Eats

COOL AS ICE Remember, when you were a kid, how awesome it was having a flavored snow cone or shaved ice while wandering around an amusement park or fair on a blazing hot mid-summer day? Well, kind of awesome. It was really great for the first few bites, and then…

At the 33rd Croatian Extravaganza, a “European festival in the old world tradition,” you can expect fantastic authentic cuisine along with plenty of live entertainment, a bocce ball tournament, children’s games and much more. Indulge in delicate pastries and succulent; spit-roasted lamb; and pork, chicken, steak and sausages. Did you…

Round 1 of Sacramento’s first-ever Fantasy Food Truck Showdown may already be in the books, but lucky for you this bracket points competition between six of the region’s best gourmet food trucks—including Cecil’s Taste, California Love, Brunch Boys, GyroStop Kebab G, The Culinerdy Cruzer and Mama Kim Eats—still has three…

“So sad,” “Un f’ing believable,” and “Nooooo,” were just a few of the many shocked/surprised/saddened comments posted by fans and longtime patrons on River City Brewing Company’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/RiverCityBrewingCo) last week when they broke the news that after 22 years at the Downtown Plaza, they will be moving this…

A Sip of Nostalgia The new Coin-Op Game Room may have a bouncer at the top of the stairs, but this is not a typical posh downtown bar. The wooden staircase winds down into a patio, where people are sipping drinks and playing a giant version of Jenga. Inside, the…

Bicycles Deliver When John Boyer was an 8-year-old latchkey kid in Saginaw, Michigan, he pulled a three-legged bullfrog from an oil-ridden pond and became instantly upset. The natural habitats of where he grew up had been devastated by General Motors and industrial-grade chemicals. “I became really withdrawn, introverted and worried….

After a closed-captioning TV error hilariously dubbed Sacramento Kings rookie Nik Stauskas as “Sauce Castillo” during a home game against the Philadelphia 76ers back in March, the nickname naturally stuck. “After the game I go on Twitter and everyone was like, ‘Good game Sauce!’” Stauskas told the hosts of ESPN’s…

Are you a fan of amazing food and local eateries? If yes, then you need to make your way down to Wicked ‘Wich’s new brick and mortar location in West Sacramento. Started as a local food truck, Wicked ‘Which rose to fame and respect among the Sacramento food truck community;…

Earn your green thumb by participating in the “Preserving the Spring Harvest” class taught at the Soil Born Farms American River Ranch in Rancho Cordova. Per Soilborn.org, “There are so many delicious and healthy ways to preserve your garden’s bounty in the spring. From pickles to kraut, kimchi to chutney,…

Mamma Susanna’s 5487 Carlson Drive • Sacramento If I were feeling particularly lazy and succinct, I could sum up my recent experience at East Sacramento Italian restaurant Mamma Susanna’s in a two-word review: FUCK YEAH. But, I’ll elaborate, as I’ve been revived from the lovely Italian food coma into which…