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Some to add:

Tapas the World
Alioli

Both of these have great tapas.  Tapas the World is open late. 
Alioli is more formal.

River City Cafe
California cuisine in Old Sac. - sits on top of the water with a
nice view of the river.


Enjoy!



David Goldsmith wrote:
> 
> ouyang@canal.aero.org (Henry OuYang) wrote:
> 
> >Anyone have a list of good Sacramento restaurants?  There is no Sacramento
> >newsgroup and I don't know of any websites.
> 
> >Thanks,
> >Henry
> 
> Hi, Henry,
> 
> Here's a bunch of recommendations that were passed on to me last
> November when I made a business trip to Sacramento. This list is
> special to me since the woman who posted it, Susan Sapirstein, has
> since passed away. She was a great friend of this newsgroup. Here's
> her posts:
> 
> In ba.food, hattie@netcom.com (Susan Hattie Steinsapir) wrote:
> 
> >In no order of preference:
> 
> >1.  Vallejo's - mexican - 14th & O, and 4th & S  cheap and delicious
> >their breakfast is spectacular and a real bargain
> 
> >2.  Capitol 6th floor cafeteria - State Capitol 10th & L  go for
> >breakfast; cheap and where the power is; food's good
> 
> >3.  Frank Fat's - "L" Street between 9th & 8th - not the world's greatest
> >Chinese food but okay - this is a mainline legislative hangout
> 
> >4.  Morton's - "L" at 5th Street - steaks, pretty fancy for Sacramento
> >but great steaks  husband says the martini is very good.
> 
> >5.  The Broiler Room - "J" Street at 10th  classic cave-like steak house
> >wonderful steak salad at lunch  huge Porterhouse for $23 with all the
> >trimmings (salad, potato, veggie)
> 
> >6.  Lemon Grass Cafe - 9th & "I" Street and Stockton Blvd at Colonial Way
> >(across from the medical center)  great place for lunch.  wonderful
> >salads, great soup, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere
> 
> >7.  Megami Bento Ya - 10th Street between "j" and "K"  sushi for lunch at
> >the sushi bar  - very pleasant, good prices, generous servings  go after
> >the lunch rush and Alan is likely the itaemae  - he's a card
> 
> >8.  Willie's Burgers - 16th Street and "X"  the quintessential greasy
> >burger in all it's incarnations  cheap and tasty  after hours, this place
> >is sort of a DMZ where you'll find cops, guys who look like suspects, and
> >hoody looking kids
> 
> >9.  Tower Cafe  -  16th & Broadway  sort of pretends to be a restaurant
> >but everyone who works there is too busy being cool.  Pricey, strange
> >items.  I do not think Jim what's his name is a genius.  I think he's got
> >a trust fund, a great location and is dumb enough to believe what is
> >written about him.  We ate there and my husband saw this guy and asked
> >me, "Can that man find his way out of the room without help?"  I said,
> >"Hey, that's our host."  The waiters are just like the boss.  For some
> >reason, this place is packed.  Beats me.
> 
> >10.  Fuji's - 13th & Broadway   very nice Japanese restaurant that's been
> >around for years.  Nice sushi bar.  The sushi chef is a very nice guy.
> >Fuji's has great food, nice atmosphere, full bar, good service, and is
> >moderately priced.  The Korean strip steak is great.
> 
> >11.  Edokko - 5th & Broadway  Japanese noodle house  decent prices, good grub
> 
> >12.  New Station - 18th & Broadway   seafood Chinese.  Great food, cheap
> >prices.  Always filled with Chinese families having a great time.
> 
> >13.  Andy Ngyugen - 20th & Broadway   Vietnamese, good, reasonably priced
> >- well, cheap
> 
> >14.  Zelda's - 21st Street near "O".  World's best pizza.  Cash only
> >joint.  Good selection of beers.  A couple of us would be more than happy
> >to meet you at Zelda's.  I can't say enough about their pizza, so Iwon't
> >try.  After one of Zelda's pizzas, everything else is just tomato sauce
