Sac Foodies

What better way to celebrate the first weekend in spring than with some good sips and tastings! Here is a quick round-up of a few events that are sure to get the spring season started off on the right foot: Revolution Wines—Friday Night Specials! Believe it or not, each week, Revolution Wines puts together...

The “roving culinary adventure” returns to Northern California in June when local CSA Farm Fresh to You and Grange Restaurant & Bar team up for the second year to host an Outstanding in the Field dinner event at Capay Organic Farm in Capay, CA. (We hear last year’s event sold out in 72 hours!)...

by Ana Marie Aguas and Sara Ortega When the SacFoodies found out that local bakery, TreyBCakes was competing in the Food Network’s tastiest food competition, Cupcake Wars, we were thrilled for the chance to sample their nationally recognized cupcakes! On last night’s episode titled “Aloha Cupcakes,” Jenni & Stacy of TreyBCakes, competed for a chance...

Today and tomorrow, Slow Food Sacramento will be hosting the second annual Sacramento Food Film Festival! As we’ve mentioned before, Sacramento was recently designated America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital, so the festival taking place here in town couldn’t be more appropriate!Starting tonight, you’ll have the chance to watch several captivating films that present us with an...

Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar, most commonly referred to as simply ‘Red Rabbit,’ is a Midtown favorite and, until recently, I had only visited to check out the Happy Hour. But when a friend came to town last weekend, I was determined to take her to a place that was uniquely Sacramento—and Red Rabbit...

Spring is almost here and we even have a food and wine event to prove it! You may remember our springtime buzz around the 2011 and 2012 Spring Break charity events, and the event (now renamed Spring Surge) is back this year to help usher in spring in Sacramento. Next Friday, March 22, local...

I am not the most daring person when it comes to selecting sushi rolls. I normally stick to the basics, and prefer to order the simplest roll on the menu. It wasn’t until I tasted the Flaming Dragon Roll from Ninja Sushi that I discovered my more adventurous side. Let me tell you –...

It’s Friday and there is no better way I can think to close out the week than with a good happy hour. We’ve been fans of the custom cocktail creations at Grange for quite some time, as you see from our previous SacFoodies posts, here and here. But what makes their latest specialty happy...

On Wednesday, March 6, two popular local food writers, Chris Macias, food and wine writer for the Sacramento Bee, and Hank Shaw, author of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, will conduct a reading at Bows & Arrows. Macias and Shaw will each read their pieces which were selected for Da Capo’s Best Food Writing 2012....

A recent trip to The Porch Restaurant and Bar proved to be an excellent choice with a fantastic dinner—but the real star of the show was the best dessert cookie I may have ever had in my entire Life. First off, the fiery Southern flare of everything from the menu, to the lush velvety...