THE PREMIER LGBTQ BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY
SACRAMENTO Vol. 4
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TABLE OF CON TENT S
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ABOUT SACRAMENTO
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RESTAURANT GUIDE
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EVENTS SCHEDULE
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BAR GUIDE
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LGBTQ ORGS & ATTRACTIONS
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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ABOUT SACRAMENTO LGBTQ Sacramento Sacramento is home to a thriving and active LGBTQ community that is both integrated into Sacramento civic life and centered in Midtown Sacramento’s Lavender Heights neighborhood, where LGBTQ citizens have helped create a bustling arts and gallery scene. LGBTQ people helped launch Sacramento’s Second Saturday Art Walk nearly a decade ago, an event that brings tens of thousands of visitors into Midtown Sacramento each month. The area features six gay clubs, ranging in style from Faces, a video night club with three dance floors and a pool; to Mango’s Burgertown, where business people and professionals can gather for dinner and cocktails on a sprawling outdoor patio surrounded by art galleries and shops; to The Depot, a cozy video bar; to The Bolt leather bar. Crocker Art Museum hosts LGBTQthemed events throughout the year in conjunction with local LGBTQ organizations. Sacramento is home to the numerous LGBTQ organizations, including Lavender Library, Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Lambda Players theatrical company, the Capital Crossroads Gay Rodeo Association, Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, Sacramento Women’s Chorus, LGBT attorneys organization Lambda Legal, the Capital Squares square dance group and numerous other LGBTQ organizations. 4
RESTAURANT GUI DE Firehouse Elevated, seasonal American fare served in a sophisticated setting with outdoor seating. 1112 2nd St, Sacramento, CA
Pushkin’s Restaurant Gluten-free & vegan versions of brunch classics served in a cool, industrial setup with patio seats. 1813 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA
Ella Dining Room & Bar Refined New American & French cuisine are presented in an elegant, contemporary space. 1131 K St, Sacramento, CA
Selland’s Market-Cafe Simple, modern cafe serving baked goods, desserts, salads, pizza, sandwiches & American entrees. 5340 H St, Sacramento, CA
Bacon & Butter Farm-to-table cafe in a contemporary setting, serving American breakfast & lunch fare, plus beer & wine. 5913 Broadway, Sacramento, CA
Wodlake Tavern Casual eatery offering American comfort fare & elevated BBQ and patio seating. 1431 Del Paso Blvd, Sacramento, CA Frank Fat’s Elegant 1939 venue serving elevated Chinese cuisine in a soaring space with a speakeasy vibe. 806 L St, Sacramento, CA
Localis Relaxed, contemporary haunt serving locally sourced New American dishes, including vegan options. 2031 S St, Sacramento, CA
Moxie Restaurant Enduring option serving a rotating menu of elevated American cooking & wine in a convivial setting. 2028 H St, Sacramento, CA
Tower Cafe Quirky cafe serving an eclectic array of grub, from classic breakfasts to Asian & Spanish dishes. 1518 Broadway, Sacramento, CA
Masullo Pizza Wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza & other Italian fare, plus beer & wine. 2711 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento, CA
Kru Enduring Japanese eatery & sushi bar infusing classic dishes with international flavors. 3135 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA
Plan B Restaurant This eatery with a sophisticated vibe offers a full bar & French-inspired cuisine. 555 La Sierra Dr, Sacramento, CA
Mulvaney’s B&L Refined eatery plating seasonal New American fare in a converted firehouse or on the garden patio. 1215 19th St, Sacramento, CA
Nopalitos Southwestern Café Longtime neighborhood nook supplying Mexican specialties for breakfast & lunch. 5530 H St, Sacramento, CA
Dad’s Kitchen Upbeat tavern with a patio featuring elevated comfort grub & craft brews. 2968 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA
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2021 EVENT SCH E DULE OCTOBER
Marching Band and Sunrise Community Church Carolers. Learn more online at sacramento365.com.
OCT 29
HALLOWEEN TRUNK-OR-TREAT!