> >on dough.
> 
> >15.  City Treasure - "L" Street and 18th  Very nice place   smallish
> >menu.  I haven't eaten here yet but everything I've heard marks it as a
> >quality place.
> 
> >16.  Jalisco Taqueria - 16th & D Streets   Clean, authentic taqueria.
> >Tacos are small but very tasty and cheap.  You get a lot of soft drink.
> >The tamales are too small.  I haven't tried a burrito but this is a very
> >nice little place.  Watch the passing parade of Sacramento's less fortunate.
> 
> >17.  Paragary's, Bernardo's, Capitol Grill, El Centro   Randy Paragary is
> >trying to capture the food market in Sacramento.  I'm not fond of the
> >Paragary restaurants but I am a dissenting opinion.  YMMV.
> 
> >18.  Damn, I am blocking on Biba Caggiano's restaurant.  It's at 28th and
> >Capitol.  Mrs. Caggiano is a celebrity chef, cookbook author, and
> >successful restauranteur.  The food here is excellent.  Make reservations
> >and wear grown-up clothes when youdine there.  It helps to say "Dr." or
> >"Honorable" when you make the reservations.  ,-)  <G>
> 
> >These are some picks for downtown Sacramento.  I have some for other
> >areas which I'll post separately.
> 
> >And the list continues.
> 
> >19.  Viet Ha  - a Vietnamese place, incredible food, low, low prices -
> >our current favorite.  It's on Florin Road just east of Stockton
> >Boulevard.  They also have a second place 2794 Woodberry Way, corner of
> >Folsom Blvd. and Mills Park Road.  Unless you're a local, you're likely
> >to get lost trying to find the Woodberry Way Viet Ha.
> 
> >20.  Ming Wa - Fantastic Chinese seafood and these hotpots.  More food
> >than humans can possible eaten is brought out and one cooks the meat,
> >shrimp, veggies in broth.  I'd suggest going with at least four people,
> >order 2 of the hotpots and then round out the meal.  This place is new
> >and filled with Chinese families having a great time.  There are two
> >menus.  The white person menu and the Chinese menu.  Well, the Cantonese
> >stuff and then the Mandarin cuisine.  Get the fancier menu.  This is a
> >top-notch place and very reasonably priced.  It's on Stockton Boulevard -
> >I'm sorry I lost their business card with the address.  It's south of
> >Fruitridge Road and across the street from one of the larger shopping
> >malls - it's on the west side of the street.
> 
> >21.  There are a number of noodle house, small pho places, etc. on this
> >stretch of Stockton Boulevard.  I like the noodle house on the east side
> >of Stockton which looks as if it's in an old fastfood sea food place (it
> >is).   Great selection, low prices.  Sorry can't remember name.
> 
> >22.  New Paris Cafe.  This is on Stockton Boulevard across the street
> >from the graveyard and next to the large Chinese grocery store.  I have a
> >soft spot for the New Paris.  The pho is very good.  They have french
> >foodon the menu, but they don't prepare it.
> 
> >23.  Scott's.  In Loehman's Plaza at Fair Oaks and Fulton.  Yep, this is
> >Scotts as in Scott's.  The food here is consistently excellent.  They
> >have a nice wine selection; pleasant and accomodating management;
> >sometimes dopey waitresses; and a very comfortable atmosphere.  Try to
> >get one of the booths so you can sink into a banquette.  an everything
> >included dinner with wine will be about $30 a person.  The flank steak
> >with garlic mashed potatoes is wonderful.  They have a delicious pepper
> >charred raw ahi appetizer with wasabi dressing which is my favorite.  I'd
> >recommend Scott's over Mace's which is nearby.  Scott's does the same
> >stuff, has a lovely atmosphere and more reasonable prices.
> 
> >24.  Paragary's.  On Fair Oaks, the south side, between Howe and Fulton.
> >Again, I'm not a Paragary's fan but most people like it.
