The Republic, Featuring Drewski's

908 15th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

If you've been lucky enough to try out the mobile food truck, Drewski's Hot Rod Kitchen than you know how good their decadent sandwiches and addictive tots are. Well, you have a new place to get your fix.

They took over a huge place on 15th near the Torch Club that used to be a douchy lounge of some sort. Now it's a spacious, multi-use bar with all your Drewski's favorites and a few more. Full bar, pool tables, lounge area, skee ball (that was broken), and lots of high boy tables means you can always make yourselves at home no matter what kind of night you're looking for.

The Drewski's dog was by far the best food item. Spiced, wrapped in crisp bacon and delicious. The Chicken & waffles was a dissapointment with Eggo waffles and kind of dry chicken. Actually, avoid all the chicken, it's not what they do best. The Totchos (nachos & tater tots), was very good in concept but the tots were a little undercooked so just sort of fell apart in the basket. If they were just cooked a little more crispy, it would be fabulous!

The well drinks are served in plastic glasses which was sort of weird at first, but you get over that quickly. Also, only one of the five doors that face the streeet allow you inside. (head to the far right!). It's frustrating to get in, but once you are you can watch everyone else try every door which is sort of entertaining!

8th Annual Sea Ranch, Bitches!

Sea Ranch, you beautiful siren. Five days of eating, drinking, hula hooping, gaming, Rock Band, Just Dance, hiking, tide pooling, hot tubbing, napping, drinking, relaxing, movie watching, yoga, drinking, and so much more.

Dad's Kitchen

2968 Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 447-3237

Wow, we haven't been here since May 2010! Almost two years later and the main changes are that they added a huge outdoor tent over their patio so you can hang out in less friendly weather and have much more light. Downside is that when it is lovely outside, you can't really see it.

So this Thurdsay, we sat inside! To start the fried garbanzo beans are freakishly tasty. They have a lovely spice about them that makes you want more beer. Onion rings are huge and delicious as always and all their sandwiches were good. Add some sassy and helpful servers and this place is a win. They also have their own label house wine. Damn fancy.

Kilt Pub

4235 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA 95864
(916) 487-4979

This place is tucked away in a strip mall in the middle of the Arden Arcade neighborhood which makes is sort of hard to get to if you don't live close by. Is it worth it? I think so! It has a very lovely pub feel with kids running around, older folks having a pint and young upstarts finding their way past Guinness to al the other goodnes in the beer world.

The biggest downside is that the parking sucks and it's usually very busy. Come earlier in the week, earlier in the day or after the dinner rush.

The food was good, with sandwich options, a steak pie special and they even let me order the kid's fish and chips which was a perfect girl sized portion.

Bottom line, if you live near here, why are you ready this blog - go now! And if you don't live near here, it's worth a trek out to check out some of their unique beers.

Masullo & Birth of the Baker

2711 Riverside Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 443-8929

We can't get enough of the food and atmosphere at Masullo! Take a look at all the other times we've been there for a full review. It's been a hot location for birthdays and this is no different. Sometimes Drunk and pro baker John made a very wise choice.

And the coolest thing, is he tried out his new birthday toy by making a stop motion video of the night!


As you can see much pizza was eaten, and the wine flowed like well, wine! Happy birthday John, and thanks for letting us come back to Masullo so soon.

Hideaway & Birth of RobotGoBen

2565 Franklin Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 455-1331

Our favorite Robot had a birthday and he chose the Hideaway to quench his thirst and provide delicious tall hamburgers. This place is great and we come here about once a year (see old posts here).

It's one of those surprising dive bars with great food. Their hamburgers are the outstanding favorite and even our most critical burger lover, loved theirs. And even their salads are fun, tasty and not just iceberg with ranch. You can't go wrong with anything on their menu.

Drinks are drinks since it is a bar with limited beers on tap but lots of other options. Their tiki themed drinks are fruity and will knock you on your ass. Best of all, the jukebox is still one of the best in Sacramento.

It seems to always be a bit empty, which is okay because we took it over with 20 drunks. Just make sure to bring your friends if you want it to be more social.

Maranello's

8928 Sunset Ave
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
(916) 241-9365

As soon as one of our members suggested this place it was written up in Sacramento Magazine. So we had to hit is quick! Located in an unassuming strip mall/office building on a residential corner of Hazel Avenue - it's more of a neighborhood spot than a destination.

The inside is configured a little weird, but it adds some interest. It's a bit more upscale than we usually hit, but we clean up well and can order like adults when we need to.

Pastas are their speciality and they have some nice cocktails as well. Most of us stuck with the house wine which was good. I had a rabbit ragu that was absolutely delicious, rich and meaty! Everyone seemed to like their food and it's a nice atmosphere.

If you live out that way, it's a must try because it's the best you'll get around there and it's always nice to support a local place.