Magpie Caterers - Market & Cafe

Magpie Caterers Market & Cafe

1409 R Street, Suite 102

Sacramento CA 95811
(916) 452-7594

The R Street corridor has grown up recently and become a hip little area. We've been to R15 many times, the Shady Lady, Burger & Brews - and tonight Magpie Caterers Market & Cafe.

NakedBob worked with one of the owners, Ed at a now defunct restaurant 1201. We warned Ed we would be invading a few weeks ago and worn his special, very small, very white shorts.

It's a smallish place with counter service and a fab way to do the menus! The menu is constantly changing so they just binder clip the printed menu to a cut up piece of waxed cardboard that is left over from their produce delivery. All of them are stuck in a paper bag that has been binder clipped to the beam/pole in the middle of the space. Brilliant! I love this place already!

The deli case is filled with delicious looking salads, meats & cheeses. The counter has baked goods. There is a wall of wine and a few taps. Wine menus gets the same binder clip treatment.

So, we order a grilled artichoke with aioli and it was delish. Barbera for $6 a glass was surprising good and the special beer is Pliny the Elder - you have to love it for the dorky historical angle and it was yummy, with it's slight fruit undertone. Winner!

Our 12 people took over about a third of the place and ordered everything from figs and cured meats, chicken for two, salmon linguine, to nicoise salad. Everyone had dessert too, which rarely happens. Do yourself a favor and go try a carrot cake cookie - heaven, I can't even describe it to you.

Ed & Janel came out and chatted for a while after things slowed down. Ed even brought out a chocolate mousse that had no dairy. The creaminess came from coconut and avocado and you would never know. It was decadent. Also found out that after Mulvaney B&L & the Waterboy, he gets the most organic/local stuff in the Sacramento area. Cheers for making that sort of selection very accessible, but not dumbing it down!

Bottom line: Go there. Good people. Good food. Nice vibe. Say the Thursday Drunks sent you.

Journal Tidbits:

"I'll put my pinky in it so I can get more fingers in." - TheJenny

"NakedBob called it the frosted chocolate dirt star." - Scribby