Guidebook for Sacramento

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Guidebook for Sacramento

Food Scene

If you've never had a breakfast pizza, you're in for a treat. Give them a call at 451-6555 and they'll deliver.
Buffalo Pizza & Ice Cream Co
2600 21st Street
If you've never had a breakfast pizza, you're in for a treat. Give them a call at 451-6555 and they'll deliver.
I love their food! I eat here all the time.
Thai Spice Restaurant
2721 Broadway
I love their food! I eat here all the time.
Really good authentic Mexican Food and it's cheap. They also have a great salsa bar.
Los Jarritos
2509 Broadway
Really good authentic Mexican Food and it's cheap. They also have a great salsa bar.
Best "old school" coffee shop in Sacramento. They are packed on the weekends but the service is lightning fast and your coffee cup will never be empty.
Pancake Circus
2101 Broadway
Best "old school" coffee shop in Sacramento. They are packed on the weekends but the service is lightning fast and your coffee cup will never be empty.
Great place for breakfast. Expect a wait on the weekends, but it's worth it.
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Tower Cafe
1518 Broadway
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Great place for breakfast. Expect a wait on the weekends, but it's worth it.
Incredible Vietnamese Vegetarian Food.
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Andy Nguyen's | Vegetarian Restaurant
2007 Broadway
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Incredible Vietnamese Vegetarian Food.
Great food. Their Dad's Burger is to die for. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a few years ago. They also have a couple dozen beers on tap.
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Dad's Kitchen
2968 Freeport Blvd
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Great food. Their Dad's Burger is to die for. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a few years ago. They also have a couple dozen beers on tap.
Nice intimate little restaurant next to Taylor's Market with some really good food.
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Taylor's Kitchen
2924 Freeport Blvd
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Nice intimate little restaurant next to Taylor's Market with some really good food.
A neighborhood favorite, right across the street from McClatchy High School.
Oscar's Very Mexican Food
3061 Freeport Blvd
A neighborhood favorite, right across the street from McClatchy High School.
Real Chicago Style Pizza. It's my favorite. There's nothing else like it.
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Zelda's Original Gourmet Pizza
1415 21st St
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Real Chicago Style Pizza. It's my favorite. There's nothing else like it.
Fabulous food! You won't be disappointed. It's always a treat to go to Lucca's. Maybe a bit on the pricey side, but well worth it.
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Lucca
1615 J St
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Fabulous food! You won't be disappointed. It's always a treat to go to Lucca's. Maybe a bit on the pricey side, but well worth it.
I just love this little place. It's only a few years old. The curry is marvelous.
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Thai Canteen | Midtown
1501 16th St
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I just love this little place. It's only a few years old. The curry is marvelous.
Great sandwiches and salads and more. Now in it's twentieth year, it's a great local find.
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33rd Street Bistro
3301 Folsom Blvd
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Great sandwiches and salads and more. Now in it's twentieth year, it's a great local find.
Just opened in the last year and I really like this place. Their fried chicken is to die for. The rest of their food is really good too.
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South
2005 11th St
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Just opened in the last year and I really like this place. Their fried chicken is to die for. The rest of their food is really good too.
If you are looking for an incredible salad, this is the place. They also have great sandwiches, mashed potatoes, etc. Really good fresh food.
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Jack's Urban Eats
4730 Natomas Boulevard
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If you are looking for an incredible salad, this is the place. They also have great sandwiches, mashed potatoes, etc. Really good fresh food.
I've yet to have a bad steak here. They're not all that expensive for a steak house and the food is pretty darned good.
Iron steaks, seafood, chicken, salads Grill
2422 13th Street
I've yet to have a bad steak here. They're not all that expensive for a steak house and the food is pretty darned good.
Biba Caggiano is the celebrity chef of this Sacramento landmark. This is truly one of the finest restaurants in town. You won't be disappointed. Please get reservations.
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Biba
2801 Capitol Ave
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Biba Caggiano is the celebrity chef of this Sacramento landmark. This is truly one of the finest restaurants in town. You won't be disappointed. Please get reservations.
The Weatherstone was one of Sacramento's first coffee houses and it's still a great place.
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Old Soul at The Weatherstone
812 21st St
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The Weatherstone was one of Sacramento's first coffee houses and it's still a great place.
Really authentic and tasty Mexican Food. Highly recommended.
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Vallejo's Restaurant
1900 4th St
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Really authentic and tasty Mexican Food. Highly recommended.
Great Chinese Food. Dim Sum too.
New Canton Restaurant
2523 Broadway
Great Chinese Food. Dim Sum too.
Ok, it's a chain, but it's a Sacramento chain and I've always loved their tacos. If you're feeling lazy, they have a drive through.
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Jimboy's Tacos
1821 Douglas Blvd
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Ok, it's a chain, but it's a Sacramento chain and I've always loved their tacos. If you're feeling lazy, they have a drive through.
Authentic Italian Pizza. Really good too!
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Masullo Pizza
2711 Riverside Blvd
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Authentic Italian Pizza. Really good too!
Since 1948 they've been making the best ice cream in Sacramento. The sandwiches are good too.
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Vic’s Ice Cream
3199 Riverside Blvd
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Since 1948 they've been making the best ice cream in Sacramento. The sandwiches are good too.
Next door to Vic's Ice Cream, the café is a great new addition. They serve Temple Coffee.
Vic's Café
3193 Riverside Blvd
Next door to Vic's Ice Cream, the café is a great new addition. They serve Temple Coffee.
Great old fashioned Ice Cream Parlor that has been serving Sacramento sine the forties. Sandwiches too.
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Gunther's Ice Cream
2801 Franklin Blvd
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Great old fashioned Ice Cream Parlor that has been serving Sacramento sine the forties. Sandwiches too.