NOV 13
Trick-or-Treating Fun for the Whole Family! Children will walk through our Community Center Parking Lot and receive candy from festively decorated vehicles courtesy of our participating community members and local organizations. A fun, easy, and safe way to celebrate the Halloween Holiday! Visit eventbrite.com for details.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS SHOP SMALL MARKET
Kick off your holiday shopping with us by celebrating with a fun pop up at Warehouse Creative and the other shops on L Street! Lots of local artists and makers to shop from in the store and on the boardwalk! Visit event page online at eventbrite.com for details.
OCT 30
NOV 19-21
CIRQUE OF THE DAMNED - A CIRCUS HALLOWEEN SHOW
SACRAMENTO HARVEST FESTIVAL Sacramento Harvest Festival returns to Cal Expo, to offer Sacramento area residents the best Holiday shopping, showcasing hundreds of vendors, exciting entertainment, unique food inspiration for Thanksgiving, and much more. Throughout the weekend there will be strolling entertainment. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
This bewitching outdoor event is not to be missed! Prepare for famished fire-eaters, sultry seductresses, spookyscary-skeletons, joyous jugglers, aerialists, and fire dancing paired with Halloween and spooky beats to get your meat-suits moving! Visit eventbrite.com for details.
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
NOV 5-7
DEC 1-29 (WEDNESDAYS)
24TH ANNUAL SACRAMENTO ARTS FESTIVAL
TRIVIA NIGHT
The festival showcases the best-ever in quality, variety, and one-of-a-kind arts and crafts and has become the premier art and craft show in the Central Valley and one of the top art festivals in the country. Learn more at sacramento365. com.
Ready to put your knowledge to the test? Grab your friends and head on over to UoB Sac for Trivia Night every Wednesday starting at 8PM! Enjoy a night full of craft beer, cocktails, prizes, and TRIVIA FUN! Visit eventbrite.com for details.
NOV 6
DEC 4
SUNRISE CRAFT FAIR
FAMILY PAINT PARTY
The Sunrise Craft Fair is an incredible opportunity to find that special someone a most unique gift that they will cherish. There will be raffle drawings proceeds benefit Gene Ahner Scholarship Fund. Food and beverages proceeds will benefit Citrus Heights Marching Band, Polar Express-Train Rides fun for the kids, and performances by the Citrus Heights
Your next night out just got a whole lot more creative. At the Original Paint Night, you’ll surprise yourself with what you can do in just two hours when you go from blank canvas to completed masterpiece, all while enjoying wine, snacks and upbeat tunes at your new favorite local venue, Streets Pub and Grub. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
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BAR GU ID E Badlands Dance Club Raucous gay bar & nightclub with drag nights, DJs, multiple bars & a disco-style dance floor. 2003 K St, Sacramento, CA
Sidetrax Easygoing neon-lit nightclub featuring cocktails, drag spectaculars & other local events. 2007 K St, Sacramento, CA
Faces Nightclub 3 dance rooms, 15 bars, VIP lounge & outdoor pool, plus themed events and ‘dress to impress’ dress-code. 2000 K St, Sacramento, CA
The Bolt Sacramento’s only real Leather/ Cowboy/Bear Bar which is home to the hottest guys and best staff in town! 2560 Boxwood Street, Sacramento, CA
The Mercantile Saloon Venerable gay watering hole with a chill vibe offering happy hours, a pool table & an outdoor patio. 1928 L St, Sacramento, CA
Paradise Nightclub Laid-back scene in a strip mall draws a gay & lesbian crowd with a large dance floor & pool tables. 10114 Lower Sacramento Road, Stockton, CA
The Depot Down-to-earth gay bar featuring cocktails, draft brews & casual eats, plus regular events & a patio. 2001 K St, Sacramento, CA
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2021-22 EVENT SCHEDULE DEC 8
JAN 23
Join us for our Wine Wednesdays. Where you can enjoy food, music, wine and the company of your loved ones. Sommelier BRT will pour a selection of Bee Hunter Wines. Crafted in the Anderson Valley, using only the best fruit Mendocino has to offer, and making the purest expression of it, this is a wine tasting you do not want to miss. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
Monster Jam® is an action-packed motorsport with world-class athletes locked in intense competitions of speed and skill. Witness heated rivalries, highflying stunts and fierce head-to-head battles for the Event Championship. Learn more at dothebay.com.
