Hawks, located in the upscale Quarry Ponds shopping center in Granite Bay, took a while to open; it was promised for spring, and then summer, but it finally arrived in the fall. But Hawks is so autumnal is its mood—with… Read more

OK, so it’s the only vegetarian food cart in downtown Sac. It’s still the best! Stephanie Allen and Stuart Campbell quite literally hit the jackpot—they had to win a lottery for downtown food-vending spots—and… Read more

Our downtown has not, lately, seemed very chichi. But Ella Dining Room and Bar, the new restaurant venture from the Sellands—a big splashy place in the Cathedral Building at 12th and K—definitely has a fancy… Read more

Thank heaven for Sabrina Lockhart. In three previous pilgrimages to K Street’s Cosmo Café, the best thing about the experience is the elegant, old-timey, tiled floor. A simple burger and Sabrina’s herb-crusted… Read more

Northern Italian by birth, Caggiano arrived in Sacramento in 1969. Her efforts to find decent Italian food to eat led her to cook it herself, then to teach cooking classes, have a television show, and open, in 1986, what… Read more