Eats

The Sweet Spot 3 Fires Lounge 1501 L Street, Sacramento Happy Hour: Monday through Friday, 3–6 p.m. All day on Sundays. When football season kicks off, I begin my annual search for the best Monday night happy hours in Sacramento. There’s always the popular locations that we all know and…

It’s no great secret that there are many great chefs and restaurants in the Sacramento valley and its neighboring cities. The same can be said for our amazing selection of wines that are produced, bottled and consumed within less than a 100-mile radius. This Friday event will highlight over 40…

Happy Hour Hound: Ten22 1022 2nd Street, Sacramento Happy Hour: Monday through Friday, 3 – 6 p.m. The menu features beer, wine, cocktails and seasonal small plates with chef’s specials showcasing foods grown within 20 miles of Old Sacramento when possible. The Happy Hour Hound column is new, and for…

Overused foodie jargon like “artisan,” “organic” and “farm-to-Fork” should have been abolished from the English language years ago, when it seemed like everyone jumped on the healthy food fare bandwagon. However, this weekend’s Farm-to-Fork Festival at Capitol Mall Greens promises you will be treated to some of the best products…

Party Every Day I’m going to be totally transparent here and immediately profess my unabashed love for Elixir Bar and Grill. It is hands down, bottoms up, my favorite bar in Sacramento. And I’m not alone. It’s not that they have the best craft cocktails I’ve ever had—although they have…

Craft beer lovers rejoice! The first ever California Craft Beer Summit is so close you can almost taste it. This two-day, one-of-a-kind event going down on Sept. 11 and 12 will bring some of the Golden State’s biggest names in craft beer to Sacramento for tap talks, demos, craft sessions,…

East Sacramento’s Best Hole in the Wall With great food, tasty drinks and a big city feel, the new restaurants and bars that are popping up in Sacramento have just about everything you can ask for. With that being said, all of the new establishments—many of which I frequent and…

“You don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show,” say (or at the very least, infer) the fine folks at Lake Mary Cabin who present these breathtaking dinners. If you’re a foodie and want to give back while ingesting some of the best food fare in…

Mozzarella is to cheese what Budweiser is to beer. Mozz is king, the most popular cheese in America. In 2014 the USDA estimated that per-capita, mozzarella consumption was 11.5 pounds a year, beating out cheddar (coming in at 9.6 pounds) by just a few slices for the second year in…

True Flavor When it comes to food and beverage, boy, is Sacramento looking a whole lot classier lately. As the country’s leading farm-to-fork capital, not to mention a rapidly growing Mecca for all-craft-everything brewing, it would appear we run the gamut eats-wise for all our resident foodies and palate snobs…