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10 restaurants with a twist in the capital of California

California restaurants in a tough competition are trying to attract customers not only good food, but also an unusual atmosphere. And it's not about white tablecloths, top-class service, or outlandish menu combinations. Restaurants need to surprise gourmets so that not only for the sake of bread, but also for the sake of shows, they tried to reserve a table here in advance. ForumDaily I found 10 tasty addresses with a twist in Sacramento, the capital of California, and its surroundings.

The Kitchen: eat and watch

Where: 2225 Hurley Way #101, Sacramento, CA 95825

Book a table: (916) 568-7171

Average bill: $ 135 per person

If you are one of those people who in the theater love the buffet most of all, here you will be understood and supported. The Kitchen is a restaurant-theater where they show a play in two acts. Act one - preparing a five-course dinner, starring the chef. Act two is a leisurely meal, starring you. You need to reserve a table, that is, a place near the main stage, in advance, sometimes several weeks in advance. At the entrance you are greeted with a glass of champagne and escorted into the hall. The whole ambiance creates the feeling that you are visiting the chef and his team. You are received as good friends, told what will be served today, initiated into the secrets of cooking, introduced to the history of these dishes, and dinner itself is prepared during a pleasant conversation. What will they serve? You can find out about this in advance by reserving a table. The performance is not adjusted, and demanding overseas eggplant caviar instead of red caviar will not work. That's why it's a theater!

If you order wine in advance, add another $ 120 per person to the check and get ready to meet the sommelier, a great wine connoisseur, and an interesting storyteller.

Joe's Crab Shack: eat and don't get dirty

Where: 1210 Front St, Sacramento, CA 95814

Book a table: (916) 553-4249

Average bill: 35 $

If you are one of those people who loves seafood, is ready to painstakingly tinker with crab claws, but is worried that it all doesn’t look very aesthetically pleasing, this is the place for you. As soon as you place an order at this restaurant on the water, they will immediately bring you a huge “bib”, almost the size of you. Having put it on, you can start your meal without fear of getting dirty.

The “meal” itself is served in an impressively sized pan, in which a selection of crab delights are heated for steam. As a rule, this is an assortment of several types of crabs and shrimp, and the load includes potatoes, an ear of corn and sausage.

If you want to get all the bonuses of this establishment, book a table on the outdoor terrace overlooking the Sacramento River. It's not just about looking pretty. This place is very popular, large families come here, eating crabs from pots turns into an attraction, and the noise level in the hall sometimes goes off scale.

All readers ForumDailyBy the way, can save in the restaurant. Just print this flyer, take it with you and get a free snack.

Iron Grill: eat and cook yourself

Where: 2030 Douglas Blvd, Roseville, CA 95661

Book a table: (916) 899-5448

Average bill: $ 25

If you are one of those people who likes not only to eat, but also to lead the process, this is the place for you. An authentic Korean restaurant where visitors can cook their own barbecue. Each table has a built-in grill, and there are copper hoods above the tables. In Seoul, such establishments are found at every turn, but in Sacramento they are exotic.

The meat is brought to you already marinated: samgepsal (pork belly), tedy moxal (marinated pork in sweet sauce), from hay kalbi (beef ribs) and a dozen other options for chicken, pork, beef.

Do not know how to fry the meat yourself, afraid that will burn or not roasted? The assistant-waiter, and sometimes the owner himself or his spouse will take on this responsibility, and all you have to do is to set up plates. But, believe me, this is a very simple matter, the waiter constantly, but imperceptibly, monitors what is happening on your grill, and in time changes the grid to a clean one.

 

Boulevard Bistro: find and eat

Where: 8941 Elk Grove Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95624

Book a table: (916) 685-2220

Average bill: $ 45

If you like to discover unexpected places, try finding this restaurant without a map or GPS, just walking along Elk Grove Boulevard. This is an old but well-kept house with touching curtains on the windows and a flower bed by the porch. You'll walk by and have no idea that behind the door is one of the most fashionable restaurants in Sacramento County.

It's understandable that regulars have given it the title of "hidden treasure." When popular San Francisco chef Bret Bohlman and his chef friend decided to open their own restaurant, they wanted to make it secret, small, hidden from prying eyes.

For their establishment, they found a bungalow-style architectural monument built in 1908. The restaurant has only 30 seats, and even the “chefs table” - a tiny table for two at the very entrance - is always busy. And dish No. 1, for which many people come to this corner of French cuisine, is baked brain bones with sauce.

 

Mulvaney's Building & Loan: eat and be nostalgic

Where: 1215 19th St, Sacramento, CA 95811

Book a table: (916) 441-6022

Average bill: $ 50

If you love the old American film “It's a Wonderful Life” starring James Stewart, then here you can fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the film and have a little nostalgia with the chef and owner of the restaurant, Patrick Mulvany. He is a big fan of this film, which won five Oscars in 1946, and believes that his life is an exact copy of the life of the hero James Stewart. That’s why Mr. Mulvaney named his restaurant exactly the same as the name of the main character’s business - “Construction and Loans.” (Building & Loan).

The hero of the film “It's a Wonderful Life” did not want to stay in his small town and take care of his father's family business, so he left everything and left to build his future in the big city. But by the end of the film, he realized that most of all he was loved and appreciated where he was born.

So the owner of this restaurant, Patrick Mulvany, one fine day returned from traveling around America to his native Sacramento, bought an old fire station, built in 1893, and opened a restaurant in it. On the walls there are posters and posters of your favorite film, the surroundings are also from there. And if desired, as an aperitif or dessert, they can tell you this most touching story.

