Eats

Bacon lovers unite! The eighth annual Sacramento Bacon Fest returns from Feb. 6–10 with various events and pop-ups at restaurants, eateries and taprooms around town. The official kick-off party on Wednesday, Feb. 6 is at Urban Roots Brewing and Smokehouse (1322 V. St.) and will feature a special beer release…

The geniuses over at the newly opened and already amazing Drake’s: The Barn in West Sacramento have come up with quite possibly the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon: drinking dark stout beers and pairing them with fresh, made to order, hot and gooey s’mores. “S’mores and Stouts” goes…

I once heard someone describe The Art of Beer as “a Burning Man for beer lovers,” a comparison that The Art of Beer founding director Rawi Nanakul says isn’t really too far off. Nanakul has been deep in the beer game for years as a beer photographer (among other things)…

As the great painter and weirdo Francis Bacon once said, “Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.” The fellow has a point: You never drink champagne with people who suck, or because your day was crap. That’s whiskey’s job. Fizz, the new bar in the…

In the wake of the recent Camp Fire, the most destructive and deadly wildfire in the state’s history, Chico’s own Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. stepped up with a genius and selfless idea: brew an IPA called Resilience, share the recipe with breweries around the country, ask them to brew their…

With all the great coffee shop options in Sacramento, it’s easy to become what I like to call “Coffee Lazy.” You can walk to The Trade from Temple (it’s like five steps), Old Soul Weatherstone to The Mill, or, if you’re feeling ambitious, from Insight on 16th street to Identity…

Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Santa comes to grace Sacramento’s presence at The Jungle Bird through the entire month of December. Born in 2015 at New York City’s The Boilermaker, Sippin’ Santa started as a way to bring tiki and Christmas together (because, duh). Now, this pop-up has expanded its horizons and…

Local chef Russell Middleton cut his culinary teeth working with notable Sacramento chefs such as Submerge coverboy Brad Cecchi, Oliver Ridgeway and others. He’s recently returned to the City of Trees after a stint in Los Angeles in order to start Peridot. This moveable feast, as it were, will hold…

La Crosta Pizza Bar had officially been open two weeks, and word had gotten around about the delicious crust Penelope the Pizza Oven was spitting out. On a Friday night not long after, the place was completely packed with at least a 30-minute wait. The new pizza joint is a…

On Friday, Nov. 16, Ace of Spades (1417 R St.) will host Sacramento’s premier spicey event: the River City Chili Cook-Off! This event will feature unlimited tastings of chili made by some of Northern California’s top restaurants, caterers and chefs. While pleasing the taste buds of visitors from near and…