WINE WEDNESDAYS
MONSTER JAM
JAN 27
ZINEX 2022 - WINE FESTIVAL
The wine always tastes better when you sample it with the winemaker and that’s what makes ZinEX so special. If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything and our winemakers are blazing a trail for endless exploration. Join us to expand your palate and elevate your senses. Visit event page online at eventbrite.com for details.
DEC 10
A CANDLELIT CHRISTMAS EVENING
Come out for a 21 and over evening holiday party from 6-10PM on Friday, December 10, 2021. Enjoy a live concert, fun holiday-inspired custom cocktail creations, and festive appetizers. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
JAN 29
TROOP ONE’S ANNUAL CRAB FEED 2022
JANUARY
Join us for what has become “The Best Crab Feed in Sacramento”. Fresh (not frozen) hot dungeness crab cooked on site will be served by Troop 1 Boy Scouts and volunteers. Dinner also includes pasta with tasty home made sauce, crusty sourdough bread, and salad. Hot butter will be provided. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
JAN 11
FAMILY PLANT PARTY: MAKE A SUCCULENT TERRARIUM
Join us this week for a Plant Nite event and create your very own fabulous terrarium planted in just your style. No experience necessary - our master grower Sarah Fiske will walk you through all you need to know to accomplish your vision in just two hours. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
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LGBTQ COM MU NI TY ORGANIZATIONS & ATTRACTIONS
SACRAMENTO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER We support the health and wellness of the most marginalized, advocate for equality and justice, and work to build a culturally rich LGBTQ+ community. Web: saccenter.org
TRANS LIFELINE Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of our community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education. Our vision is to fight the epidemic of trans suicide and improve overall life-outcomes of trans people by facilitating justiceoriented, collective community aid. Web: translifeline.org | Ph: 877-565-8860
PFLAG SACRAMENTO We celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Only with respect, dignity, and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively. Web: pflagsacramento.org
SACRAMENTO PRIDE Each June, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center hosts our largest community engagement of the year, Sacramento Pride, that celebrates LGBTQ+ activism, diversity, and community. Web: sacramentopride.org
GENDER HEALTH CENTER Meeting the counseling needs of the WHOLE community in Sacramento and the surrounding areas by making our services accessible to the most under-served communities, including the LGBTQQI community and focusing on the “T” or transgender. Web: thegenderhealthcenter.org
ONE COMMUNITY HEALTH One Community Health is a primary healthcare and specialty care provider dedicated to improving the health and well-being of our community. Web: onecommunityhealth.com
SACRAMENTO GAY MEN’S CHORUS The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus is fostering pride and enhancing lives, one song at a time. Web: sacgaymenschorus.org
BENT SACRAMENTO LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL Bringing you the best LGBTQ films from around the world. Films that highlight the rich diversity, intricacies, and passions that make up our LGBTQ community. Web: bentfilmfest.org
SACLEGAL SacLEGAL, Sacramento’s LGBT Bar Association, is comprised of attorneys, professionals and legislative advocates affiliated with the Sacramento County Bar Association. Our mission is to promote equality for members of the LGBT community through strong leadership, legislative advocacy, education, and participation in civic and social activities within the legal community and community at large. Web: saclegal.org
LAVENDER LIBRARY The Lavender Library is a lending library and archive housing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) books and magazines, various media, and archival materials. Web: lavenderlibrary.com
SUTTER GENDER IDENTITY SUPPORT GROUP We provide a safe and secure place where to interact with others with similar experiences and meet, visit and exchange information. We serve the educational, emotional, and recreational needs of the gender variant, transgender and intersex community, their significant others, parents, children, allies and helping professionals. Web: sacgender.org
STONEWALL SACRAMENTO The mission of the Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento is to advance equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Web: sacstonewall.org EQUALITY CA Equality California brings the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. Web: eqca.org