Drinks & Nightlife

This place is a dive, but the food is fabulous. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a few years back. On St. Patrick's Day they throw a huge party.
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Jamie's Bar & Grill
427 Broadway
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This place is a dive, but the food is fabulous. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a few years back. On St. Patrick's Day they throw a huge party.
Nice little bar, frequented during the day by various government types and at night by the locals. Great Chinese food too.
Simon's Bar & Cafe
1415 16th St
Nice little bar, frequented during the day by various government types and at night by the locals. Great Chinese food too.
Great newer bar where they specialize in great cocktails.
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The Shady Lady Saloon
1409 R St
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Great newer bar where they specialize in great cocktails.
Here's Sacramento's old English Pub. It's been here since the seventies and is still a great place.
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Fox & Goose Public House and Restaurant
1001 R St
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Here's Sacramento's old English Pub. It's been here since the seventies and is still a great place.
This is old school Sacramento. Ronnie opened The Distillery in the sixties and not much has changed since then. He still makes the soup every day. Karaoke every night!
Distillery
2121 I St
This is old school Sacramento. Ronnie opened The Distillery in the sixties and not much has changed since then. He still makes the soup every day. Karaoke every night!
Sacramento's first brew pub. Their IPA is famous. The food is pretty good too. It's an old favorite.
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Rubicon Brewing Company
2004 Capitol Ave
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Sacramento's first brew pub. Their IPA is famous. The food is pretty good too. It's an old favorite.
This is one of the oldest bars in Old Sac. It's a site to behold too. The burgers are also pretty good.
Fanny Ann's Saloon
1023 2nd St
This is one of the oldest bars in Old Sac. It's a site to behold too. The burgers are also pretty good.
Great little English Pub with some great fish and chips.
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Streets Pub and Grub
1804 J St
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Great little English Pub with some great fish and chips.
Great neighborhood restaurant and bar. Good food. I love the roasted sirloin dip.
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Riverside Clubhouse
2633 Riverside Blvd
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Great neighborhood restaurant and bar. Good food. I love the roasted sirloin dip.
Ok, this is not dive bar. The name refers to the giant aquarium over the bar where the mermaids and an occasional merman swim. Located across from The Crest Theater, it's very popular.
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Dive Bar
1016 K St
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Ok, this is not dive bar. The name refers to the giant aquarium over the bar where the mermaids and an occasional merman swim. Located across from The Crest Theater, it's very popular.
Nice little brewery with a tasting room. Only a couple of years old. The beer is improving.
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New Helvetia Brewing Company
1730 Broadway
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Nice little brewery with a tasting room. Only a couple of years old. The beer is improving.
Unlike the Dive Bar on K St., this place really is a dive bar. Seriously. I only included this incase you actually want to go to a dive bar and shoot some pool with the locals. This's the real deal
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Round Corner
2333 S St
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Unlike the Dive Bar on K St., this place really is a dive bar. Seriously. I only included this incase you actually want to go to a dive bar and shoot some pool with the locals. This's the real deal
Brewery and tasting room. I'm liking their beer and there's usually a good food truck out front on the weekends.
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Track 7 Brewing Company
3747 W Pacific Ave
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Brewery and tasting room. I'm liking their beer and there's usually a good food truck out front on the weekends.

