Eats

The Garlic Shack 1830 J Street – Sacramento Words by Adam Saake Photos by Nicholas Wray / Nicholaswray.com You may have driven by the corner of 19th and J streets and noticed that Plum Blossom is no more, and in its place is the newly opened and curiously named Garlic…

Mini Burger Truck Various Locations Sacramento Area Words & Photos by Adam Saake Would it be too pretentious if I quoted myself? Eh, fuck it. In a past “Refined Tastes” column, I pointed out that we write an awful lot about burgers. And, “It’s not that we favor burgers or…

Formoli’s Bistro 3260 J Street – Sacramento Words & Photos by Adam Saake Eating is a special experience. Food at once entices our senses with glorious smells, vibrant colors and curious textures while filling the basic human necessity of calming our hunger and nurturing our bodies. The experience continues with…

Spin Burger Bar 1020 16th Street – Sacramento Words & Photos by Adam Saake They say you are what you eat. Over the past year or so it has not gone unnoticed that Submerge’s “Refined Tastes” has dedicated much space to the almighty burger. It’s not that we favor burgers…

The Hideaway 2565 Franklin Boulevard – Sacramento, Calif. Words & Photos by Anthony Giannotti How would you define a dive bar? A recent article in Playboy (yes, I read it for the articles) describes a dive bar as, “A church for down-and-outers and those who romanticize them, a rare place…

Flaming Grill Café 2319 El Camino Avenue – Sacramento Words by Anthony Giannotti – Photos by Breanna Giannotti If you prefer white linen or are a supporter of PETA, this is not for you. On the other hand, if you have a hunger for exotic meats and fresh food prepared…

Pedal Hard 1703 T Street Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento has flourishing fixed-gear/single-speed/track-bike scenes, and with the recent addition of Pedal Hard, a new rider-owned and -operated shop located at 1703 T Street, they’re getting much stronger. Music, art, bicycle scenes; they’re all basically the same in that they need one thing…

Full Belly Farm Road 43 – Guinda, Calif. Crossbred stone fruit has been a high for foodies these days. Apriums, tomato plums, necterlums and the like have spurred interest and curiosity in Sacramento. While perusing the produce section of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op last week, I had an eye…

Kupros Bistro 1217 21st Street – Sacramento, Calif. Words & Photos by Adam Saake Kupro is Esperantan for copper. If you’re like me, you’re asking yourself, “What the hell is Esperanto?” Esperanto, a language all its own, was developed in the late 1800s as a way to create a middle…

Downtown Sacramento is about to get a whole lot sweeter when Icing on the Cupcake’s new store opens up at 1121 Alhambra Boulevard (in between Jamba Juice and La Fiesta Taqueria to give you a general idea). Icing already has two stores in the region, one in Rocklin and one…