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WHO CARES Local writer Kate Washington’s book about caregiving comes out this month. By Catherine Warmerdam

WINTER ON THE RIVER People still love the water during cold-weather months. Photography by Kevin Fiscus

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20 MOTHER NATURE’S TREASURE HUNT

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What to see outdoors

NEW ON THE SCENE: RESET More than a coffeehouse

22 BRINGING A BIT OF HOME TO THE STREETS Mercy Pedalers

23 GIRL SCOUTS MEETS GRUBHUB Get your cookie fix

23 SUSTAINABLE SAC Going electric

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27 IMMUNE BOOSTERS Increase your resilience

69 CONVERSATION STARTERS Textiles and tough topics

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57 SEXY & THE CITY Uptown style, downtown views

80 NEVER SAY DIE Cafe Bernardo at Fort Sutter Hotel

82 IN IT TOGETHER Supplying restaurants’ ingredients

82 THAT’S THE SPIRIT A distillery in midtown

84 DINE Restaurant guide

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Reflect 90 ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION Irishman of the Year, 1971

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Daily Dose of Luna

very day, I text a photo of my black kitten, Luna, to my parents and sister. We’re a family of cat-lovers and a new kitten is so photogenic. The Daily Dose of Luna quickly became a fun way to stay in touch and pass along not-that-crucial news—a photo of Luna with Mike, who was wearing his bike jersey (to show my cycling-fanatic dad that Mike’s been riding); Luna admiring the MacBook Air box (to report that my new laptop arrived); Luna looking nervously roofward with a message that the gutter guys were on the premises. A favorite: Luna and tuxedo housemate Rosie in a fight sequence on the windowsill facing neighbor Ron’s sunset maple trees, announcing the coming of fall during the pandemic year when we would skip gathering at my house as usual for the holidays. Yes, Luna is a pandemic pet. As writer Elena Macaluso confirms in this month’s Pet Mania story, adopting a puppy or kitten has been a real trend this past year. For me, the decision to adopt in 2020 was multifold: Our older daughter moved out early in the year and took her two cats, which left Rosie lonely. (Despite the windowsill antics, Rosie and Luna are friends.) And, hey, what better time? I’m working from home, and there’s plenty of room on my lap underneath my keyboard. I got Luna two days before the Sacramento SPCA’s Clear the Shelters event would’ve reduced her price by more than two-thirds. On that late September day, when SPCA volunteer Emily pulled her out of the curtained cage, I knew I’d better snap the kitty up right then. She was perfect: black, shorthaired, friendly, affectionate (so much purring!) and healthy (shiny and sturdy). She’s a true companion, always in orbit around me, my glossy little moon cat. Enjoy your pandemic pets—and the issue.

AND THERE’S MORE . . . I hired Elena Macaluso, former Sac Mag associate editor, to write the Pet Mania story in part because of her deep devotion to animals. For example, Elena used to take her cat Angel to have her photo taken with Santa every year (and Angel put up with it!) because monies raised benefited local rescue organizations. These days, Elena takes tuxedo Ladybug and dilute tortie Mama Kitty, who she adopted from Lapcats the year after Angel died. Elena and her guy, Derek, did a stint reading to dogs on Fourth of July at Bradshaw Animal Shelter, and she’s made many donations to local shelters in the name of friends’ deceased pets. At the holidays, she holds a party in memory of her mother, who also loved animals, and requests guests bring gifts she can donate to an animal shelter. Then she loads up the stash—Costco-size bags of dog food, giant canisters of cat litter, gangly feather wands, etc.—and delivers it herself.

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Jennifer Junghans

“I thought a nature-inspired treasure hunt would serve as a welcome guide to explore the natural world intentionally,” says Jennifer Junghans, who has degrees in biological science and horticulture and writes about wildlife, conservation and food systems. “We look at things all day long, but when we observe them, hidden worlds are revealed! Close encounters with these 10 local natural wonders will inevitably lead to other awe-inspiring discoveries, and I hope it serves as a steppingstone to a lifelong relationship with our natural world.”

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“An assignment like this is always tough because of all the emotions that go along with it,” says Ryan Angel Meza, who shot the photos of writer Kate Washington and her husband, Brad Buchanan, for “Who Cares” in this issue. “Staying in tune with microexpressions can be a glimpse into their psyche—mind, spirit and even the dynamics between loved ones. From a technical perspective, particularly with the kitchen shot of Kate and Brad, I wanted to incorporate symbolism between the light and darkness.”

Susan Yee

Raised in Sacramento, photographer Susan Yee enjoys capturing how the city has evolved over the years. “I love the interior space of the new Fort Sutter (Hotel) and Four Palms bar,” she says. “It’s got a great vibe.” After graduating from Sac State with a photography degree, she moved to San Diego for 10 years before coming back to the city where it all began. She has photographed for Sunset magazine, Chipotle, Whole Foods, local businesses, branding companies and social media influencers.

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Chasing Waterfalls Water rushes over the North Fork Dam at Lake Clementine, in the Auburn State Recreation Area. The falls are accessible on foot via the Lake Clementine Trail that starts on Old Foresthill Road and follows the North Fork of the American River. It’s about a 4.5-mile out-and-back trip, and as you cross beneath the Foresthill Bridge (the tallest bridge in California), you’ll really feel the expanse of the canyon. Watch your footing out here and don’t climb any closer than is safe—mist from the falls makes for some slippery rocks. ga br iel te agu e SACMAG.COM March 2021

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Mother Nature’s Treasure Hunt For a nature-inspired challenge in this region, we’ve put together a treasure hunt that’s fun for all ages. Take your time as you explore. Awe-inspiring mysteries of the natural world are everywhere, and connecting with them can clear your mind, improve your mental health and lift your mood. While all 10 of these natural wonders can be seen with the naked eye, a pair of binoculars will enhance your experience. You can find many of them throughout the Sacramento region, but if you’re looking for a place to start, Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael has everything on this treasure hunt except a rookery. —BY JENNIFER JUNGHANS

GRANARIES Look for snags (dead trees) covered with holes. Acorn woodpeckers drill the holes to store thousands of acorns for a large supply of food throughout winter. The stash is called a granary.

ROOKERIES Look upward for a multitude of large nests in a swath of tall trees where great blue herons, great egrets and doublecrested cormorants communally nest. As the young chicks grow, you can spot these hilarious-looking, vocal youngsters.

JACKRABBITS These svelte, fast hares with ambercolored eyes and long legs are much larger than their cottontail cousins. They can be found in grasslands, among bushes and low-lying vegetation and can often be spotted and identified by their exceedingly large, long ears.

DUCKLINGS AND GOSLINGS This time of year, ducklings and goslings are some of the easiest young to spot and observe. What differences do you notice? For example, ducklings are typically raised by their mother while goslings (young geese) are raised by both parents. For a challenge, search the river for the common merganser with ducklings that hitch a ride on mom’s back.

DUTCHMAN'S PIPE This vigorous vine with heart-shaped leaves is California’s only native pipevine, a food source for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly and caterpillar. Look for a vine covered with striking purple and green flowers in the shape of pipes.

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ANIMAL TRACKS Trackers can tell a tremendous amount about an animal from the tracks they find. Look for mammal and bird tracks at the edges of water, in mud, wet sand or along dirt trails. Common animal tracks you can expect to find include deer, coyote, raccoon, skunk and birds. For a challenge, try spotting the tracks of a toad.

MUD BIRD NESTS Cliff swallows build colonies of architecturally stunning nests from mud. Look for these nests attached to structures, like the dam at Lake Natoma in Gold River or the old water tower at Ancil Hoffman Park.

A LIVING RAINBOW Try to identify the colors yellow, orange, green, blue, black, white, red, gray and brown among the plant kingdom, insects, birds, mammals, frogs, lizards and fish. For a challenge, look for the red crest of feathers on the head of an adult male ruby-crowned kinglet. Normally concealed, these red feathers flare during territorial displays. Find these small birds flitting among trees often at eye level.

BEAVERS Look for signs of beavers along the river: downed trees gnawed into the shape of a giant pencil tip, the sound of a slap on water around dusk, the glimpse of what seems to be a log often swimming along the river’s edge, or a beaver’s dam, an architectural wonder on the river.

SHELF FUNGUS These fungi typically grow on trees or fallen logs in shaded or damp areas and look like shelves, sometimes stacked upon each other. A common shelf fungus in California is the turkey tail, with rings in a range of brilliant colors. For a challenge, see how many different shapes and colors you can find.

