
Food & Drink
The A-Tea
Sacramento’s legendary allergy season is upon us. Here’s one very hot tip.
Take out on your own timetable with meal kits from regional restaurants
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented amounts of takeout. But the sudden shift to a time-blurring work-from-home life combined with reduced hours at many restaurants could sometimes make take-out-and-eat-later a more convenient choice for diners, especially those who want to plan…
Brain Powder
A pair of chocolatiers are marrying their love of cacao with the health benefits of ancient mushrooms to create tasty new ways to dissipate the morning brain fog.
Love at First Sip
Whether you’re happily attached or blissfully single, this pair of seasonal hot chocolates will help make your Valentine’s Day sweet and steamy.
Fowl Play
The boozy bird’s the word at Bawk, R Street’s new finger-licking-good restaurant. A bucket of vodka-battered fried chicken with a bottle of Dom Pérignon? Oui, please.
Odd Cookie bakery lives up to its name with pancake cupcakes and deep-fried pizzas
Weird is wonderful at downtown's new Odd Cookie Bakery Cafe & Bar, which doles out creative concoctions like cupcakes topped with mini pancakes or bourbon buttercream.
Cider House owner to open a new smokehouse and bar
Julio Peix, owner of midtown's Cider House and former owner of Dad’s Kitchen, has something new brewing in East Sacramento.
December's Taste roundup: Curry Up Now readies to spice things up in midtown, and more
With menu items featuring cheeky names like Naughty Naan and Sexy Fries, Curry Up Now is set to spice things up with its Indian fusion fare at midtown's Ice Blocks in mid-January. The San Francisco-based fast-casual restaurant began as…
Courtside Cantina
An eye-catching Mexican eatery has opened across from the Golden 1 Center, boasting regionally sourced south-of-the-border dishes and a room with a view that’s perfect for hooping it up.
East Meets Best: Chef Lina Fat
Frank Fat is the de facto downtown home to generations of lobbyists and legislators alike. Enter the wife of Frank Fat’s son Kenneth, Lina Fat, who emigrated from Hong Kong in the 1950s. While her background isn’t as Horatio Alger as her father-in-law’s, her rise to prominence and her breaking of barriers is no less impressive.
A (New) Christmas Story
A desire to break with tradition has one mom dreaming of a Korean Christmas.
Super Bowls
Kru chef-owner Billy Ngo goes underground to serve up hearty heaps of authentic ramen at his new downtown basement restaurant Kodaiko.
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