First Festival lineup announced: Epsilona, Tell the Wolves and more
The second annual, all-local First Festival takes place June 18-19 in Southside Park, and the lineup is finally here. More than 40 bands are on…
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Metallica snubs Super Bowl with 'The Night Before'
By Paul Piazza Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” has been a staple at major sporting events for years. Vivid local memories remain of former Sacramento Kings owner…
First look: Inside the Art Hotel
It still smells like paint inside the Jade Apartments. The previously abandoned building has been transformed into Sacramento’s biggest and most ambitious temporary art gallery,…
Fieldwork Brewing Co. to open Midtown taproom
Get ready for more craft beer, Midtowners. Fieldwork Brewing Co. is coming to the Handle District. It’ll be the Berkeley bewery’s first additional taproom, taking…
Hawks Provisions & Public House expands with brunch
Brunch fans have another place to check out soon: Hawks Provisions & Public House. The Sacramento casual outpost of the Granite Bay fine dining destination,…
EastSMF farm-to-fork restaurant opens in East Sacramento
Seasonal, organic fare is something Tony and Rhonda Gruska take very seriously. Between restaurants in Davis and Winters—plus catering and farmers markets—the Gruskas have spent…
Purple Pig Eats barbecue coming to Back Door Lounge
Walking into Old Sacramento’s Back Door Lounge is like a beautiful, strange time warp. Still, it’s not the sort of place you expect to chow…
Photo essay: Bacon & Butter's first supper
The theme for Bacon & Butter’s first-ever dinner service was, naturally, bacon and butter. OK, mostly it was bacon, in honor of the fifth annual…
Icing on the Cupcake opens in Midtown, long live cupcakes!
Wait, aren’t cupcakes dead? Apparently not quite yet. Icing on the Cupcake opened a new Midtown outpost at (1730 J Street) yesterday, taking over a…
Delta Workshop is going out of business
A bummer for the local creative community: Delta Workshop is closing its doors at the end of the month. Bridget Lewis opened the place in…
Veg replaces Level Up Lounge with vegetarian eats
Calling all vegetarians, vegans and gluten-free folks. A new Midtown cafe will probably interest you. Veg (2431 J Street) is now softly open in the…
Twelve Rounds Brewing plans to open a distillery
Turns out, Twelve Rounds Brewing Company dreams of whiskey. The brewery plans to become Sacramento’s first distillery. “There’s a lot of micro-distilleries in Washington and…
Twenty One Pilots demonstrate power of hard work
By Paul Piazza Midway through the exceptional Twenty One Pilots show Monday at Ace of Spades, a young guy turned to me and said, “This…
Considering cannabis with Snoop Dogg
By Paul Piazza At last Thursday’s Snoop Dogg show at Ace of Spades, the lanky hip-hop legend played some of his most popular songs. However,…
Mighty Tavern to close next week
Say farewell to Fair Oak’s Mighty Tavern, which will close on Saturday, December 19. Its owners Dennis and Joan Reid Lapuyade made the announcement today via public letter. …
Grange slinging $50 burgers
First there was Ella’s $26 burger. It seemed outrageous at the time, and now, completely reasonable thanks to Grange’s $50 burger. Available only tonight through…
Snoop Dogg to tour Sacramento cannabis clinic—and you can watch!
Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella? Fo’ Drizzle. Tonight at 7 p.m., you can shout that joke to Snoop Dogg himself. He will be…