New on the Scene: Reset A café in Folsom opened just before the pandemic, and it’s quickly gained a devoted following. BY BILL ROMANELLI THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM OF JOHN AND TAHNI VOELZ opened Reset: Café By Day on Folsom’s

Sutter Street to be something a little different, and at the same time, a place where anyone can feel truly welcomed. “More than anything I want people to come here and feel that they matter,” says John, who’s also a pastor. “That’s probably the thing we’ve worked hardest for this past year: creating an experience that makes people feel that they are loved—and they belong.” That explains the warm and welcoming customer service from the moment you walk into Reset. It’s a family affair—in addition to John and Tahni, their eldest daughter, Karysa, is the baker, their son-in-law, Charlie, is the chef, and their youngest daughter, Kasidy, is the head barista. As for the name “Reset,” that’s part of the story. Before pandemic restrictions really tightened down, every day at 4 p.m. the restaurant would transform from a coffee house into a beer, wine and food bar with a whole different vibe. They would change the art, the lighting,

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the uniforms, the background music and the menu (from baked goods and breakfast items to charcuterie, pizza and other with-drinks noshes). Live music was happening a couple times a week. With COVID, Reset scaled down and, at press time, was operating solely as a coffee house with baked goods and outdoor seating. The Voelzes have planned a phased return to full operation when restric"MORE THAN ANYTHING I WANT tions are lifted—soon, they hope. PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND FEEL “It’s a combination of our three THAT THEY MATTER." —JOHN VOELZ loves; coffee, food and the artistry behind a really good beer or glass of wine,” John says. “This has been a dream of ours for 30 years. We call it Reset because it’s more than just a place that transforms in the evening. To reset also means to refresh, find new energy, and to start again. That’s us, and that’s what we want this place to be for everyone.” 727 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 358-9162; resetfolsom.com

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Bringing a Bit of Home to the Unhoused Mercy Pedalers hit the road with hot coffee and more for people living on the streets. A Subaru packed to the rafters with sleeping bags, socks, protein bars, wool caps, scarves, dog food and more pulls over to a tent camp on 29th Street near the levee. Four women jump out of the car and start distributing hot coffee, bagels, sandwiches, apples and hard-cooked eggs to people emerging from the tents. The women are a new-age welcome wagon, bringing comfort and simple human kindness to people who live on the streets. They are volunteers for Mercy Pedalers, a nonprofit started in 2017 by Sister Libby Fernandez, a well-known advocate for the unhoused who headed up Loaves & Fishes for 11 years. When she left that job, she came up with a new way to serve Sacramento’s most vulnerable residents. “At Loaves & Fishes, someone may have to take a bus all day just to get a hot meal and a shower,” she says. “Our concept is to go where the homeless are.” Her idea was simple: Pedal around town on an adult trike fitted with a large, custom-made supply cabinet, delivering coffee and hygiene supplies to people on the street. Her small startup grew steadily, and by this time last year, Mercy Pedalers had 100 volunteers on trikes and in cars distributing a vast array of items. Fernandez herself goes out on a trike five days a week, rain or shine, blazing heat or freezing cold. It takes her about two hours to complete her route, which includes J, K and L streets in downtown. “I see about 30–40 men and women,” she says. “I know most of them by name.” Other volunteers cover areas where homeless people gather in midtown, Oak Park, Carmichael, the Alhambra corridor and near the American River. With more than 5,000 people living on the streets in Sacramento County, there is plenty for them to do. The Subaru crew goes out every Friday morning. Debbie Farano Vanderford pilots the car, careening down streets and alleys in search of people in need. Spotting someone on 21st Street, she pulls over to the curb, and her jump-seat partner, Sara Paxton, rolls down the window and calls out, “Hi, sweetheart. Would you like a cup of coffee?” When the answer is yes, the women pile out of the car and start offering stuff. “Would you like a sandwich? A bag of chips? How about a scarf? A pair of socks?” At the 29th Street encampment, a little dog named Murphy recognizes the new arrivals and runs around them excitedly. When his owner, Chris, tells the volunteers it’s his birthday, they sing him a rousing “Happy Birthday,” and Vanderford gives him a warm hug. “You ladies take such good care of me!” he says. After two hours on the road, the women have exhausted their supplies of coffee and sandwiches, so they pack up and prepare to drive away. Raising her arms over her head in a gesture of triumph and delight, Paxton exclaims, “Gosh, what a great day!” —Marybeth Bizjak

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Girl Scouts Meets Grubhub Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, which serves greater Sacramento (and 17 surrounding counties), has teamed up with Grubhub to make ordering cookies on demand easier for residents in select regions. Sacramento, Davis and Woodland are among the locations benefiting from this new program, part of Girl Scouts’ efforts to move cookie sales to a more digital platform in 2021. The efforts come as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put the kibosh on local events, which has hindered booth sales for many troops. That, plus an increased focus on safety for both Girl Scouts and the community, has also limited door-to-door sales. “We have not ruled it out completely and are watching the risk levels daily,” says Sara Hanson, communications and public relations specialist for GSHCC, of in-person booth sales. However, virtual platforms, including a partnership with Grubhub, are the focus for 2021. To take advantage of the straight-to-consumer cookie delivery method, users need to download the Grubhub app, log on and search for Girl Scout cookies. Once you’ve selected the cookies to order, a Grubhub driver will go to the home of a Girl Scout or troop leader who is signed up on the app, pick up the desired cookies and deliver them to your door. It works the same way as traditional Grubhub business except that drivers connect with local Girl Scouts instead of a restaurant to collect the goods. Also, Grubhub is waiving fees associated with these orders to keep money in the hands of the troops. Contactless options are available on cookie orders as well and can be found at girlscoutcookies.org. It’s important to note that 2021 will be the last year of sales for the S’mores cookie, which is retiring after this year. It is also the first year of sales for Toast-Yay!, a French toast-inspired cookie dipped in icing. “It’s already becoming a quite popular cookie,” Hanson says. —Nora Heston Tarte

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Going Electric BY REED PARSELL

lectric vehicles, known as EVs, are leading the charge into a greener motoring era. The boast that EVs are “no-emission,” however, is false in the broad sense because their batteries are recharged courtesy of power plants that themselves emit pollutants. Even if EVs are charged via solar panels, the mere manufacture of those panels requires energy because—somewhere along the line that extends from mineral extraction to factory assembling to product delivery—emissions to some degree are going to occur. However, it is true that EVs possess no tailpipes that emit pollutants. They don’t even require oil changes. Overall, even with their underreported shortcoming of having batteries that eventually wear out and need to be replaced, EVs are pretty convincing as being better for the environment. Most if not all vehicle makers are eager to participate in the growing EV market, with increased competition combined with growing consumer interest leading to lower prices and greater access. There remains, however, an obstacle that deters many open-road-loving Americans from going all-electric. Writer Beverly Braga explained the issue in a J.D. Power article last September: “On road trips, gas stations are more plentiful than EV charging stations, and refueling an ICE [internal combustion engine] takes much less time than recharging an EV, which typically requires 30 minutes to reach 80 percent battery capacity when using the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive chargers. Choose a more affordable or lower-powered charger, either by choice or because you have no other choice, and recharging could take hours.” For many eco-minded motorists, driving a hybrid vehicle—one that contains both a drive-train battery and internal combustion engine—represents a compromise. Witness all the Toyota Priuses scooting about, and you know it is a popular option. What are the current EV options? continued on next page

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Edmunds rates all available new cars. In the EV category, it gives top marks to the TESLA MODEL 3 , which has a manufacturersuggested retail price—MSRP—of $37,990–$54,990 and a maximum battery range of 220 miles; followed by KIA NIRO EV, $39,090–$44,590, 239 miles; HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC , $37,190– $45,400, 258 miles; CHEVROLET BOLT EV, $36,620–$41,020, 238 miles; and NISSAN LEAF, $31,600–$43,900, 150 to 226 miles. Edmunds’ favorite luxury EV is the PORSCHE TAYCAN 4S (yours for $103,800–$185,000), and its top-rated luxury electric SUV is the FORD MUSTANG MACH-E . Consumer Reports in November teased what other batterypowered vehicles are coming soon. Benjamin Preston wrote that “almost 100 pure EV models” are set to debut by 2024, and briefly described 19 of them. They included the AUDI E-TRON GT, which

Increased competition and growing consumer interest in the electric vehicle market are leading to lower prices and greater access. can go from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds; BMW I4 , which accelerates almost as quickly as the Audi and has a 300-miles-plus range; CADILLAC LYRIQ , equipped with a 33-inch LED display across the dash; LORDSTOWN ENDURANCE pickup, which “will be able to tow 7,500 pounds and have more than 250 miles of range”; LUCID AIR , a sedan that purports to be able to add 300 miles of range with a 20-minute DC fast charge; and TESLA CYBERTRUCK , whose engineers presumably have fortified their “room for improvement” windows. Eventually, there could emerge a greener alternative than EVs. (Aside from bicycles and comfortable shoes, that is.) Fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs, run on the universe’s most plentiful element: hydrogen. They emit only water vapor. So far, however, they have not reached viability in the marketplace.

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Wellness i n s i d e: Seven tips for keeping up your immunity

Immune Boosters Healthy habits can help fend off COVID-19 and more. Here are some suggestions from local health experts for increasing your resilience. —Cathy Cassinos-Carr

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nderstandably, 2021 may be remembered as the year of the vaccine. But it’s only one tool in the battle against COVID -19. Though we tend to take it for granted when it’s in good working order, the tool known as the immune system is at the very heart of wellness, helping to both prevent and fight disease. One local doctor likens it to a house alarm, protecting us from harm. “If you have protection around the house, there’s less damage when the burglar comes through,” says Rajiv Misquitta, M.D., an internal medicine physician and medical director of the department of lifestyle medicine at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento. While COVID is the “burglar” people may currently be most concerned about, Misquitta says, a healthy immune system can help guard against all illness, from diabetes to heart disease to the common cold. Misquitta and other local experts offer these tips for keeping your immune system strong.

