The first thing that greets you in the entryway of Horn Barbecue in Elk Grove is a giant mural of a 12-foot-tall bull that is mythic, muscular and regal, wearing a golden crown and charging at you ...

Mike Henderson is the only one at the $750-a-plate gala wearing blue jeans—and he’s the guest of honor. The guests take their seats at tables inside the Manetti Shrem for the 6-year-old institution’s ...

Dumplings to die for, a mistress of disguise, toothsome tacos, culinary classes paired with cinematic classics, health-forward push-pops, dance-powered lemonade purveyors, and much more. Here’s our ...

Chef-owner of Q1227 in Roseville and former executive chef of downtown Sacramento’s Echo & Rig Four Sisters Cafe for brunch, in Roseville. They’re so friendly, and I just like how it’s a family-run ...

TThe first thing you notice as you enter this classroom is that it doesn’t look like a classroom at all. There are no desks, no wood-backed chairs, no front rows, no back rows. Instead of cold gray ...

HHis mother calls them “monstrously huge” hands. Universally, it is agreed they are massive and preternaturally strong—the kind usually dubbed mitts or hams. The fingers are the size of ballpark ...

Solar-powered benches are an emerging design trend. With nearly 300 blue-skied days a year, Sacramento is the perfect place ...

We’ve always thought the perfect end to a nightclub crawl in midtown’s Lavender Heights would be to grab a great big crispy, cheesy slice of New York-style pizza after closing down the drag show or ...

Gone are the days when only wax-mustachioed hipsters understood the dark art of the light roast—today’s third-wave specialty coffee scene is as diverse as our city itself. Allow us to introduce you to ...

T his story started, as so many do, with something small. In this case, magnitudes smaller than the period at the end of this sentence—a tiny droplet carrying the SARS CoV-2 virus. It all began on Jan ...

When Cal Expo’s soaring water tower was built in the 1960s, the task to design the art for the 152-foot-tall landmark structure fell to Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, a noted San Francisco designer ...

Then and now: The late Frank Fat (pictured at left) at his eponymous restaurant; his daughter-in-law Lina Fat, director of food at Fat’s Family of Restaurants, with Frank Fat’s new executive chef Mike ...