Eats

GATHER is back to put some spice into those warm Sacramento nights and showcase the booming food capitol that the City of Trees has become. GATHER takes a city block and turns it into a bustling food hall with communal tables set up for outdoor dining, artisanal food vendors, food…

OK, so the name of the event is a bit of a groaner, but bear with us on this one; it’s for a good cause. These days, all the books we could ever want are easy to purchase (or pirate) online whenever we want. But despite all our e-readers, tablets…

I was born in New York City, grew up in New Jersey. My family is 100 percent Italian on both sides. I’ve never spoken to a family member without food in my mouth. My birthright was a set of The Godfather DVDs (with The Godfather Part III missing) and a…

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…