2 HIT THE FARMERS MARKET. What’s ●1 DON’T BE SLEEPLESS IN SACRAMEN- ●

TO. (OR ROSEVILLE.) Sleep doesn’t earn

the No. 1 spot here for nothing. Some experts believe catching your zzz’s—consistently—may be the most important immune-boosting step of all. “The importance of good sleep tends to get overshadowed by all these other big, shiny topics,” says Revée Barbour (aka “Dr. Ray”), N.D., a naturopathic doctor in private practice in Sacramento. “Your immune system won’t be where it can be without proper sleep. Sleep is the time our body is able to effectively and efficiently regenerate cells and detoxify.” Inflammation, anxiety and depression are among the issues that can zoom out of control when we’re not getting enough rest, says Barbour. Research also shows that people who lack sufficient sleep are more likely to get sick after being exposed to a virus, which is worrisome not only in COVID times but at any time. The National Sleep Foundation recommends adults log seven to nine hours a night, but most are likely not getting it these days. A majority of respondents said they were having more trouble sleeping since COVID quarantining began, according to a survey conducted last year by Leesa (yes, the mattress manufacturer). So, what to do about it? In addition to scaling back on screen time and following other sleep hygiene rules (visit sleepfoun dation.org for a full list), Barbour recommends chamomile tea (“it can really help if you’re under stress”) and magnesium, helpful for sleep, mood and metabolism. “Magnesium is good for strengthening your immune system, and it gets very quickly depleted when you’re under stress,” she says. A nightly dose of 200–500 milligrams of magnesium chelate, glycinate or citrate is safe for most, says Barbour— but ask your doctor.

just a little. Rolling out of bed and sitting in front of the computer—an easy habit to get into during these work-at-home times— just won’t cut it, says Misquitta. “Our lives are pretty sedentary, and with the COVID epidemic, there’s even less activity,” he says. While it’s easy for him to say (in addition to being a doctor, Misquitta is a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor), he reminds us that exercise—along with items 1 and 2—is essential to staying healthy and building a strong immune system. Granted, not everyone can put in 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity exercise, the minimum recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. So Misquitta offers this: How about four-second bursts? Misquitta excitedly shared the results of a new study from the University of Texas at Austin, which showed that four seconds of intense exercise (in this case, a sprint on a stationary bike), repeated throughout the day, can lower triglycerides, burn fat and help to undo the damaging effects of a sedentary life. But the keys here are intense short bursts, frequently repeated. If you’re working from home and exercise-challenged, Misquitta recommends these simple steps: Stand up once an hour and stretch, take a walk, do wall pushups, or simply march in place. “You don’t need fancy equipment, you don’t need to go to a gym, and you don’t have to pay for it,” he says. “The truth is, it’s really very easy.”

that got to do with your immune system? Hint: All those fabulously fresh fruits and veggies, full of antioxidants and other nutrients. “At the farmers market, you’ll find vegetables and fruits you’re not familiar with, and it’s fresh and healthy—it hasn’t been sitting in a refrigerator for days,” says Kaiser’s Misquitta. A number of local markets operate year-round, even when COVID restrictions are in place. (Get the deets at california-grown.com.) A vegan himself, Misquitta advocates strongly for a wholefoods, plant-based diet, but he knows it isn’t for everyone, so he suggests this: Fill half your plate with vegetables. Also: Keep it colorful. “Look for the brightly colored fruits and vegetables,” suggests Barbour, rattling off a long list of foods rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, includ4 TRY M EDITATION—EVEN IF YOU ing leafy greens, berries, kiwi, broccoli and ● citrus fruits, and vitamin A boosters such THINK YOU CAN’T. If your brain is a hamas squash, carrots, sweet potatoes and bell ster on a wheel, as mine often is, the mere peppers. “All of these are really helpful for suggestion of meditation is laughable—like dreaming the imposthe gut system, and sible dream. But try your gastrointestitelling that to Rosa nal tract is a big key Di Lorenzo, Psy.D, a to having a healthy licensed clinical psyimmune system,” chologist in private says Barbour. practice in SacraIf you can’t—for PSYCHOLOGIST ROSA DI LORENZO WILL mento. “I don’t bewhatever reason— BE LAUNCHING AN ONLINE MINDFULNESS eat all those fruits MEDITATION AND STRESS REDUCTION COURSE. lieve you can’t meditate,” she says. “I hear and veggies, try a FOR UPDATES, VISIT DRROSADILORENZO.COM. that all the time.” A whole food-based multivitamin, hit a juice bar or consider longtime practitioner herself, Di Lorenzo nutritional IV therapy, suggests Barbour. believes it’s especially important to med“But,” she warns, “there is no alternative itate now, given the enormous collective to eating healthy.” Stress eaters, alert: This stress we’ve been carrying throughout the also means cutting back on the carbs, pandemic. “Meditation is like taking a mental shower,” she says. “It resets the sweets and alcohol. (Sorry.) nervous system.” 3 MOVE THAT BODY. You knew it was Meditation can also enhance your health ● coming: You’ve gotta move your body, even in more tangible ways, and more quickly

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than you might think. A recent study from imagination and self-expression, whethMichigan Technological University found er you’re painting, cooking, playing an instrument or simply dancthat even a single session WHILE CONNECTING SAFELY ing in front of the TV. of mindfulness meditaDURING THE PANDEMIC Still not sure how to tap tion not only reduced parREQUIRES A LITTLE CREATIVITY into your creativity? “Ask ticipants’ anxiety, but AND FLEXIBILITY, SOCIAL yourself what you loved to do also offered cardiovascuDISTANCING DOES NOT HAVE as a child,” suggests Di Lolar benefits. But that’s not TO MEAN SOCIAL ISOLATION. renzo. “Even if you had a trauto suggest that once is enough. The greatest benefits come from matic childhood, we all remember what it consistent practice, says Di Lorenzo, who felt like to play and engage, to have fun.” recommends 20 minutes daily, preferably 6 in the morning. And if you can’t commit ● MAKE ROOM FOR ZOOM. When the holidays rolled around last winter, Di Loto that? “At least try to start the day by renzo, like many, could not spend them checking your breath, check what’s happening with the body, and move into a with her family. “My family is in Italy, and I couldn’t go there,” she says. “I’ve been position of acceptance,” she suggests. Di Lorenzo was about to launch an on- struggling like everyone else.” While soline mindfulness meditation and stress cializing during a pandemic lockdown is reduction course at the time of this writing. “a paradox,” she says, “it is essential for us to connect with loved ones and friends. We For updates, visit drrosadilorenzo.com. are social beings.” Research shows social 5 UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY. “In creconnectedness not only shrinks stress and ● ativity there is a carefreeness,” says Di Lo- expands happiness, but also—you guessed renzo. “Even on a biochemical level, doing it—helps to strengthen the immune system. something creative helps to discharge It’s even associated with longevity. While connecting safely during the panstress.” Not the artsy type? You don’t need to be. Creativity is all about using your demic requires a little creativity and flex-

ibility, social distancing does not have to mean social isolation, as Di Lorenzo reminds us. “Even if we cannot connect physically, we can connect in other ways— phone, Zoom, texting,” she says. 7 FOCUS ●

ON WHAT WORKS . Yeah, yeah, yeah: “Stay positive.” If you’ve ever tried telling that to someone (or even just tried telling it to yourself), you already know those two little words typically aren’t all that helpful. Instead, suggests Di Lorenzo, try this tangible tip: Focus on what works. “Ask yourself, ‘What is working?’” she says. “The point is to control what you can. And do not intend to control what you can’t.” Barbour concurs, offering this example. “You might be irritated about people who aren’t wearing masks. But you can wear your mask; you can make sure to wash your hands regularly and practice your own healthy behaviors.” But can a glass-half-full attitude actually improve the immune system? Studies show it can, making it just as important as items 1 to 6 on this list. Presumably, it also makes us more pleasant to be around—and that’s just as good a reason to try it.

