SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A former server at Echo & Rig Sacramento has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant failed to pay employees their wages, as another former worker says he is still waiting for thousands of dollars in pay and tips.
Micah Bramwell filed the lawsuit against Echo & Rig Sacramento LLC and owner Samuel Jay Marvin in Sacramento County Superior Court on Nov. 2. The complaint alleges that employees received paychecks that bounced or otherwise went unpaid, were denied compliant rest breaks, and were not reimbursed for required work items.
Marvin said in a statement to KCRA 3 that the restaurant is working to pay employees.
Former bartender Dennis Alonzo, who is not part of Bramwell’s lawsuit, told KCRA 3’s Andres Valle that he is owed about $2,500 to $3,000 in wages and tips.
“I’m owed my last five paychecks, my tips for like the last month,” Alonzo said. He also claimed other bartenders and servers were owed money.
Alonzo said he worked at the restaurant for six years and quit on Sept. 27. He showed KCRA 3 a bank letter that he said documented five paychecks returned for insufficient funds.
He said problems with pay had been going on for more than a year.
“It’s very stressful not having an idea of when you’re going to get paid or any of the money that you’re going to get,” Alonzo said.
Alonzo also alleged that employees had to turn in their tips rather than receive them at the end of the day.
Bramwell’s lawsuit says he worked at the restaurant from spring 2022 until October 2025. It alleges that his paychecks regularly bounced and that he is still owed approximately $2,145 in principal wages.
The lawsuit seeks to represent other current and former employees. A court has not yet certified the case as a class action.
In a statement to KCRA 3, Marvin said: “We value all of our employees tremendously… we are working to get everyone fully paid over the next few days. This process has already started. I have also brought in the authorities to investigate how we got to this place.”
The statement also thanked the Sacramento community for what it called a “nice 10-year run.”
Alonzo said he has filed a wage claim with the labor board and that other former employees are talking to lawyers about their next steps.
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