Cafe Vinoteca, Timpano Thursday!

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd # C
Sacramento, CA 95864-7219

(916) 487-1331

Back in a time long ago, NakedBob was a server and we've heard tell of his restaurant hijinks. Cafe Vinoteca is part of his old stomping grounds and he learned a lot from that place. Specifically how to make timpano, a delicious cornucopia of pasta, meats, eggs and more all cooked inside a crust and served like a slice of cake. One year at Sea Ranch he even made it for us!

On the last Thursday of each month, Cafe Vinoteca makes timpano. And it's huge! So we had to go. Much to Bob's surprise there is only one server left that he used to work with and she was ours for the night!

This place is a bit of an institution and caters to the older crowd that lives around the restaurant. It's in one of the shopping centers that has the inside hallways that you just don't see anymore. And the food is good! Only downside is on a hot night the place is a bit warm.

Pork chops, cheese tortellini, soup, salad...we had some of it all. But the timpano stole the show. Layers of pasta, hard-boiled eggs, sausage, ham, grilled veggies with a splash of red sauce. Enough to feed two generously! If you're in the area, try this place out. And go on the last Thursday so you have the timpano option.

And in case you think we've suddenly classed this blog up, never fear. Best conversation of the night, all said in quick succession.
"I just like exposing it and laughing about it" - RobotGoBen
"What? Are we doing that now" - Crabby
"We haven't been doing that all night?" - Nairb

Yup, still us.

Chando's Tacos at the Orange House

863 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA 95815-3161
(916) 641-8226

And then: Undisclosed Roseville Location

Oh, this was such a good idea! TheJenny & NakedBob were kind enough to host all of us drunks and RobotGoBen was nice enough to arrange a pick up of 58 tacos from Chando's. Their tacos are fantastic, from their pork to chicken to veggie and beef. They were right on time with all the goods including extra salsa, chips & pico and all the toppings.

It made for a deliciously easy evening and increased our drinking and chatting time by so much that none of us remembered to start the journal entry. So you'll have to take my word for it. It was fun.

We also had pretty much every drunk and a really nice number of sometimes drunks (including parents) to fill up the Orange House. TheJenny even made a really good copy of Chipotle's lime cilantro rice and some black beans to go with it. Through in a lot of beer and margaritas and it was a damn fine time.

If you're ever looking for a way to feed a crowd, take-away tacos is it.

Bastille Day

Undisclosed Land Park Location

Bastille Day! An excuse to break out the beret, watch the Tour de France and eat french foods. Our lovely host & hostess for this house Thursday treated us to two types of deboned poultry roule. One duck in with an asian flair of fish sauce and ginger, the other chicken with fresh herbs. Damn, it was tasty.

We also had haricots vert, stinky french cheeses, baguettes, Duvel, Kronenburg, wine and other yummy treats. A good house Thursday just can't be beat. Especially when we get a fresh new batch of guest drunks to hang out with.

The homemade desserts were truly amazing as well. Needless to say, we ate a whole lot of food! And drank a whole lot of everything!

A fabulous Bastille Day to say the least. A sante!

A special French flag made sure everyone knew we were celebrating Bastille Day. Thanks The Jenny!



Spread of french cheeses, breads and fruit.



Bumpy enjoying his Duvel



Host made roule with deboned chicken wrapped with fresh herbs.



Nairb being surly. And French.



Hostess made a Paris-Brest, named for a bicycle race from Paris to Brest.



Bob really, really enjoying the Paris-Brest



Apple galette with creme fraiche.

Sacramento Mobile Food Round Up

After the raging success of the Sacramento Mobile Food Festival back in April (we were there, 3 hours lines and crazy good food), the Sacramento food trucks has formed an alliance that plan to do a round up every week, outside city limits. Just our luck...it's on Thursday!

We headed out to Mel Rapton Honda, the host location for the week, and got our grub on. Collectively, we tried most of the menu items. The stand out winners were the ninja mini burger (pea shoots, siracha aioli, lotus chip), and the rosemary garlic olive oil tater tots from Drewski's.

The lines were only a few minutes long, wait for food about 10 minutes so it's convenient and delicious! They have more trucks lining up to join so hopefully they will keep it up.

We brought some of our own booze, because Thursday is only half of the name. Then we walked over to the Haggin Oaks golf course to find more. Lo and behold, they had a bar! Full of golfers and booze. This might be the only time I've been at a golf course except for country club weddings. Trust the drunks to find the drinks.

Mini Burger Truck, Drewski's Hot Rod Kitchen & Mama Kim's on the Go



Mini Burger and their sweet potato tots.



Crack dusted tater tots from Drewski's. Well, it's rosemary and garlic oil on them.



Wow, golfers look a lot like...golfers!!



What a bunch of dorks. Can't even take a picture...