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DID YOU ADOPT A NEW PUPPY OR KITTEN—OR PERHAPS A GUINEA PIG—DURING COVID-19? IF SO, YOU’RE NOT ALONE. WE TAKE A LOOK AT LOCAL ADOPTION AVENUES, VETERINARY CARE, WAYS TO HAVE FUN WITH YOUR NEW BUDDY AND MUCH MORE. by Elena M. Macaluso

early a year ago, when the coronavirus put its stranglehold on our country, people were lightheartedly predicting two trends would result from it: COVID babies (an upsurge in the number of babies born nine or 10 months after the stay-at-home order went into effect across much of the United States), and COVID divorces, which speaks for itself. Here’s a trend that actually did play out: Pets, at least in the Sacramento area, have been highly sought after during this pandemic. “Shelters across the country, including Front Street, have seen record numbers of people adopting and fostering animals,” says Phillip Zimmerman, animal care services manager with Front Street Animal Shelter. “People are at home and have the time to foster and/or adopt an animal. Animals need training. With a lot of animal owners working from home, not traveling, they have more time available to bond, train and work with their animals.” The Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ director of marketing and communications, Dawn A. Foster, echoes that sentiment. “2020 was definitely the year of pet adoptions!” says Foster, noting that families flocked to the shelter’s website and social media channels during the pandemic, “realizing more than ever before—and while spending more time at home—the exponential benefits of sharing life with a furry companion.” Shelters and rescues including Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary in Sacramento, which takes in homeless cats and dogs, drew

interest from adopters as far away as the Bay Area because there were not enough animals to go around. “Why not open up to those areas when we know the cats are going to great homes?” says Venus Hocking, Happy Tails’ center manager. Kelly Cunningham, Happy Tails’ dog foster coordinator, agrees. “We are getting 25 to 50 applications per dog,” says Cunningham, who says pre-COVID she was typically getting five to 10 applications per dog. Finally, an early January Instagram post from Bradshaw Animal Shelter boasted that more than 3,000 animals “found forever homes” in 2020—despite the shelter being closed for nearly four months. “In the first month of our modified operations under COVID-19, we sent 306 pets home with adopters,” says Allison Harris, the shelter’s public information officer. Veterinarians have seen an increase in new puppy and kitten appointments as well. Keith Rode, DVM, co-owner of Woodland Veterinary Hospital in Woodland, says his practice has seen an influx since the pandemic started. “It’s great because they (people) may have thought about getting a cat or dog ‘someday’ but had not done it, but when they find themselves sitting around the house, that ‘someday’ is now,” says Rode, whose family adopted two new kittens in spring of 2020. Let’s take a look at adoption and veterinary care, introduce some organizations, and consider some other important aspects of sharing our lives with pets in Sacramento.

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ADOPTING A PET, COVID STYLE HOW DID PEOPLE FIND THEIR NEW PETS? Pre-pandemic, you could walk into many shelters, rescue organizations or partnering pet stores during open hours, peruse the animals and do a meet-and-greet on the spot. These days, you can look for adoptable pets online via shelter and rescue websites. While protocols may differ slightly depending on the organization, the drill goes somewhat like this: If you see an animal you think would be a good fit, call or email the organization. If it’s still available, an adoption counselor will be in touch. The next step is a face-to-face introduction—by appointment only, mask on. If it’s a match, you’ve got a friend. If not, keep trying. With such a high volume of interested adopters, the cat or dog you had your eye on may be snapped up by the time your application comes up in the queue. Take the advice of experts such as Venus Hocking, center manager for Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary in Sacramento: “Be open and flexible.”

CONSIDER BEFORE YOU ADOPT Is there any reason not to adopt a new furry friend? After all, you are working from home, a hot Saturday night means picking out a Netflix movie and, if you live alone, you might welcome the company. But as vaccines hit the masses, life is going to change. You might go back to the office, at least part time. You might let that Netflix subscription go dormant in favor of going out to dinner or a show or seeing friends. You might want to take that long-overdue vacation. Pet adoption coordinators want you to think through your commitment to your potential new companion. “What’s your post-COVID schedule like? Are you still going to have time for your kitty when you go back to work physically?” says Happy Tails’ center manager Venus Hocking. “We want people to think it through and want to adopt the cat for life, which might be 20 years if they adopt a kitten.” Kelly Cunningham, Happy Tails’ dog foster coordinator, worries that economic realities may catch up with some pet owners who adopted during the pandemic, especially if they have not carefully considered their financial situation. “I worry that some of those people are going to bounce those dogs back to shelters,” she says. Cunningham also worries about dogs adopted during COVID who are not prepared for alone time when life returns to normal. “Making the dog feel comfortable alone is essential before leaving for that eight-hour workday,” she says.

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SPOTTED ON INSTAGRAM HERE ARE SOME ADORABLE SOCIAL MEDIA STARS TO START FOLLOWING RIGHT AWAY.

@sactowndogs

@sutterstreetpig

@residentpetsofsac

Bringing together the dogs of SacTown

Winnie the Mini Pig

Resident pets of Foster Pets of Sac

@friendsofunwantedrabbits

@sacramentozoo

@goodasgoldens

Red panda at Sacramento Zoo

Adventures of Mari and Neva

@orphankittenproject

@sac_shelter_pets_alive

@fosterkittensofsac

A vet-student-run NPO at UC Davis

Support for large-breed shelter dogs

Rabbit rescue in Folsom

Fostering kittens for Itsie Bitsie Rescue Inc.

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WHERE TO

ADOPT LOCAL SHELTERS BRADSHAW ANIMAL SHELTER

(916) 368-7387; animalcare.saccounty.net

FRONT STREET ANIMAL SHELTER

SACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (916) 383-7387; sspca.org

YOLO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES SHELTER

(916) 808-7387; cityofsacramento.org/ community-development/ animal-care

(530) 668-5287; yolocountysheriff.com/ services/animal-services

PLACER COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER

YOLO COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

(530) 886-5500; placer.ca.gov/animal

PLACER SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (916) 782-7722; placerspca.org

(530) 902-6264; yolospca.org

For more California-based shelter and rescue groups, check out this link—sacanimal.org—and look under the “Local Resources” tab.

CATS

DOGS

ANIMAL OUTREACH OF THE MOTHERLODE

CHAKO PIT BULL RESCUE

(530) 642-2287; animaloutreach.net

CATS ABOUT TOWN SOCIETY

(916) 224-1117; catsabouttown.org

FAT KITTY CITY

(916) 939-3418; fatkittycity.org

FIELDHAVEN FELINE CENTER

(916) 434-6022; fieldhaven.com

FLUFF BUDDIES

In existence for close to 20 years, Purebreds Plus Cat Rescue places purebred cats—think Persian, Ragdoll, Maine Coon—with adopters seeking a specific breed. The website carries bios on cats available for adoption, and volunteers can add further valuable insight. Why should someone go through a rescue versus a breeder for a purebred? “They are saving a life,” says Laurel Fagan, who serves on the board of directors. Purebreds Plus (“plus” because they do sometimes rescue non-purebreds) is based in Northern California but also has fosters in Southern California, Oregon and Reno. The organization adopted out close to 370 cats in 2020. (707) 301-7377; purebredsplus.org

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(530) 676-3647; foothilldogrescue.org

GREAT DANE RESCUE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA gdrnc.org

HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE (916) 655-1410; homeward boundgoldens.org

NORCAL COCKER RESCUE

(916) 541-5149; norcalcockerrescue.org

NOR CAL BEAGLE RESCUE

FRIENDS FOREVER A CAT SANCTUARY

NORCAL AUSSIE RESCUE

ITSIE BITSIE RESCUE INC.

itsiebitsierescue.org

LAPCATS

info@lapcats.org; lapcats.org

norcalbeagles.com

(530) 268-1600; norcalaussierescue.com

PIT CREW SACRAMENTO RESCUE pitcrew.org

SCOOTER’S PALS

(530) 350-2099; scooterspals.org

MISSION MEOW

missionmeowcats.org

RIVER CITY CAT RESCUE

(916) 326-0033; rivercitycatrescue.org

SACRAMENTO AREA KITTEN RESCUE ALLIANCE (SAKRESCUE)

BOTH ALL CREATURES ANIMAL RESCUE

(916) 491-1657; sakrescue.net

(844) 390-0882; allcreat uresanimalrescue.com

SOUTH PAWS PET RESCUE

HAPPY TAILS PET SANCTUARY

southpawsgalt@gmail.com; southpawsrescue.org

FOOTHILL DOG RESCUE

(916) 214-8020; fluffbuddies.org

(530) 885-4228; ffacs.org

PUREBREDS PLUS CAT RESCUE

adoptions@chako.org; chako.org

(916) 556-1155; happytails.org

SIERRA PACIFIC GREAT PYRENEES CLUB RESCUE If you are wondering what to expect if you adopt a Great Pyrenees, sometimes referred to as a Gentle Giant, the Sierra Pacific Great Pyrenees Club, Inc. Rescue website lays it all out: They eat 4–6 cups of food per day. They are not high-energy dogs (typically) and are ill-suited for joggers. The application questionnaire is lengthy—57 questions—all in an effort to ensure that adopting a Great Pyrenees is a good fit. “They are a wonderful breed but they are not for everyone,” says Pam Tobin, president and rescue chair of the organization, which has been around for nearly 40 years. However, she says that once you have a Great Pyrenees, you’ll be hooked. “They don’t only get into your heart; they burrow themselves into your soul,” she says. After you adopt a dog from the organization, you’re part of the club, so to speak. “We are a resource to them for the life of the dog,” says Tobin. (916) 791-7580; spgpc.com

