Drink with Your Family Day 2011

Who is ready for some food porn! Not actual porn, you pervert...

Picture of meal consumed by our members. Happy Drink with Your Family Day! We sure as hell did.

Coach's Fire Pit

Brick Oven Pizza
1188 35th Ave
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 393-3320
And Undisclosed Land Park Location

Nothing is quite as relaxing as a house hosted Thursday! We invited ourselves over to Coach's house for some Brick Oven Pizza take out and some fire pit action.

The pizza at Brick oven is almost on a cracker crust and they combo with extra mushrooms will make your heart melt. Damn dependable and tasty.

After much pizza, we adjourned to the outside where the fire pit lives. Once day Coach and some friends decided to dig a large hole...I do believe booze was involved.

Well, lucky for us! On a chilly November night we hung out, made s'mores and flamed some marshmallows. We also got some burning smoke in the eye, but that comes with the territory.

Yard House

1166 Roseville Parkway
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 780-9273

We know this place has mixed reviews, but we had to see for ourselves. It's a huge place in the Roseville Fountains so it already has a sort of douchy point against it. But, with hundreds of beers on tap maybe it's okay.

The picture of the fancy enchiladas below is pretty nice and they have a wierdly large selection of veggie meat options. But that's not a bad thing. Also is shit crazy busy. So busy in fact that our group couldn't even find each other and ended up waiting for two different tables because of the confusion.

Anyway, once folks were seated it was okay. High points, low points, kind of pricey for what you get, but an impressive beer selection. I'm letting what I've heard about the keg line cleaning practices go since I don't know that for a fact.

Bottomline - mixed reviews. They're true, but maybe try for yourselves.

Pangaea Two Brews Cafe

2743 Franklin Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 454-4942

This little Curtis Park gem is a Thursday Drunks favorite. We've cohosted a Beer Tweetup here and whiled away hours trying crazy Belgian beers and making friends with strangers.

They've replaced their normal tables with more bench & table setups that remind me of Octoberfest setups. Less options but more reasons to get friendly with strangers. With so many of us, we added to two tables of existing patrons. We even got some cupcakes from one random person! And we meet up with a couple of folks that hadn't come out before. Newbies, we love them.

So many beers where had. The critical thing is to taste everything that everyone else gets. The food is quite good and it all goes with beer. If you don't know what you like Rob the owner of his very well informed staff can help you with suggestions and even let you taste some options in case you need convincing.

Oh! And they just opened a bottle shop next door (well, you can walk through from the restaurant side), so you can buy and take home all sorts of wacky, new beers you've never tried. Awesome!

Streets of London Folsom

649 East Bidwell Street

Folsom, CA 95630

(916) 984-3706

No words. No pictures.

This week we lost a dad of the Thursday Drunks. RIP Corvette dad. We raise this glass to you.

F.U. Grim Reaper. F.U.

Burgers & Brew Sacramento

1409 R Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 442-0900

Every once in a while, you just need a damn burger! Burgers & Brew in Sacramento is a great place to start. They have a lovely beer & cider selection including many imports and local options too. You can take your beer snob friends here without worry.

And damn, they can make a burger. There are so many options that I think everyone can find something they love. Great fresh salads with more than just iceberg lettuce, a fabulous little BLT, veggie burgers, turkey burgers and my favorite - bison burger! It's lean, extra flavorful and well dressed. All their side are tasty as well.

It's usually hard to get a table in here, but they recently took over the defunct froyo shop next door and are adding on some extra space. Good for them!

All in all, just a solid, delicious option right in the heart of Sacramento. You can also check out their Davis location, but it's not quite as nice. But the food rocks, so there you go.

Linda's Pizzeria

7815 Greenback Lane

Citrus Heights, CA 95610

(916) 722-2700

Set in an old Taco Bell building, this little Pizzeria is owned by Linda, the sister of Zelda of Zelda's Pizza fame in midtown Sacramento. We love Zelda's. It's kitschy, the deep dish is delicious and it's a Sacramento institution.

So when a new contender showed up, we had to try it! Some of our members live out that way, so that was even more incentive. First impression is that it's in an old Taco Bell. No way around that. They've tried to make it a bit more cozy with wooden booths and some TVs with football on, but you can still tell.

The pizza, now there is another story! We were split down the middle as to whether it was better than Zelda's. Both are fabulous, but we just didn't have a definitive answer. The crust is more like a pie crust filled with a zesty tomato sauce and toppings of your choice. The combo showcases the pizza well!

Salad is basic but tasty and helps pave the way for the giant pies. Beer & wine selection is average but really, you're here for the pizza so you'll be fine.

We suggest trying it out. If you're in the burbs it's much easier than trekking to Zelda's, but if I was downtown I wouldn't make the trip. Proximity wins with two tasty pizza places.