Thursday, September 17, 2015

Primo Pizza Burger & Brew

2600 Sunset Blvd #103
Rocklin, CA 95677
(916) 259-1010

We have some drunks in the Rocklin area to we try to venture out when they can make it. Enter Primo Pizza in a quiet strip mall off of Sunset Boulevard in a suburb. This place was packed on a Thursday night with families and for good reason. The pizza has a classic fluffy, doughy crust with fresh toppings. They also have gut-busting portions of pastas, fresh salads and the best thing ever - cheesy knots. Add in some crack-like ranch and we might have filled up on knots before the pizza came. Also, they pour some very generous glasses of wine, so drink up!



Thursday, September 10, 2015

Bombay Bar & Grill

1315 21st Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 441-7100

This is our favorite Indian restaurant on the grid. the staff and family who own it are always gracious and nice, their menu is more diverse than most and their food is richly spiced and each dish is unique. Add in a full bar and this place is a great addition to midtown.

Hit this place up, get then thali and enjoy!

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Nido Bakery, the Oldpie

1409 R St #102
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 452-7594

This place, in the old Magpie spot, is a gem although a lot of people don't quite get it yet. Let us help you understand. It's right in the center of all the action without needing to elbow your way to get a drink. Top notch espresso, ALL the baked goods, a colorful selection of foccocia pizza, a couple of soups, a salad, beer and wine. The staff is friendly and rad. That's it!

The trick is that it's crazy affordable and the food is by the masterminds behind Magpie and Yellowbill so it is WAY better than other late night coffee shops. You can seriously have a quick, top-notch meal and a beer or an amazing coffee and handmade buttery croissant for less than $10.

Cheese plate & half glass of wine $10
Pork and fresh bean soup & a salad $9.50
Pizza al taglio with meat & a beer $9.25
Cappuccino & a fresh, local peach hand-pie $6

This is a place you can stop in, visit with a friend, read a book or get some work done and run into friends and neighbors. Or just get a glass of wine and watch the R Street world go by during these lovely Sacramento evenings. Any way you slice it, it's a great addition to the area for those of us who don't want to unload our wallets or wait for a table.

Check it out, visit with a friend and take your time. You won't regret it.

Then mosey on down to Portal while it's around!

Cheese plate & a half glass of rose. Vegetable miso soup with a corn muffin & half glass of red wine.

Cheese plate, wine and pizza
The Spritz, description in the next photo!
A couple of appertifs on the menu as well. Both light & refreshing.

We took over the outside area on a lovely night.
We might have also taken over the inside!
And a quick trip to Portal.

Reflections of some drunks.


Thursday, August 27, 2015

PreFlite & Mother

PreFlite Lounge
1011 10th Street
Sacramento, CA 95819
(916) 441-7963

Mother
1023 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 594-9812

Two of my favorite places and most of the drunks hadn't been to either so here we go!

PreFlite in their new place is pretty great. It's still dark as shit so photos don't play well. It's well priced for the area and the drinks are simple and strong. What else could you need. It's a damn Sacramento institution that can get away with making you walk down a urine stained alley. How can that be bad?!

Mother on the other hand is tiny and vegetarian but makes damn fine food, it just happens to not have meat. The chicken fried oyster mushrooms will make you want to slap your mama. What you see below is also the burrata over farro with plums. Stupid good. There were pastas, sandwiches, chili verde and many other options without a pasta Florentine, or frozen vegetable medley in sight! Being a vegetarian has never been so good.




Thursday, August 20, 2015

Goldfield Trading Post

1630 J Street
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 476-5076

With a western theme, a place like this wouldn't normally speak to us but after more than one person said the food was great and the cocktails were solid, we had to go.

It didn't disappoint. The three long rooms that made up Hamburger Mary's remain the same with the bar int the front but now the second room has a stage and the third is largely empty with a cornhole setup and a couple of video games.

Food was easy to order and very good. The fried mushrooms were downright delicious. Basically, if you're looking for a some affordable, good food and a solid beverage without much fuss, this is your place.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Rabble Rousing in Elk Grove

Undisclosed Elk Grove Location

Sometimes your favorite community organizer that you usually see on the front page of the New York Times being arrested while protesting for higher minimum wage comes home to visit his old friends. We miss you rabble rouser. The Good Doctors opened their house to kids and drunks with some delicious Mexican Food from Sol Mexican in Elk Grove for carnitas tacos and all the fixings. Creature comforts and beer in a paper bag.




Thursday, August 6, 2015

Noodles & Co. & Rocklin Cocktails

1186 Roseville Pkwy
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 780-1441

So sometimes you drop your business card into one of those fishbowls while you're having a work lunch and then they call you and you won dinner for six! Winner, Winner, Noodle Dinner!

Thanks to Shooter for having business cards at the ready and inviting drunks to partake. They brought ALL the noodles and send us home with rice crispy treats that were so very tasty.

Then we retired to an undisclosed Rocklin location for house cocktails. Damn fine night!