ELK GROVE ANIMAL SHELTER Elk Grove Animal Shelter opened its doors in October 2019 and five months later had to close for a couple of months because of the pandemic. “We saw a huge uptick in fosters and adopters,” says Koreena Walsh, volunteer/events coordinator. She says that in 2020 the shelter had 532 foster parents and sent 823 animals out to foster. “We never stopped taking in stray animals.” Good news: Adoption services are back open with precautions in place. Peruse the website or check out the shelter’s Livestream event every Saturday morning via Facebook (facebook.com/elkgroveanimalservices) to view adoptable cuties. Also, watch for upcoming events—the shelter hopes to resume its Drive Thru Vaccine Clinics

(free for Elk Grove residents) this spring, and Kitten Pop Ups pop up on occasion, especially after kitten season. The shelter adopted out 350 kittens between July 2020 and the end of the year through Kitten Pop Ups, says Walsh. While the shelter’s volunteer program is still on hold, you can take a shelter dog for a walk through the Doggy Day Out program. The shelter also provides Elk Grove residents experiencing financial hardship with free pet food (you can donate via the shelter’s wish list) and free microchipping as well as trap-neuterreturn services for cats within the city limits. (Traps are available for rental with a $60 refundable deposit.) 9150 Union Park Way, Elk Grove; (916) 687-3042; elkgrovecity.org/animalservices

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VET VISITS GOING TO THE VET LOOKS DIFFERENT THESE DAYS. We are all used to curbside service for food, groceries, maybe even dry cleaning or that lampshade at Target you just can’t live without. But we still can’t wrap our heads around the idea of pulling into a parking lot, making a call and then handing off our precious fur baby to someone while we wait in our cars. But these days that’s how it goes. “That is understandably a difficult thing for some people because they want to be a part of their pet’s health care. And vets love it when people want to be involved in their pet’s health care,” says Keith Rode, DVM, co-owner of Woodland Veterinary Hospital in Woodland. For a dog or cat that is already anxious about seeing the vet, being separated from their trusted human may spike anxiety levels further. “If you anticipate that might be the case, we recommend calling your vet ahead of time because they may be able to give your pet medications (or) recommend something over the counter,” advises Rode. All of this may make you wonder: Unless it’s a dire emergency, should you even go to the vet? Yes, Rode says, and it’s best to make an appointment for routine visits early—maybe one to two months in advance. And some vaccines, such as parvo, are critical, especially for puppies. “We do recommend as much as possible that people stay up to date on vaccines and parasite control,” Rode says, noting that fleas are a year-round issue in our climate. Rode offers these important tips to clients bringing their pets to the vet during COVID: Keep your phone on and be available should the veterinarian need to contact you. You can also ask if your vet can video chat during the exam. If you have been referred by another vet, be sure to print your pet’s paperwork or have it sent over in advance. “It can make it very difficult to know what’s been done before and what’s best to do from there,” says Rode about the lack of history. Finally, show a little grace. “Recognize that we know that you are concerned about your animals and we are concerned, too, but please be patient with us,” says Rode.

BEYOND THE BASICS Animals, like people, sometimes need specialists or alternative practitioners. Whether you’re seeking an acupuncturist for a dog that’s jumped one too many fences, a cardiologist for a cat with a heart murmur or—and we hate to even put it out there—a 24-hour vet for a middle-of-the-night emergency, there are options in the Sacramento region.

THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER

2280 Fifth St., Suite 135, Davis; (530) 756-7387; animalwell nesscenterdavis.com

CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE ANIMAL MEDICINE

635 Anderson Road, Suite 20, Davis; (530) 405-4000; http://ciamvet.com

ACUPUNCTURE AND MORE

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Led by Angie Stamm, DVM, CVA, a UC Davis vet school alum, Meridian Veterinary Care provides integrative and alternative treatments for dogs and cats including acupuncture, herbal medicine, supplements and nutritional counseling. Vet staff members also administer a variety of pain management techniques including ozone therapy, orthopedic manipulation and something called Assisi Pulsating Electromagnetic Field (Assisi PEMF). For cancer, Meridian has treatments to slow tumor growth and reduce the side effects associated with traditional treatments. 9712 Fair Oaks Blvd., Suite B, Fair Oaks; (916) 342-1245; meridianvetcare.com

FOOTHILL FARMS VETERINARY HOSPITAL

4325 Auburn Blvd.; (916) 3324444; foothillfarmsvh.com

INTEGRATIVE VETERINARY CENTER

5524 Elvas Ave., Suite A; (916) 454-1825; integrative veterinarycenter.com

MERIDIAN VETERINARY CARE

9712 Fair Oaks Blvd., Suite B, Fair Oaks; (916) 342-1245; meridianvetcare.com

PAW CHI HOLISTIC VETERINARY CARE

151 N. Sunrise Ave., Suite 1405, Roseville; (916) 297-7476; yourholisticvet.com

VETERINARY HEALING CENTER OF EL DORADO HILLS

2222 Francisco Drive, Suite 150, El Dorado Hills; (916) 933-6030; vethealingeldoradohills.com

NOT JUST FOR EMERGENCIES 24-HOUR EMERGENCY VETS ATLANTIC STREET PET EMERGENCY CENTER

1100 Atlantic St., Roseville; (916) 783-4655; atlanticstreet.ethosvet.com

INSIGHT VETERINARY WELLNESS CENTER

4509 Golden Foothill Pkwy., El Dorado Hills; (916) 618-4700; insightvetwellness.com

MARQUEEN VET EMERGENCY & SPECIALTY

9205 Sierra College Blvd., Suite 120, Roseville; (916) 757-6700; marqueenanimalclinic.com

UC DAVIS WILLIAM R. PRITCHARD VETERINARY MEDICAL TEACHING HOSPITAL

Not sure if it’s an emergency? Vista Veterinary Specialists’ website lists common concerns (vomiting/diarrhea, bites, toxicities, even labor and delivery) to help you decide when to seek help. The bottom line, though: If you are unsure, go in sooner than later. Located in Sacramento’s Greenhaven/Pocket neighborhood, Vista also provides specialty services including cardiology, neurology and dermatology. Vista maintains an active Facebook page (facebook. com/VistaVets) and posts everything from animal updates to a list of “Pet Movies That Won’t Make You Cry.” (Sign us up!) 7425 Greenhaven Drive; (916) 231-4445; vistavets.com

A TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR YOUR PET

1 Garrod Drive, Davis; (530) 752-1393; vetmed.ucdavis.edu/hospital

VCA BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTER

9609 Bradshaw Road, Elk Grove; (916) 685-2494; vcahospitals.com

VCA LOOMIS BASIN VETERINARY CLINIC

3901 Sierra College Blvd., Loomis; (916) 652-5816; vcahospitals.com

VCA MUELLER PET MEDICAL CENTER & THE PET INN 7625 Freeport Blvd.; (916) 428-9202; vcahospitals.com

VCA SACRAMENTO VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTER 9801 Old Winery Place; (916) 362-3111; vcahospitals.com

VISTA VETERINARY SPECIALISTS

7425 Greenhaven Drive; (916) 231-4445; vistavets.com

Dogs, cats, horses, livestock and exotics (now you know where to take your bearded dragon): UC Davis William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital treats them all. Celebrities including William Shatner, Renée Zellweger and the late Doris Day have brought their pets for treatment; others have traveled from as far as the Middle East and Asia. Whether your pet needs basic veterinary care, treatment for a rare disease or something in

between, it’s available here. The list is long, but noteworthy procedures include total hip replacements, canine bone regrowth (following traumatic injury or disease), hemodialysis, cancer therapies and stem cell treatments. A recent highlight: treatment for feline chronic gingivostomatitis, a painful teeth-threatening condition that affects one in seven cats. 1 Garrod Drive, Davis; (530) 752-1393; vetmed. ucdavis.edu/hospital

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FOR DOGS ONLY DOGS DON’T KNOW THERE IS A PANDEMIC GOING ON;

they just know they need to walk or run or play or swim. Here are a couple of places where they can do just that. (Added benefit: Their human companions can get a little outdoor social time as well.)

go to cityofsacramento.org/parksand rec/parks (Click “parks” then “specialty parks” on the left-hand side of the screen.) For the county, go to regionalparks. saccounty.net

ACTIVE LEARNING Performance Dogs in Action in Pleasant Grove offers a variety of classes—everything from agility, herding and canine kayak (yes, that’s a thing) to good old-fashioned obedience training. Owner Nola Jones specializes in training herding dogs and trains more than 200 dogs a week. She also specializes in farm-dog education. “I like to teach children about farm life and farm dogs,” she says. Current and former students and those involved in dog sports can use the facility, which includes a pond, dock and pasture, via a Play Pass. The facility also is available for party rentals. “I have multiple picnic tables, a barbecue area and plenty of space,” says Jones, who also provides dog day care. 7089 Pleasant Grove Road, Pleasant Grove; (916) 655-1558 (text only); performance dogsinaction.com At Performance Dogs in Action, herding dogs learn new skills and gain confidence by working out in the pasture with flocks of livestock and facility owner Nola Jones, a renowned dog whisperer.

