mills winery: The Brookside Restaurant and The Historic Land Where It Resides
- 01/23/14 10:50 AM
During lunch today, I was able to revisit an old Greater Sacramento landmark. In today’s world, Brookside Restaurant occupies a building originally built in the early 1900s, by the Silva Family as a guesthouse for the American River Winery. The Silva family had immigrated to the area from the Azores Islands, Portugal. Their original land holdings consisted of sixty-three acres in what was originally Mills Township, but later became part of Rancho Cordova.
In 1919 the original winery buildings were destroyed by fire. After which, the winery was renamed Silva Brothers Winery. However, in 1930 federal agents closed the establishment … (22 comments)
During lunch today, I was able to revisit an old Greater Sacramento landmark. In today’s world, Brookside Restaurant occupies a building originally built in the early 1900s, by the Silva Family as a guesthouse for the American River Winery. 
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