Loud cheers echoed inside Henry’s Lounge in midtown Sacramento on Tuesday morning as more than 100 soccer fans celebrated a World Cup win for the United States in the match-up against Iran.”It was amazing. I wish she was here to see it,” said Henry’s Lounge Owner Yasmin Henry about her mother, Irene.She remembers when her mom first broke the news to her.”She goes, ‘I’m gonna open a sports bar,’ and I said, ‘Are you crazy?’ And she said, ‘I want to open a sports bar with arcade games,’ and she was about 70 at the time,” Yasmin said.She said Irene bought the place at 20th and O streets in 2019 just before the COVID-19 pandemic.”The pandemic hit, and that was hard. Delayed everything and then, of course, the shutdown of the bars and then she wondered, ‘Did I make the right decision?'” Yasmin said.The sports bar finally opened in September last year. Just eight months later, Irene died.”I knew she was sick. I didn’t know she was that sick,” Yasmin said.On top of mourning her mother’s death, Yasmin also had to run the bar despite already having an entirely different career of her own.”I’ve been a teacher for 25 years, but I’m retiring sadly, but I have to. There’s no way I can do that and this at the same time,” Yasmin said.More | World Cup soccer fans flock to midtown Sacramento barLuckily, she does have some experience helping her parents over the years as they started several small businesses.”My parents were from overseas; they were the immigrants’ dream,” she said. “That’s the way I see that.”She said her late father, Ron Henry, opened the original Henry’s Bar downtown on 9th Street in the ’80s.So, growing up, Yasmin helped her parents and now her daughter is doing the same.”I find it really important to be close to my family,” said Yasmin’s daughter, Katherine Harris. She is the social media manager and a partner at Henry’s Lounge with her mother.”It is our job, and my daughter’s, to help preserve this,” Yasmin said. “It’s what they started, and we will continue it on.”Related | Where to find 2022 World Cup watch parties in Sacramento
Loud cheers echoed inside Henry’s Lounge in midtown Sacramento on Tuesday morning as more than 100 soccer fans celebrated a World Cup win for the United States in the match-up against Iran.
“It was amazing. I wish she was here to see it,” said Henry’s Lounge Owner Yasmin Henry about her mother, Irene.
She remembers when her mom first broke the news to her.
“She goes, ‘I’m gonna open a sports bar,’ and I said, ‘Are you crazy?’ And she said, ‘I want to open a sports bar with arcade games,’ and she was about 70 at the time,” Yasmin said.
She said Irene bought the place at 20th and O streets in 2019 just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The pandemic hit, and that was hard. Delayed everything and then, of course, the shutdown of the bars and then she wondered, ‘Did I make the right decision?'” Yasmin said.
The sports bar finally opened in September last year. Just eight months later, Irene died.
“I knew she was sick. I didn’t know she was that sick,” Yasmin said.
On top of mourning her mother’s death, Yasmin also had to run the bar despite already having an entirely different career of her own.
“I’ve been a teacher for 25 years, but I’m retiring sadly, but I have to. There’s no way I can do that and this at the same time,” Yasmin said.
More | World Cup soccer fans flock to midtown Sacramento bar
Luckily, she does have some experience helping her parents over the years as they started several small businesses.
“My parents were from overseas; they were the immigrants’ dream,” she said. “That’s the way I see that.”
She said her late father, Ron Henry, opened the original Henry’s Bar downtown on 9th Street in the ’80s.
So, growing up, Yasmin helped her parents and now her daughter is doing the same.
“I find it really important to be close to my family,” said Yasmin’s daughter, Katherine Harris.
She is the social media manager and a partner at Henry’s Lounge with her mother.
“It is our job, and my daughter’s, to help preserve this,” Yasmin said. “It’s what they started, and we will continue it on.”
Related | Where to find 2022 World Cup watch parties in Sacramento