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FOR A LIST OF DOG PARKS IN THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO,

CHOW TIME HEALTHY HOUNDS KITCHEN

This East Sac establishment uses only USDA-certified meats and produce in its custom-made creations. Each meal is minimally cooked and available fresh or frozen. They even make dog treats. During non-COVID times, watch them work in their exhibition-style kitchen. 3608 McKinley Blvd.; (916) 346-4416; healthyhounds.com

AT THE ANIMAL DEN At the Animal Den Pet Resort, the membership-based dog play area—The Local Bark Park—includes an in-ground pool, climbing and play structures, toys and a digging pit. All the while, you can enjoy craft beer and nibbles. All dogs must be up to date on vaccines, spayed/neutered (if older than 10 months) and exhibit appropriate temperament for a group setting. Animal Den also provides doggie day care, boarding and grooming services for dogs and cats. “So far, we’ve only gotten dogs and cats, but we’re not opposed to other animals,” says Carely Valdivia, assistant manager. 4060 Power Inn Road; (916) 456-4720; animaldenpetresort.com

MAD BUTCHER MEAT COMPANY

Using ingredients such as chia seeds and organic fruits and vegetables, Mad Butcher Meat Company’s raw pet food line, Wholesome Raw Pet Food, has something for dogs, cats, even snakes. 6480 Florin Perkins Road; (916) 3834943; madbutchermeat.com

PAWS AND THE PALETTE

Looking for a birthday cake for your dog? Look no further than Pups and the Palette, which makes a variety of organic sweet treats— some of them vegan—for your sweet pup and a few for your feline friend. 1014 24th St.; (916) 3373370; pawsandthepalette.com

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V. MILLER MEATS

The next time you’re picking up pork belly or handmade sausage at this specialty butcher shop in East Sacramento, grab some custom dog food for your best pal. 4801 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 400-4127; vmillermeats.com

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ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A PET KNOWS THE GRIEF IS REAL. Just ask Shanie Bradley. “I still can’t look at her pictures without getting a big lump in my throat,” says Bradley, whose dog Ginger (Ginny) died unexpectedly this past summer. “Her ashes sit in a beautiful box on top of our entertainment center with her collar and tag on top, and her paw print is right next to it on a ceramic tile.” Keeping collars, tags and other items associated with your pet is a healthy way to process the loss of a being that provided unconditional love, according to Florence Soares-Dabalos, client support and wellness professional at William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UC Davis. She also recommends employing rituals such as making a photo journal, writing a letter and holding a funeral, especially if children are involved. “Whatever you would do for a human loved one, why not do for your pet as well?” she says. People may find support through a support group, grief counselor or crisis line, but Soares-Dabalos recommends caution in confiding in friends or family members who may not respect the magnitude of pet loss. “If somebody dismisses or minimizes their grief, that person does not understand the depth of the human and animal bond,” says SoaresDabalos, who has provided support and education to people over the loss of cats, dogs, horses, pigs, chickens, goats and iguanas. How can someone help? “Just be there,” says Soares-Dabalos. “Listening is doing something. Validating is doing something.” Soares-Dabalos reminds us that grief is an individual experience. “It will take time. There will be ups and downs,” she says. Above all, she says, express your grief. “It’s not something that people need to hide or be ashamed of, because there are plenty of us animal lovers who do understand.”

PET GRIEF RESOURCES SACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PET LOSS SUPPORT GROUP First Tuesday of each month 6:30– 8 p.m. via Zoom. (916) 504-2847; sspca.org

YOLO HOSPICE

Free individual pet bereavement counseling via telephone or Zoom. When it is safe to return to in-person gatherings, Yolo Hospice expects to resume its monthly in-person pet loss support group. (530) 758-5566; yolohospice.org

UC DAVIS VETERINARY MEDICINE

Offers a website with a wealth of pet loss grief information and resources. vetmed.ucdavis.edu/grief-counseling /pet-loss-resources

ASSOCIATION FOR PET LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT CHAT ROOM aplb.org

WHY CAN’T THEY JUST LIVE FOREVER? Some ways to remember your beloved pet: create a memory stone with their name, make a shadow box with collars, toys and a favorite dish, plant a tree in their honor or create a photo collage of the best images captured over the years.

LAP OF LOVE VETERINARY HOSPICE & IN-HOME EUTHANASIA PET LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT RESOURCE LINE

(855) 352-5683 (LOVE). Note: Lap of Love’s website also has a lot of helpful information: lapoflove.com

PETLOSS.COM

Pet loss support resources including an online chat room.

TREASURED PETS

Provides a variety of pet loss support services and resources including pet grief support. (916) 348-4000; treasuredpets.net

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CAPTURING THE MOMENT Your dog is probably your hiking buddy, camping cohort, maybe even your paddle boarding pal. Have you ever considered capturing these moments on film? Ashley English, photographer with COOP & YOU PHOTOGRAPHY (coopandyou.photography), specializes in shooting outdoorsy, action-type shots. “Those are the moments that are really special to capture,” says English, who moved to Sacramento from Southern California this past August with her husband and two dogs, Cooper and Fidus. Coop & You is named after Cooper, who was English’s muse. “I became obsessed with taking pictures of her . . . and I thought, ‘Maybe I’d like to do this.’” English photographs dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters—any animal is photo worthy in her eyes. She also can turn one of your photos into minimalist digital art. Fans of Andy Warhol and pop art will want to check out the work of local artist DAWN PEDERSEN . “I put more ornamentation in, but I am influenced by pop art and Andy Warhol’s choice of colors,” says Dawn Pedersen (dawnpedersen.com), whose work has been displayed at Crocker Art Museum and Fe Gallery. She sells prints of her commission paintings, and her collection of candy-colored pop art animal paintings is worth perusing for the titles alone. A couple of standouts: Bubba’s Gonna Need to Try Your Chicken Again to Make Sure It’s Safe for You to Eat and Onyx Tells You Your Future But Sometimes He Lies. “I’m trying to get into the mind of the animal. ‘If this animal were a human with this look on their face, what might they be thinking?’” says Pedersen, who herself has a “pandemic kitten” and two loaded fish tanks. She works exclusively from photos and can create using watercolor, acrylic, oil or ink. She also makes calendars, ornaments and button pins.

“Nika Prefers Fresh Sturgeon But She Will Accept This Canned Tuna," acrylic on wood panel, by Dawn Pedersen

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A frank and intimate new book by a local writer chronicles the strains of unpaid caregiving and illuminates how our culture overlooks and undervalues caregivers.

riter Kate Washington was a 42-year-old with a bustling freelance career and two young daughters when her husband, Brad Buchanan, was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma that set off a series of health crises—including high-risk surgeries, life-threatening infections and temporary blindness—that left him permanently disabled. Already carrying the mental load for her household, Washington was thrust, with no warning and scant preparation, into the role of caregiver for her spouse. The experience, which she writes about with intrepid candor and profuse empathy in her book, “Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America,” left her physically and emotionally depleted and robbed of her individual identity. Washington’s plunge into extreme caregiving brought into clear focus how our country’s policies, its culture and its tenuous systems of support have failed families on multiple levels. Weaving literary examples of caregiving throughout her prose, she makes a compelling case for fundamentally transforming how we do the important and necessary work of caring for one another.

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Kate Washington, author of “Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America”

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As your book opens, you write about how you were chided for not doing a better job with your self-care. Can you talk about the traps of self-care and why the incident stuck with you? Often caregivers are told to do better at self-care. It’s really kind of a cop-out for providing adequate support and systemic care for all of us. We can’t put the burden right back on the caregiver when they’re already giving so much care. As I wrote about in the book, self-care kind of becomes another item on the to-do list. In the really raw and overextended and burnt-out state I was in when that incident took place, it felt not only like a criticism of me personally, but also it undermined my entire raison d’être aside from providing care for my

“I hope (the book) will increase visibility for unpaid family caregivers more broadly,” says Kate Washington, photographed at home with her husband, Brad Buchanan.

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husband. I’m a legitimate person with needs; I don’t need to take care of myself just because I’m taking care of somebody else. You write a lot in the book about feeling invisible. In your words, “I felt, on every level, unseen in my life, even as I was holding together the lives of four people. The longer I acted as a caregiver, the angrier I found myself at that erasure.” How much of that invisibility do you think is tied to the gendered nature of caregiving? I do think there is a gendered expectation of providing care. Of course, I don’t mean to erase the work of male caregivers, of whom there are many and very excellent

ones. And, of course, I haven’t had the experience of being a male caregiver. But I did always feel that it was taken for granted that I would step up and do the caregiving, and that may not have been the case to the same extent if our genders were reversed. That’s more based on my experience having been a woman in the world than a comparative study. I think women are still expected to be the ones who step in and give care when nobody else is stepping in. Was writing the book a way of being seen? I am really hopeful that it will increase visibility, and not just for me. I hope it will increase visibility for unpaid family caregivers more broadly. I think the

current discourse around the pandemic is helping make the crisis in care more visible. I tried to write the book that I would have wanted to help me feel seen at the time that I was going through this. It’s not a how-to book and it’s not a practical guide. My hope is that caregivers will be able to read this and see something of themselves in it, even though all caregiving situations are different.

“Don’t be afraid to ask for and accept help. It’s very easy to lose sight of oneself. Remind yourself and others that you’re a person outside of caregiving.”

