What’s In a Name? Drake’s Barn Offers Unique Gathering Place for Food and Drink By Greg SabinFebruary 2019 There are these things called restaurants. We are pretty familiar with them. They typically have four walls, maybe an order counter, a smattering of tables and...
Canon Fodder One Year In and East Sac Eatery Is as Ambitious as Ever By Greg SabinJanuary 2019 Canon has been open for slightly more than a year. In that period, the Sacramento restaurant has played with format, menu, presentation and everything in between. A recent...
Pasta Perfect Small family-run pocket restaurant shines with simplicity By Greg SabinDecember 2018 My favorite meal of 2018 was at the newly opened pocket-sized and Pocket-located Italian restaurant, Cacio. From the skill in the kitchen to the warmth of the staff, it...
Slice of HeavenReal pie company returns and delivers the goodsBy Greg SabinNovember 2018 Pie is one of my favorite things. I will take pie over cake any day. I will take pie over doughnuts and pie over ice cream (or even better, ice cream over pie, if you know what I...
Una Mas Tacos Span the Globe at New R Street Eatery By Greg SabinOctober 2018 The brothers Wong—Mason, Alan and Curtis—are the driving force behind the MAC Hospitality Group, and they’re busy. In the MAC portfolio are such familiar names as Cafeteria 15L, Ma Jong’s...
A Tale of Two Cantinas New Mexican hangouts bring memorable food and drink to the grid By Greg SabinSeptember 2018 Of the many embarrassments of culinary riches we have here on the Sacramento restaurant scene, one of my favorites is the seemingly limitless supply of...
