Never 2-Late
It took a while, but she finally bought Club 2-Me
By James Raia
July 2026
Linda Franzoia met Erick Feil at Club 2-Me, the East Sacramento pub. She was a customer. He was a bartender and general manager for Club 2-Me’s owners, the Mier family. It was a long time ago.
Erick and Linda fell in love and got married. Life evolved with complex histories of families and friends, stories of bartenders and the lore shared by neighborhood bars.
They owned Lucky Café in Midtown and opened Stingers Sports Pub on La Riviera Drive. Erick died in 2018. Now Linda runs Stingers, which celebrates its 33rd anniversary in July.
Through it all, she never forgot about Club 2-Me.
“My husband said, ‘If Club 2-Me ever comes up, I want you to buy it,’” Linda says. A few months ago, as Mier family members retired, she did exactly that.
Linda had chances to buy other properties and pubs in recent years. The timing and details were never quite right.
“But I thought about it (Club 2-Me) for a second and said, ‘This is my opportunity.’ So I went for it,” she says.
The ownership change coincided with the April closure of Pasty Shack, also owned by the Mier family.
The tiny establishment next door to Club 2-Me offered Cornish-style pastry turnovers for 74 years. It began in a Midtown garage, moved a few times and landed on 48th and J streets several decades ago.
Linda Feil didn’t buy the Pasty Shack, but speculation abounds since bar patrons often have late-night appetites. Feil and the Mier family may revisit their options.
“I was asked if I was interested, but I said, ‘Not at this time,’” Feil says. “But we could have that conversation again.”
For now, she focuses on maintaining Club 2-Me’s legacy and running Stingers.
Club 2-Me has guest chef nights for Monday night football and Wednesday night pool events called “Fun on the Felt.” TV monitors are dialed for sports. It’s a locals’ place and a favorite with Sacramento State University students.
Club 2-Me’s raucous occasions are overshadowed by cold beer, cocktails, conversation and the embracing characteristics of a dive bar.
“She didn’t want anyone else to get it,” says Stingers’ bartender Giovanni Troja. “She’s from East Sac. She understands it.”
Feil, 67, was born and raised in Sacramento. She attended St. Mary’s Elementary School and St. Francis High School. Her grandfather owned farmland surrounding the grammar school.
“I didn’t go to college,” Feil says. “I wanted to make money, so I went to work for my uncles at Corti Brothers for nine years.”
Erick Feil left Club 2-Me and began the family’s nine-year tenure at Lucky Cafe on 21st Street in 1983. It closed in 2017 and was replaced by The Morning Fork.
Linda Feil doesn’t plan on many changes at Club 2-Me.
“Just do it,” she says of her business approach. “It’s not going to change. Everyone knows its name. Yeah, there may be some painting going on and new barstools. But pretty much everything is going to stay the same.”
Club 2-Me is at 4738 J St.; club2mesacramento.com.
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