Your book offers up some brutally honest stories about the anger and resentment you often felt as a caregiver, and how you were at times motivated more by duty than by love. Can you talk more about the taboo of feeling those emotions? How did you come to give yourself permission to air those feelings publicly? Honestly, I don’t know how I gave myself that permission because I will confess that I occasionally have that feeling of, what have I said? Some of the material that eventually turned into the book started out as very private, ranty writings, almost like a diary. Later, I started feeling like I wanted to share them in a more considered form than they were originally. As I connected with other caregivers, I felt less alone in those emotions. It helped me feel less like it was a taboo. I think our society is very individualistic, and people end up very isolated in their nuclear family unit when it comes to caregiving and many other things. Breaking down those silos and those taboos can really help people feel less alone and get through harder things. You weave literary examples of caregiving—everything from “Middlemarch” to “The Color Purple” to “Madeline”—seamlessly with your own story of caregiving. How did literature help you make meaning of what you were going through? I think that’s partly interwoven with my husband’s and my relationship in general. We met when we were both grad students in literature, so it’s been a big part of our relationship overall, not just through his health crisis. I revisited a lot of old favorites during that time—I’ve leaned on literature for comfort reading for a lot of my life—and I started noticing that there were these interesting characters who were doing similar things or had similar feelings to what I had. The first literary piece that really struck me and gave me the idea for weaving literature into what I did not yet know would be this book was the weird story of the character Leslie Moore in the “Anne of Green Gables” series. I had been a huge “Anne of Green Gables” fan as a kid. I went back and reread it, and it struck me at a time when I was really overwhelmed and struggling

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the thick of it Brad entered the hospital to begin pre-transplant care on January 3, 2016. That morning, a Sunday, was strange and anxious. My dad drove to Sacramento to stay with the girls while I took Brad to the hospital. He was packed and ready. Brad was sure, so sure, that he would be home in thirty days—the minimum hospital stay for a transplant if everything went perfectly. I, doubtful, was worried that he was too optimistic and would be devastated later if things didn’t go as well as he expected. I’d experienced his balloonlike optimism before. He would maintain a buoyant attitude as long as he could, but when some setback inevitably popped it, he tended to plunge into the depths of despair. As a caregiver I wanted a middle path of realism that was neither pessimistic nor optimistic, that took all of the possibilities into account, enabling me to plan for contingencies. Our divergent attitudes were a frequent source of tension. On that Sunday morning I got a quick glimpse of the fragility of his positive outlook. At the hospital, where everything moves at its own slow pace, things were in disarray. The bone marrow transplant unit (BMTU), a separate wing of the familiar oncology ward with private isolation rooms, was full. A patient hadn’t yet been discharged so they didn’t have a room for Brad. They could put him in a small room on the regular oncology ward and move him when a room in the BMTU proper opened up. Brad’s mood turned immediately dark; I moved into soothing his frustration, reassuring him that it would be okay, that he’d get the right room. It wasn’t easy to talk him down and it felt like the whole enterprise

was getting off to a bad start. He’d heard in advance he could have an exercise bike in his room if he asked but there wasn’t space in the cramped substitute room. He wasn’t sure if he should unpack the things he’d brought—books and research materials for an academic project he was working on intermittently. Privately I thought he was overly optimistic to bring them and to assume he’d be on an exercise bike daily, but I kept that thought to myself. I was learning that part of caregiving was knowing when and whether to share my opinions. There really wasn’t anything to do at the hospital. Nothing was happening with Brad medically on that first day; it felt strange to bring a man who seemed basically well to the hospital and leave him there. I wasn’t sure whether I belonged at home with the kids or at the hospital with Brad. Once I’d talked him down from his rage about the room foul-up we didn’t have much to say. During the week ahead he was slated to receive intensive chemo and full-body irradiation. In an allogeneic stem cell transplant, the goal is to first blast the body with as much chemo and radiation as it can take, killing all the existing bone marrow so that the patient can’t grow any new white blood cells. Once the white blood cell count is at zero—a terrifying number to see on a chart—the donor’s bone marrow stem cells are dripped in steadily through an IV transfusion. The hope is that they will take hold and eventually begin manufacturing new white blood cells, a process called engraftment. A stem cell transplant, though it sounds clean and coolly technical, is brutal. If the donor backs out or if engraftment doesn’t occur, the patient, now with no immunity whatsoever, will die. The preparatory chemo and radiation are administered at far higher doses than normal, a scorched-earth tactic that takes the patient close to death. In the days leading up to the transplant Brad developed painful mouth sores, lost all his hair, and contracted C. diff colitis. Soon, his airy hopes of using the exercise bike and working on his research vanished with his appetite. While Brad was getting preliminary treatment at the hospital I was getting ready for Brad’s brother, James, to come to town to make his donation, and then for Brad’s parents to arrive after that. Joe and Susan planned to stay as long as needed, to help on both the home and hospital fronts. It was invaluable support but came with a certain amount of emotional strain. Looking back at my calendar I see that I was also carrying on with plenty of normal parenting stuff: I gave a presentation in Nora’s fifth-grade classroom (about what I have no recollection) the day after Brad went into the hospital. In the first couple of days, Brad FaceTimed with the kids, but as he got sicker and more disoriented that stopped. They wouldn’t see him for nearly three months.

VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH —On Saturday, March 20, at 6 p.m., Capital Books will hold a virtual reading and discussion to celebrate the launch of “Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America” with author Kate Washington. For more information and to purchase the book, visit capitalbooksonk/events or kawashington.com.

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to see this woman in a completely different context who was trapped and was bitter. She’s often a resentful character, but she does her duty. What have you told or will you tell your daughters about caregiving, particularly in light of the fact that they may be caring for you someday? What hopes and expectations do you have for them? In some ways, I put that in the dedication in the book. I hope it will be easier for them. I do think they’ve gotten a pretty up-close picture of caregiving, and I see them having a lot of solicitude for Brad. They’ve clearly seen their father become more fragile over the years. Sometimes I worry that they’ve absorbed this idea that you have to give everything to the people you love, but on the other hand I don’t want them to walk away from it. I think if I were to talk to them more, I would say to marshal the help, get a network together. I would hope that when the day comes for them to care for me, they would work together as well as bring in others, so that no single person would bear all the responsibility. I think forming networks of care is really critical for the relief of the individual caregiver. In thinking about caregiving in the context of marriage, there’s nothing sexy about this intense kind of caregiving, in spite of some tender moments that can arise from it. Do you think it robs the couple of something? I think extended or extreme or long-crisis or end-of-life caregiving is very hard on a marriage, even a rocksolid marriage. I don’t really address this in the book, but I do think that it’s part of a broader trend where we expect marriages to do much more work than anyone expected them to do in the past. Spouses are everything to each other: lifelong sexual partner, best friend, coparent, partners in the often-complicated enterprise of running a household together, caregiver. All of these roles in one relationship is a lot to ask. Certainly, romance takes a huge hit from caregiving. And it changes the power balance in a marriage. I don’t want to speak for Brad, but I don’t think he liked to feel less capable or physically weakened. I write in the book about how the brunt of family caregiving often falls on one person. That’s not only not good for the caregiver; it’s also not good for the patient. If the caregiver is burned out and frustrated and the relationship is frayed, that’s also really bad for the person who is ill or needs support. It’s just not emotionally freighted for a professional caregiver. Is there anything you want to say to all the caregivers out there who are doing this important work, largely without reward or recognition? Don’t be afraid to ask for and accept help. It’s very easy to lose sight of oneself. Remind yourself and others that

“We met when we were both grad students in literature, so it’s been a big part of our relationship overall,” says Washington, who has woven literary examples of caregiving throughout her book.

you’re a person outside of caregiving. The crisis in care and the way caregiving functions in the U.S. right now is a really complex, systemic problem. We really need a wholesale rethinking of how we care for each other in this society. I think the pandemic has made extremely clear that we need a rethinking of how we approach care for each other and health care in general. It’s not exceptional or strange to need care or to be a caregiver. Yet most people don’t expect it in a really concrete way. None of us think, “I’m going to have to administer IV medications.” Caregiving catches so many people off guard, and it’s really hard to be thrown into the deep end of this very emotionally fraught process. It’s scary and we don’t have enough provisions for supporting people who are caring for other people, including parents and caregivers of the disabled or the elderly. I think it’s a pretty urgent problem to solve. SACMAG.COM March 2021

WINTER ON THE RIVER PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN FISCUS

UNDER GRAY SKIES, the American River takes on a different mood. The river’s ripples and swirls, now frigid, may seem unwelcoming, yet they continue to lure people for recreation, work and silent waterside reflection. Our photographer ventured into the crisp winter air to capture scenes from the American River Parkway between Nimbus Fish Hatchery and Discovery Park.

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From left: Chris Balaam, Chris Cullen and Karl Bly

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Runner Shadrack Biwott

Larry Hickey, a frequent birder and Sacramento Audubon Society member

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Randy Mercado of California Fly Guide Service

Chris Cullen is a “mile steward” with the American River Parkway Foundation.

Karl Bly of American River Lost and Found

Allyson Seconds hikes along the river daily.

