Food & Drink
Best New Global Chocolate Emporium
Downtown Sacramento’s Cafe Xocolatl, a “chocolate, tea & elixir communal cafe,” offers 200 varieties of chocolates from around the world.
Eat Eco
Greener eggs and ham ... and chicken and carrots. Restaurants around town, from Mulvaney’s in midtown to Almighty in El Dorado Hills, are dishing out planet-wise plates and raising their sustainability game.
Love Shack
The Urban Roots team brings new life to a beloved East Sacramento hangout, retaining its unique flavor while reimagining it with a Mexican comfort menu. Cervecería at The Shack, welcome to the neighborhood.
Chow Bella
Willow serves up love, Southern Italian style, with a side of colorful and texture-rich décor. After three tough pandemic-impacted years, the downtown restaurant scene is looking up.
Snap, Crackle & Pop Culture
A new cereal bar opens in Old Sacramento and serves up everything from Corn Pops to Instagrammable backdrops.
Nice Ice, Baby
Make your happy hour even happier with handcrafted cubes for your craft cocktails.
Good Juju
The team behind The Press Bistro reassembles to open Juju Kitchen & Cocktails downtown, introducing new farm-fresh dishes and bringing back old favorites we've missed.
Q&A with Kevin Fat, CEO of the Fat Family Restaurant Group
Founded near the State Capitol in 1939, Frank Fat’s is Sacramento’s oldest restaurant. The CEO of the Fat Family Restaurant Group, Kevin Fat talks about the continued obstacles for the restaurant industry in the time of Covid-19, the challenges facing downtown, and the legacy of his mother, the late celebrated chef Lina Fat.
Best Fruitful Endeavor
Over the past four decades, the Happiest Place on Earth has been all the sweeter thanks to a frozen treat invented by a UC Davis alum. That makes this iconic, creamy creation the perfect fit for our highly subjective, small-batch, 100% locally made list of our favorite people, places and things. Here's one of our picks for Best of the City 2022.
Planting Ideas
At Burger Patch’s new Land Park location, husband-and-wife owners Phil and Danea Horn think outside the vegan bun and launch an innovation lab, where they’ll be cooking up new creative plant-based concepts. Fishless fish tacos, anyone?
16 Fun Food Festivals in 2022
After a long pandemic pause, harvest fairs are back and bursting with all the varied flavors of Northern California’s farm-fresh bounty. From pear pies in Courtland to asparagus ice cream in Stockton and mandarin-topped pizza in Auburn, here’s our guide to a year’s worth of produce-packed feast-ivals. Your fruitful journey awaits.
A Shire Thing
Tasty food, lively atmosphere, and board games aplenty, downtown's new Tolkien and games-inspired There and Back is more than just a cafe.
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