The specialty of the restaurant is that the menu changes every day. Moreover, since the chef is a great experimenter, the exact same dish may never appear on the menu a second time.

 

PK Sushi: eat and be surprised

Address: 2168 Sunset Blvd #101, Rocklin, CA 95765

Order a table (916) 771-2333

Average bill: $ 30

If you still haven't decided what kind of sushi you like, here they will decide for you. In order to know the main secret of this sushi bar, you either need to be in the good mood and inspiration of chef Peter Young, or be a regular. The latter are distinguished by their “uniform”: if you come in a T-shirt with the inscription I love PK Sushi (sold here and costs $ 10), then you get a discount 15% and, of course, you look like a regular visitor. The discount is valid for life, that is, until the shirt is intact.

But the attraction, of course, is not that. Peter Young, or Mr. PiKay, is always carrying a small suitcase with special ingredients that he uses to make personalized sushi. To do this, you do not need to make an order: PiKay himself scans you with an attentive eye and decides which sushi you either face, or aura, or energy. They say that there is no blunder, and the sushi that he prepares for one will never repeat for another.

 

Dragas Brewing: Bring a sandwich and drink

Address: 5860 Pacific St, Rocklin, CA 95677

Book a table: (916) 905-7710

Average bill: $ 20

If you like ale and craft beer (Americans call it beer brewed at home or in small breweries), then you don’t have to say anything more, just write down the address. This is not a bar, not a beer hall, this is a real beer factory. In one room there is a large cauldron in which beer is brewed, a bar counter, and tables with cozy sofas.

What's missing here is food. Just beer, beer and more beer - more than a dozen varieties. There is no food in the bar; it is sold in a food truck, which is located at the very entrance, in the parking lot. Every day a new one arrives: today - lobsters, tomorrow - tacos, the day after tomorrow - burgers. A schedule is printed on the website - on which day which cuisine will be offered. If you don’t like it, bring a sandwich from home. The main thing is to join in the general fun. And it is also according to the schedule, which is posted both on the website and right in the hall.

On weekends, artists hold master classes here, and you can learn to paint over a glass of ale; intellectual quizzes are held on Mondays; cards are played on Wednesdays; and Saturday mornings begin with the sounds of the ukulele, a four-string Hawaiian guitar. You can just listen, or you can take lessons for $5.

 

Dive Bar: eat and watch mermaids

Address: 1016 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814

Book a table: (916) 737-5999

Average bill: $ 20

If you don't believe that mermaids really exist, come and see if you're wrong. A bar with an aquarium is nothing new, but if not only fish swim in this aquarium, but also mermaids, that’s much more interesting. The author of the idea, designer George Karpathy, stated that Dive bar is the most creative nightclub in California. It was included in guidebooks for tourists and the bar became one of the calling cards of the city.

To wait for the mermaid, you need to sit a little at the bar. But then the light flickers, the music gets louder, and an amazing show starts in 28 thousands of liters aquarium.

Representatives of Greenpeace, who were interested in whether exotic fish in the aquarium were suffering from such a neighborhood, explained that the bright makeup of the mermaids was made with special non-toxic colors, and it was written in the mermaid contracts that they were forbidden to use creams, perfumes and lotions before the performance. So in the process of entertaining visitors to the bar, not a single fish suffered.

 

Delta King Pilothouse: eat and dream of distant seas

Address: 1000 Front St. Sacramento, CA 95814

Book a table: (916) 444-5464

Average bill: $ 40

If you suffer from seasickness but still dream of going on a cruise, start with lunch on the ship. A paddle steamer with a rich history, the Delta King is moored in the Old Sacamento area. Two floors are occupied by a restaurant, two more by a hotel. The atmosphere and design of the restaurant will instantly take you back 100 years. This ship was launched in 1927.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the floating restaurant performed the most pleasant mission - taking vacationing gourmets from Sacramento to San Francisco. When the war began, the white ship was repainted gray and turned into a floating hospital. After the war, the ship was sent to Canada, transported cargo, and then returned to San Francisco and retired.

The current owners of “Delta King”, the Koin family, found the ship in a very sad state: it was half flooded and destroyed. In 1984, the Koin bought it and 5 years painstakingly restored, referring to the drawings and photographs of pre-war years. The snow-white steamer received not only a second life, but also the status of a historical monument. By the way, the modern menu repeats what was served to visitors almost a century ago.

 

Casablanca Moroccan Restaurant: eat and feel like a sultan

Address: 3516 Fair Oaks Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95864

Book a table: (916) 979-1160

Average bill: $ 26

If you like fairy tales like “1000 and 1 night”, then this is the place for you. At the entrance to the restaurant you will definitely be greeted by Murhit Drissi, the owner, waiter, historian, bard and great storyteller. He is the main highlight of his own establishment.

Guests in the restaurant are seated on cushions at low round tables, so that everyone can feel like, if not a sultan, then a guest of his tent. To start studying the menu, you will have to try an aperitif - stories about life in Morocco in details and subtleties. If you order a lunch called “Feast of the Sultan”, then it is better to listen to the stories longer and in detail to work up an appetite - the table will be laden with Moroccan kebabs, kofta, spicy chicken, flatbreads, pilaf and baklava.

But they won’t let you go so easily - when your ears are full of stories and your stomach is full of food, for dessert they will offer a treat for the eyes - belly dancing. Allow at least two and a half hours for the entire program. Of course, table reservations are required.

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