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Truckee, CA · Food & Drink
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My 5 Favorite Wineries Near Folsom
People ask me all the time where they should go wine tasting. After years exploring, tasting, pouring at winery events (will work for wine), and judging in the Foothill Wine Competition, I’ve narrowed it down to my five favorite wineries near Folsom. Each one does something no other winery around here does quite the same way, and together they cover five different wine regions, all within an easy drive of town. So, what do I look for in a winery? Yes, great wine is a must, but that’s not all. Hospitality, the setting, price, and events all come into play. All of these figured out how to deliver.
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The Sacramento Bee
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The Sacramento Bee
Flavors of the Philippines on your table: Filipino restaurant opens in Elk Grove
A new Filipino restaurant in Elk Grove is in the process of ramping up into a full-time operation. Known as the Filipino Table, the restaurant soft-opened in October at 9625 Elk Grove Florin Road near the city’s Old Town district. The eatery serves Filipino street foods, including rice bowls, chicken wings and Panalo plates, a Filipino dish with grilled meat, java rice, and lumpia. The Filipino Table is owned by Lee Ann Torrecarion who also oversees Kuya’s Inasal Express, a pop-up restaurant that operated at 9120 Elk Grove Blvd. The menu is filled with a variety of Filipino dishes, such as its savory selections of Silog, a Filipino breakfast dish with meat, fried egg, garlic fried rice, and a bistek bowl, with Filipino beef, onions, garlic over white rice, its menu on social media reads. The Filipino Table also crafts a hefty Arroz a la Cubana, a fried rice dish with a fried egg, plantains and tomato sauce. For those looking for a stew-like meal with winter approaching, the eatery serves Papaitan, a Filipino soup with meat, ginger, garlic, onions, Thai chili peppers and other animal organs. For those wanting a smaller dish or a snack on the side, The
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fastfoodclub.com
Dutch Babies And Walnut Waffles Have Kept Sacramento Families Loyal To Ettore’s On Fair Oaks Boulevard
Some Sacramento families have a breakfast tradition that spans three generations, and it does not happen at home. Grandparents started it, parents kept it going, and now kids are making their own requests at the same counter. The menu has grown and the city has changed, but the habit has...
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Treat Yourself To The Sweetest Morning At This Hidden Mexican Bakery In California
Most people don’t associate grocery store shopping centers with life changing pastries. La Esperanza in Sacramento is here to challenge that assumption completely. Tucked into a shopping center on Franklin Boulevard, this little bakery counter inside La Esperanza Supermarket has become one of those places locals talk about in hushed, excited tones, like they’re sharing a secret they’re only a little bit sorry to be sharing.
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folsomtimes.com
Bay area brunch favorite ‘Breakfast Club’ officially fires up grill in Folsom
Folsom diners have a new destination for breakfast and brunch as The Breakfast Club at Midtown has officially opened its doors at Broadstone Marketplace, bringing a Bay Area restaurant concept with more than 30 years of history to the city for the first time. The new restaurant is located at...
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Wings And Three Floors Of Old West Quirk Make This Sacramento, California, Saloon A Local Favorite
Old Sacramento is full of wooden sidewalks and frontier charm, but one narrow building packs more personality per square foot than almost anything else on the block. It stretches up three floors, hides pinball machines near the top, and serves chicken wings that come whole, tip and all. Families have...
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The Sacramento Bee
Elk Grove Mexican restaurant featuring seafood specialties to open second location
An Elk Grove taqueria is launching a second location and has announced a tentative opening date in the new year. El Puerto de Vallarta is set to open at 8409 Elk Grove Florin Road in February, the owner said in an interview with The Sacramento Bee. The restaurant specializes in mariscos, Mexican seafood dishes, including fish tacos, shrimp fajitas and Cóctel De Camarón y Pulpo, a shrimp and octopus cocktail. Owner Oscar Duran will oversee the Elk Grove Florin Road location. Having worked at the restaurant for 10 years, Duran said he wanted to “take a chance” by opening and running the second taqueria with his partner. “We thought we would continue that and open up another place on the other side of Elk Grove, since our clientele wouldn’t breach that bar on a normal basis,” Duran said. The original restaurant, 5105 Laguna Blvd., is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, according to its website. El Puerto de Vallarta is replacing Z Town Asian Gastro Bar & Restaurant , which closed after a shooting in 2025. The eatery will take over a 2,500-square-feet storefront, according to
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The Sacramento Bee
Gourmet taco truck favored by former Sacramento Kings player to open Auburn cantina
A popular gourmet taco truck, a personal favorite of former Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox, is launching its first storefront. Banzito’s Tacos will open a cantina in the heart of old town Auburn at 216 Washington St. Owner Adam Saldaña said the truck’s signature is its cheese curds on top of its gourmet tacos. Saldaña said his love for cooking can be traced back to his mother. She was an “extravagant host,” inviting family over and having a menu posted on the dining room wall. Food was a passion for her, and as Saldaña helped her in the kitchen, it became his passion too. “Anybody that knows me knows I’ve been cooking my whole life,” Saldaña said. “I always cook for friends, barbecues, potlucks...it just stuck with me.” It wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that his culinary hobby became a possible career. He began experimenting with flavor combinations, everything from green enchilada tacos to grilled bacon-wrapped jalapenos filled with cream cheese. He later took his dishes to farmers markets, and eventually, outside the Golden 1 Center. Banzito’s Tacos caught the eye of Fox, who played for the Kings from 2017 to 2025. Saldaña would later serve his tacos at