> 
> >25.  Caffe Ettore.  On Fair Oaks, in a small strip mall near Paragary's.
> >This is a wonderful bakery, coffee shop, lunch and dinner spot.  It has a
> >European ambiance and is a very pleasant place.  The baked goods are great.
> 
> >26.  Sushi Sei.  In same mallette as Caffe Ettore.  This is a cozy
> >Japanese restaurant.  They have a nice sushi bar.  The place is very
> >homey and comfortable.  The food is quite good.
> 
> >27.  Cafe Napoli.  In yet another strip mall on the same side of the
> >street as Paragary's, Caffe Ettore and Sushi Sei.  This place is an
> >experience.  It's a pizzareia run by Persians.  So, there are kabobs,
> >too.  The pizzas are very tasty - made in a wood-fired oven.  When Cafe
> >Napoli opened they had the cheapest spaghetti dinner on the planet.
> >Prices have gone up but not to nose bleed proportions.
> 
> >28.  Baghdad Cafe.  5800 Madison Avenue.  Turkish food and lots of it.
> >This place is great.  The lamb shishkebab is some of the best I've ever
> >eaten.  I can't say nice enough things about this place.
> 
> >29.  Rogelio's at Gold River.  You'll have to call and get the address.
> >This is on my must eat there list.  I have read only positive things
> >about the food here.  The owner was recently featured in an article in
> >the Bee and even if the food turns out to be disappointing (which I
> >doubt), I have nothing but respect for his incredible efforts.  It's
> >supposed to be a very dressy place - it ain't no Toritos.
> 
> >I know I'm forgetting stuff....
> 
> >30.  Bud's Buffet.  This is a sandwich place on 10th Street between J and
> >K.  Bud prepares all of his own sandwich meats.  The pastrami is very
> >good.  The sandwiches are generous and moderately priced.
> 
> >There are other places I could mention which I haven't.  I'm not taking
> >advertising, so I don't have to be nice to anyone.  In general, the Bee's
> >restaurant reviews are pretty good.  The Sacramento News and Review used
> >to be more hard-hitting but then someone got their nose out of joint and
> >the reviews have been kinder and gentler.  Sometimes so kind and gentle
> >that they recommend places which are frankly, in my opinion, awful.
> 
> >There are some other little places Ihaven't mentioned because most
> >ofyouhave time constraints when you come here.  Farah, the Persian kosher
> >caterer has a small retail outlet on El Camino Avenue.  Great stuff -
> >stop for falafel.
> 
> >You'll notice an absence of Thai.  Sorn Daeng is the best Thai restaurant
> >in Sacramento.  However, on a recent Friday, they were closed.  I hope
> >it's not permanent.  Lemon Grass has a restaurant on Fulton near Fair
> >Oaks; some Thai dishes are served.  The Siam Palace on Franklin is just
> >okay.  It's very expensive for what you get and very standard.
> 
> >I hope this helps.  If you just need a quick sandwich, one of the best
> >places is Safeway on Alhambra.  They make a monster sammy for $3.50.  Get
> >a 25 cent soda from the machine in front of the store.  Go over to
> >McKinley Park and sit on a bench near the pond and watch the ducks, geese
> >and other waterfowl.  Life is sweet.
> >--
> >Yours, Susan
> >_____________________________________________________________________________
> >Susan Hattie Steinsapir       hattie@netcom.com        Sacramento, California
> 
> >        Nov. Recipes: Southwestern Matzoh Balls, Savory Muffins,
> >               Pomegranate Jelly and Syrup, & Cheese Kugel
> >                     http://www.andreas.com/susan.html
> 
> Of these places, I tried Vallejo's (great Mexican breakfast), the
> State Capitol (skip it), Zelda's (great!), Biba's (also terrifc, but
> expensive) and Fuji's (wonderful sushi.
> 
> Good eating!
> 
> David Goldsmith

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