Essentials

One of the best gourmet grocery stores anywhere. It's not cheap, but they have the best of everything.
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Taylors Market
2900 Freeport Blvd
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One of the best gourmet grocery stores anywhere. It's not cheap, but they have the best of everything.
The closest big supermarket.
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Safeway
1814 19th St
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The closest big supermarket.
It's really a giant mini market now with no meat or produce anymore, but they have an incredible beer and wine selection and it's only two blocks away at 24th. & 2nd.
Curtis Park Market
2703 24th St
It's really a giant mini market now with no meat or produce anymore, but they have an incredible beer and wine selection and it's only two blocks away at 24th. & 2nd.
The other Safeway.
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Safeway
1814 19th St
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The other Safeway.
It's Trader Joe's.
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Trader Joe's
5000 Folsom Blvd
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It's Trader Joe's.
Ok, another chain, but except for a few small ones, they all are and this one had pretty good vegetables.
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Sprouts Farmers Market
4408 Del Rio Rd
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Ok, another chain, but except for a few small ones, they all are and this one had pretty good vegetables.

Sightseeing

Incredible collection of antique and classic cars.
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California Automobile Museum
2200 Front St
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Incredible collection of antique and classic cars.
This is where it all began when John Sutter built his fort near the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers before gold was discovered in 1848 in Sutter's Sawmill in Coloma.
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Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
2701 L St
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This is where it all began when John Sutter built his fort near the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers before gold was discovered in 1848 in Sutter's Sawmill in Coloma.

Arts & Culture

Home of the River Cats, the AAA Giant's affiliate.
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Raley Field
400 Ballpark Dr
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Home of the River Cats, the AAA Giant's affiliate.
One of Sacramento's few remaining movie palaces. Opened in 1938, it is an art deco jewel. It plays mostly art films but occasionally other things.
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The Tower Theatre
2508 Land Park Dr
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One of Sacramento's few remaining movie palaces. Opened in 1938, it is an art deco jewel. It plays mostly art films but occasionally other things.
The home to the Sacramento Symphony, the ballet, and many traveling shows. Great mid century modern building built in the 1970's.
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Community Center Theater
1301 L St
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The home to the Sacramento Symphony, the ballet, and many traveling shows. Great mid century modern building built in the 1970's.
The only grand movie palace left in Sacramento with the main theater still intact. Originally The Empress in 1909 but later remodeled into The Crest after WWII. It's really incredible.
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Crest Theatre, Sacramento, Ca
1013 K St
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The only grand movie palace left in Sacramento with the main theater still intact. Originally The Empress in 1909 but later remodeled into The Crest after WWII. It's really incredible.
The art gallery on the corner of 21st. and Second.
Park Fine Art
2673 21st St
The art gallery on the corner of 21st. and Second.

Everything Else

The place where so much happens.
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SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
1401 J St
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The place where so much happens.
This is Sacramento's grand auditorium built in the 1920's. It still hosts events nearly every day of the year.
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Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
1515 J St
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This is Sacramento's grand auditorium built in the 1920's. It still hosts events nearly every day of the year.
Very nice full service day spa.
Images Salon Spa
3175 Riverside Blvd
Very nice full service day spa.