks okay I mean I don’t think it’s a sit down place but I didn’t mind because I was just getting ice cream, plus if I don’t see rodents or cockroaches then we’re good!

I really really wish I had used their restroom before I ordered anything. The back of the house was frighteningly filthy, with old, empty, on the verge of moldy ice cream containers, and dirty gross floors and restrooms, with junk and trash piled up all over.
Service was friendly, but the $ 4 shake I got wasn’t even as good as those you can get at a fast food drive through.
I’m bummed we didn’t look around a little more before stopping in.

Great place for ice cream and hot dogs/​polish dogs.