How the coronavirus pandemic drained a Sacramento restaurant at its busiest time of year

Raed Eisa’s problems started in February. Falafel & Shawarma Planet, Eisa’s fast casual Middle Eastern restaurant at 4220 Florin Road, Suite K, wasn’t seeing its usual economic bounce-back coming out of the winter months. Other Southgate Plaza business owners Eisa spoke to had similarly poor sales, he said. The three-year-old restaurant needed customers in March and April, …