Golden Bear

After approximately four months of work, Dad's Kitchen has expanded by adding a tap room to its popular Land Park Restaurant. Originally scheduled for opening before Sac Beer Week at the end of February, the tap room at Dad's Kitchen...

Rick's Dessert Diner, a midtown mainstay for nearly three decades, is moving from its longtime home on K St. near 23rd, to a new space just a couple block away at J & 24th Streets, reports Bob Shallit in the...

You know an event is big when a scalper greets arriving guests looking to buy and sell extra tickets. That's what happened at the Second Annual Sac Bacon Fest Chef's Competition event on Sunday. As part of the closing festivities,...

By Laura Braden Have you heard that the San Francisco Giants are in the 2012 World Series? As someone who has lived all over the country but never in a “baseball town,” I am stoked to see Midtown come alive as we root for and celebrate our brothers/sisters in the City by the Bay. And...

Hook & Ladder, the new restaurant replacing the former Hangar 17 at 17th & S, will be open by the end of September, reports Chris Macias in the Sac Bee. Owned by the same folks behind midtown's Golden Bear, a...

Here's a sign that the local restaurant scene is coming together and picking up momentum: the kick-off dinner for the Sactown Dining Collective has quickly sold out at $45 per person. The dinner is June 7 at Plates Café, the restaurant that trains ho...

As the days have warmed up and the calendar has turned to May, Sacramentans rightly partake in a Springtime tradition -- drinking outdoors. But where can you eat and drink outdoors? The Sac Bee and Girls on the Grid have...

By Marlissa Hernandez The change in weather brings the longing to sit in the sunshine and take in serious amounts of fresh air. Finding a relaxing place that offers a warm environment, good food and drinks is not hard to find on the grid. Here’s a list of a few of my favorite spots:...