Are you the type of person who fancies presentation, expensive tablecloths, and places with Michelin ratings?
Then Plaza Hof Brau clearly is not for you.
However, if you're like me and you appreciate good food no matter what - especially if it's affordable - the old-school hof brau at Watt and El Camino (next to the 24 hour Country Club Lanes bowling alley and the now-closed Tower Records) fits the bill.
Although their specials ...
Not named after the now-defunct record store chain or the Tower District which gave the CD and vinyl stores their name...the lift bridge connecting West Sacramento with downtown Sacramento serves as the most striking of the Sacramento River crossings.
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According to http://home.pacbell.net/hywaymn/tower_bridge_history.htm this was a Depression-era project, built in 1935 to serve US Highway 40 and US Highway 99W. 24 years younger than the I Street Bridge to the north ...
What's a water plant doing on the list of "attractions" here?
Well, when it does double duty as a bit of a public park in the middle of the Sacramento River, that's why I'm listing it. The boat-shaped structure seamlessly integrates functional design with a concern for aesthetics, with great views of downtown, the Tower Bridge, recreational boaters, and the waterfront itself from what is a de facto pier.
Here's a great night view ...
When I write about the Haines family's Bistros, I always do it in glowing terms, since it is my favorite restaurant in the region, and I have frequented both the original location in East Sacramento and the downtown Davis location on many occasions.
Maybe it's the mixture of inventiveness and simplicity that gets me coming back in, the unique mango-cheese-and-chciken Rainer panini (grilled sandwich) and great clam chowder and Caesar salads ...
The Sacramento Valley has had a burgeoning paintball scene for quite some time, most exemplified in the well-known professional team, Rich Telford's Sacramento XSV (which has played on the NPPL circuit for years).
Although there are plenty of fields around here, I've personally visited two, Davis Paintball Center in town and Midway Paintball Extreme on the north side of Vacaville (a 15 minute drive west via Interstate 80 and Midway Road).
Davis ...
From Davis, it's a short drive out to Lake Berryessa. Once at the Lake, there are a number of places to get out and play. One of these places is Cold Canyon. About a half a mile past the dam is an unmarked parking lot. Opposite the parking lot is a trailhead for several trails that can offer beautiful wildflowers, salamanders, birds, and more depending on the time of year. If ...
The Davis Farmer's Market is a lovely place to people watch, pick up produce, listen to music, and sample food from local restaurants. The market is held twice a week, the larger one on Saturday morning, and a smaller one on Wednesday afternoon. Both markets are held in a covered pavillion in Davis Central Park (near the intersection of 3rd and B streets) and the crowds are such that trying ...
The University recently finished building a high end performing arts center, called the Mondavi Center (named after the California Wine mogul Robert Mondavi). The center is visable from the freeway (I-80) near the Highway 113 interchange, and resembles a large, multi-million dollar cardboard box. However, the Center has state of the art acoustics, and regularly books a variety of both elegant and modern musicians. Going ...
There are many gorgeous art deco theatres scattered around the greater Sacramento Area. There are the Tower and the Crest Theaters in Sacramento. Davis also has one of these beautiful old theatres,The Varsity, and last winter it was renovated and reopened as an indie movie hall. Since then it has been showing first run art house films, and this fall they introduced a midnight ...
There is more live music in and around Davis than one would expect for a small city of 60'000 residents. Some venues solely have music, some are bars or cafes that like to host bands. Since Davis is on such a major interstate, it isn't hard for these venues to convince musicians to fill in another show on their way from Olympia ...