SACRCC The Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce is more than just a networking organization! We provide advocacy, facilitation, business development, education, matchmaking, access to procurement opportunities and supplier diversity channels, and community support. Web: rainbowchamber.com
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2022 EVENT SCH EDULE FEBRUARY
games we have in house. There is also food and drink available for purchase. Bonus - Bring a friend and receive a complimentary food item or beverage. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
FEB 2-23 (WEDNESDAYS) DRAG BINGO
Join us every Thursday for some hilarious Drag Bingo shenanigans with a rotaing host of seductive queens. Prizes will be awarded for winners. Stay till the end to enjoy a fabulous lip sync performance after bingo. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
MAR 1-29
NORTH BEACH TANGO
Bohemia San Francisco meets the Glamour of Argentine Tango: AMERICAN BITES invites the local tango community to dance on its tiled floor, a San Francisco Landmark, every Tuesday. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
FEB 3-24 (THURSDAYS) THROWBACK THURSDAYS
Join us every Thursday where we have the best DJ’s in SF take you back in time for the hottest 90’s, 2000’s & current hits that once hit the dance floor. DJ starts at 9 pm and is FREE cover all night long. It’s about time you took back your Thursdays nights. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
MAR 17
QUILT, CRAFT AND SEWING FESTIVAL SACRAMENTO
Latest equipments, new products, services, sewing, needle, art, quilting machines and tools will be put on display through this show. Learn more at 10times.com. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
FEB 6-27 (SUNDAYS)
OUTER SUNSET FARMERS MARKET & MERCANTILE
MAR 29
SACRAMENTO SHOP OPEN
Our festive family-friendly outdoor market features local farmers, ranchers, producers, food artisans, food trucks, amazing chefs, makers, merchants, artists, causes, live music and children’s activities...all well spread out over two long blocks to allow for safe distancing. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
A sustainable and creative experience. Play the baby grand piano, chill out at the upcycled garden tables. Be served art, not food. On a golden platter receive a cold kombucha, a canvas, paints, and brushes, stencils, and all the help you need to make your masterpiece. The kind and welcoming staff will change out your water and refresh your paint colors for a gourmet art experience. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
FEB 21-27
NOISE POP FESTIVAL 2022
The Bay Area’s original celebration of independent music, film, and art. Now in it’s 29th year. More music and fun than you can handle. Visit eventbrite.com for details.
APRIL
APR 22 - MAY 1
MARCH
SACRAMENTO BEER WEEK
Activities like tastings, beer and food pairings, fun runs and music performances ensure that the fun doesn’t stop. Get your tickets at sacramentobeerweek.com.
MAR 1-29 (TUESDAYS) BOARD GAME NIGHT
Your host Chris from Play The Bay will teach you how to play relatively short quick play games. You can also bring in your games and/or play some of the
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BUSINESS D IRECTO RY AUTO DEALERSHIP Von Housen Automotive Group.............................. 15
JEWELER Little Relics Inc........................................................ 16
CARE FACILITY LICENSING & CONSULTING Dynamic Care Consulting & Education................... 17
MORTGAGES Michele Milota - Answer Home Loans...................... 9
CAREGIVING Aging Assistant....................................................... 14
MOVING SERVICES Two Men and a Truck........................ front cover, 11, 17
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES CBRE......................................................................... 3
PILATES Balanced Body Inc.................................................... 1
CONSIGNMENT SHOP Renaissance Fine Consignment............................... 7
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Sacramento Delta Property Management Inc...................back inside cover
CRIMINAL DEFENSE Cosca Law Corporation............................................. 5
REAL ESTATE Ron Ramos Realty..............................................12-13
CUSTOM BLINDS Custom Shutters and Blinds for Less...................... 14
WINDOW TREATMENTS Custom Shutters and Blinds for Less...................... 14
CUSTOM CARE MANAGEMENT Aging Assistant....................................................... 14 CUSTOM SHUTTERS Custom Shutters and Blinds for Less...................... 14 FINANCIAL ADVISOR Kevin Mounkes- Wells Fargo Advisors.....front inside cover FINANCIAL CONSULTANT Benefit Resources Inc............................................. 17 FITNESS Balanced Body Inc.................................................... 1
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