When it comes to making cocktails, everyone pretends to be better than they are. Whether it’s messing up an overly complicated online recipe or secretly making your “famous” Bloody Marys from a mix, we’ve all been there. Now J.J. Pfister Distilling (9819 Business Park Dr.), who makes some of Sacramento’s…
Returning to Downtown Sac’s Roosevelt Park is Sac Fry Fest. Saturday, May 11, SactoMoFo invites you to experience delicious creations by local chefs showing-off their special culinary talents with America’s favorite potato styling. From savory to sweet and all of the above, there will be some type of fry for…
There’s a mysterious and wonderful consistency to Nopalitos Southwestern Café that’s hard to pin down. You’d think with as many restaurants that come and go that a place that’s only open weekdays from 6:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. wouldn’t last a year, let alone several. This East Sacramento establishment on 56th and…
We should be pairing our beer with good food, according to Sacramento beer aficionados. That’s why food is one of the overarching themes of this year’s Sacramento Beer Week, which kicks off April 26 and celebrates its 10th anniversary. Two foodie events will anchor the start and close of Beer…
The 10th annual Sacramento Beer Week runs from April 26–May 5 this year (yes, it’s actually 10 days!) and brings with it hundreds of fun and creative craft beer-themed events all throughout the region at breweries, taprooms and more. There will be countless special releases, collaborations, food pairings and hands-on…
There are few things more shamelessly bougie than eating caviar, and there are few more shamelessly bougie places in Sacramento than the Citizen Hotel (926 J St). Luckily, you can engage your inner millionaire by eating caviar in the Citizen at the Scandal Bar’s Caviar Club on Thursday, April 18….
Many of you reading this may have had to survive on Top Ramen at some point in your life. There’s no shame in that. We’ve all been there. But ramen can be so much more than crunchy noodle bricks and foil flavor packets, and no one knows this better than…
Every wine has a story, but aside from trekking all the way out to Napa, it can be tough to get a behind-the-scenes look at your vino while browsing in BevMo. To that end, ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates and Producers) is hosting Zinfandel Stories: Springtime in Sacramento on March 31. Located…
One of Sacramento’s newest bars, The Cabin is a mega cozy, rustic getaway smack in the middle of Midtown. The space is the love child of Eric Rushing and Bret Bair, the same pair who own several other local digs, including Goldfield Trading Post and Holy Diver, to name a…
You would never know it, but there is ancient magick at work in the suburbs of Roseville. Down a nondescript street, in a simple two-story house, a husband-and-wife team is performing alchemy that wins international awards. Karla McNeil Rueda is a Honduran-American with a heart-shaped face framed by wild curly…
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