Photo by Tori Masucci CumminsThe Donut & Spiced Chicken Sandwich at Sweet Bird, which layers fried chicken from Mary’s Free Range Chickens doused in Sriracha buffalo sauce, buttermilk coleslaw and house-made pickles between a vanilla glazed brioche doughnut “bun.”
The Honey-Glazed Biscuit Chicken Sandwich with bacon from Chico’s Rancho Llano Seco, fried chicken and strawberry jam on a house-made honey biscuit at Sweet Bird
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Pastry chef Rod Cuadra’s fried hand pies made with Apple Hill apples and drizzled with salted caramel
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Guittard Chocolate shortbread and purple Blue Diamond almond macaron ice cream sandwiches with house-made vanilla bean ice cream
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Chef Michael Tuohy (right) and pastry chef Rod Cuadra discuss how they source 90 percent of Golden 1 Center’s food from farms and purveyors located within 150 miles of Sacramento.
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Pastry chef Rod Cuadra’s brioche cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting, which can be found at new food stand Sweet Bird
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New food stands Sweet Bird and Smokehouse BBQ can be found on the second-story Bridge Level of Golden 1 Center.
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Sweet Bird serves 13 flavors of made-in-house ice cream, including rum raisin made with St. George rum and Napa grapes, cherry “Slamson” and olive oil orange chip.
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Smokehouse BBQ’s grass-fed beef chili made with stewed tomatoes and a cheese blend from Petaluma Creamery served inside a jalapeño cornbread bowl
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Smokehouse BBQ’s smoked pulled pork sandwich with homemade coleslaw and house-cured pickles (left) and the smoked rib plate, which is served with a jalapeño cornbread muffin
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Golden 1 Center’s executive sous chef Brien Kuznicki (left) with executive chef Michael Tuohy at Smokehouse BBQ
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Samples of Smokehouse BBQ’s chili cornbread bowl, which uses grass-fed beef from Woodland’s Panorama Meats
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The grass-fed beef in the brisket sandwich at Smokehouse BBQ is smoked for 12 hours.
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Ever since chef Michael Tuohy, who helms Golden 1 Center's food program, gave us a sneak peek of his menu when the arena opened last year, we were instantly hooked, lining up before and during each concert and Kings game for loaded nachos and carnitas-topped hot dogs.
On Oct. 25, Tuohy once again opened the doors to his kitchen below the arena, offering a preview of the menu at Golden 1 Center’s two new "Local Eats" food stands: Smokehouse BBQ, which serves hickory-smoked meat dishes and Sweet Bird, which offers chicken sandos and desserts like brioche cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.
Scroll through the slideshow below for new menu details.
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