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hen you live in a condo above Sacramento’s sexiest hotel, your home is destined to inherit some of that sex appeal, too. For the woman who inhabits this swank condo in The Sawyer, that’s totally OK. In fact, “sexy” is one of the exact words she gave interior designer Natalie Bachli to describe the vibe she wanted. Bachli started by designing a custom fireplace—a statement fixture sheathed in a stunning mosaic of marble. “It’s clean, contemporary and a little moody,” she says. “It set the tone for the rest of the condo.” Adjacent to that area is an equally seductive entertaining space,

Dining room (opposite): “The custom area rug has movement and a nice shimmer. It looks rich and quiet,” says designer Natalie Bachli. A palette of blacks, golds and caramels keeps things elegant and enticing. Living room (above): A sophisticated console; (right) herringbone Calacatta marble fireplace

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anchored by a bold bar cabinet. “When beside the elegant-glam chandelier, the sparkly, lit-up bar cabinet is a lovely little surprise,” says Bachli. However, Bachli took a more subtle approach to the bedrooms. “You have the beautiful views, so I didn’t want the eye to stop in one place,” she explains. “The soft, elegant designs don’t take away from anything.”

Bedroom (top): The client’s daughter requested a “refined boho” aesthetic for her bedroom. Bathroom (above): A pocket door to the powder room Principal bedroom (right): Coppers and rose golds create a feminine environment.

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ne of the most beloved children’s books is “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw, which follows the parent-child relationship from infancy through adulthood. While the story touches everyone who reads the words, “I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always,” what children often don’t understand is that not only will their parents age, but they will need someone to look out for them, too. Whether your loved ones need to simply better their hearing or change their living situation, Sacramento has a wealth of organizations and resources to help. No matter how old your parents and loved ones are, if they aren’t hearing well, it may be time for you to gently broach the topic of hearing aids. The prospect of hearing aids—or even the idea that their hearing may be diminishing—can be intimidating, but the professionals at The Hearing Solution make everything easy. Owned by Doctors of Audiology, Julia Ahlquist Tanner and Kirsten McWilliams, The Hearing Solution offers personalized assistive hearing solutions designed to help patients communicate with greater clarity and confidence. At the first consultation, their providers go over medical history, discuss which hearing situations are causing the most difficulty (such as attending sporting events or high-pitch ranges), and conduct a thorough hearing test. If a hearing aid is warranted, don’t worry. Modern hearing aids have not only become more discrete, but they have

improved microphone placements for better directional hearing. Almost all hearing technology is Bluetooth capable, making it compatible with music and phone call streaming, as well. The Hearing Solution offers a wide range of customizable hearing aids from leading manufacturers. Patients can then “test drive” their devices in the real world. Another shift that can happen as your parents grow older is the transition from driving to needing to be driven or learning how to use public transportation. This can happen because of health reasons or because your loved one no longer feels comfortable behind the wheel. SacRT has bus and light rail systems that run throughout the region, and is committed to providing accessible, reliable, safe and convenient transportation to persons with disabilities and seniors. All SacRT buses are low floor vehicles equipped with ramps and a kneeling feature that allows the bus operator to lower the bus. Bus operators secure all wheelchairs for safety, and seats at the front are designated as priority seats for people with disabilities and seniors. Seniors (age 62 and older) and people with disabilities get a discounted fare that is good for all bus and light rail services. A single fare is $1.25, and a transfer ticket is $0.25. A daily pass is $3.50. The senior/disabled person monthly pass is $50. Similar to other ride-share services, SacRT’s SmaRT Ride app allows you to request rides on SmaRT Ride. SmaRT

“This was the ONLY place where I felt happy about Mom living.” Leigh Ann, Daughter of a resident at CountryHouse in Granite Bay After researching more than a dozen memory care communities in the Greater Sacramento and Bay Area, Leigh Ann chose CountryHouse. “Moving Mom from home was very, very hard but so worth it! The emphasis here is on living life with dignity and as much joy as possible.” Care designed exclusively for those with Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia is also opening soon in Folsom. Schedule a tour at CountryHouse today!

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Ride offers curb-to-curb service in Citrus Heights, and corner to corner service in Arden, Carmichael, Downtown-Midtown-East Sac, Gerber-Calvine, North Sacramento, and Rancho Cordova. Of course, SacRT is only as helpful as your loved one is comfortable with the routes and schedules and you might need to coach them. Start with the How to Ride Guide. Besides the system map, RT Trip Planner and Google Transit Trip Planner tools on the website and the app, people can call SacRT with navigation questions. Many seniors enjoy living on their own, but may need help from time to time, or even on a regular schedule. In-home caregiver services like those provided by JB Homecare offer an array of supports for older adults living independently, which can be invaluable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jonie Dodgens, owner of JB Homecare in Sacramento says, “Seniors are frightened, of course, but having a caregiver they trust is important, especially during a pandemic. There is an increasing need for our services as we see isolated family members overwhelmed with the demands of providing ongoing care to their loved ones. Many of our senior clients exhibit increasing confusion and the need for more supervision, especially those who live alone.”

JB Homecare deploys caregivers who perform a variety of personalized, nonmedical long- or short-term services ranging from light housekeeping, meal prep and hygiene assistance to joyful companionship, live-in or overnight care and hospice care. “Our standards for caregivers emphasize skills, compassion, dependability, honesty, and integrity. After assessing a prospective client and consulting with their family, we work with families to develop an individualized program to manage their needs,” explains Dodgens. If your parents’ goal is to safely maintain their independence and remain in their homes, JB Homecare may be an essential component. Dodgens says, “Remaining in a familiar environment slows down cognitive decline and quality of life improves through kind interactions and care of a wonderful caregiver. Our service makes it possible to delay or completely prevent placement in nursing homes or care homes.” Companionship and memory care are important needs among seniors in our community. Dodgens is proud of the personal connection JB Homecare caregivers have with clients: “One daughter told me, ‘Your caregivers sit up late at night visiting with Mom because she doesn’t want to sleep. I haven’t heard Mom that engaged and accurately talking about her life, us kids, where we went to school and how she met Dad in ages.’”

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Moving into a new home is difficult at any age, but it can feel especially tough when it comes to making decisions regarding assisted living or senior housing. If you’re thinking about discussing a change in housing with your parents, set aside some dedicated time for the conversation. Let them know that you want what’s best for them and for them to be the key decision makers in this conversation. Experts urge families not to wait until a crisis happens to begin researching senior living options. Eskaton, a regional nonprofit senior living and aging services provider, has been dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults in the Sacramento area and throughout Northern California for over 50 years. Eskaton has a variety of options that can meet your parents’ needs. There are various assisted living styles, from apartments where your loved ones can receive assistance with daily activities, to condos with busy social calendars, on-site staff and healthcare services. For example, Eskaton Village Carmichael offers a continuum of lifestyle options on one campus. Independent living with services is offered exclusively through membership. Assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing care and short-term stays are available to the greater community. Eskaton’s mission is to enhance the quality of life of seniors through innovative health, housing and social services. Similarly, learning your parents’ thoughts on their burial and legacy is less stressful when you are proactive about it. Planning for their passing cuts down on distress and the stress of making numerous decisions when the time comes, and assures your loved ones that their wishes will be respected. East Lawn Memorial Park is a Sacramento landmark with more than 115 years of history serving as the final resting place for people of all backgrounds and cultures. East Lawn can accommodate almost any vision of memorialization, including traditional burial and cremation. There are many options for one goal: to have your loved one memorialized the way they want and to provide a place for people to come back and remember them. To the latter end, the

beautiful, serene grounds are a reflective space to remember loved ones. East Lawn’s team knows how to guide people through the tumultuous emotions that can come with talking about such a sensitive subject. Its employees are happy to discuss East Lawn’s offerings, answer general questions, and facilitate conversations with family at any point in the process. East Lawn’s website features a convenient “Where to Start” page to get you thinking about funerary services and planning. Sometimes, parents take the bull by the horns and make their own funeral arrangements to ensure that their wishes will be fulfilled. Sydney Merkel recently went to Nicoletti, Culjis & Herberger Funeral Home, which has been serving families in Sacramento since 1932, to get this sorted out. “I’ve gone through the process several times with relatives and friends, and I’ve seen how difficult it can be to make intelligent decisions at a time when you’re emotionally upset—better to do it with a clear mind and no pressure. Of course, my primary motivator was to spare my children having to make these decisions while unsure of what I might want,” Merkel says. “The process was very simple because I knew what I wanted,” she says. “The woman who assisted us was knowledgeable and a good listener. We sorted through the options, I chose, and we were done in about one hour.” Nicoletti, Culjis & Herberger Funeral Home, a part of Dignity Memorial, is a full-service funeral home offering remote planning consultations, burial, cremation, traditional funeral services, and modern celebrations of life. As your parents age, their relationship with you will undoubtedly change. Just as you aren’t a little tyke causing chaos anymore, your parents aren’t on the frontlines of your everyday life. They’ve had to trust that you’ll go to them when you need help. Now, though, you might have to help them, whether it’s facing a tough topic or simply standing by and being a resource when needed. Whatever happens, though, you know one thing will be true: They love you, and you love them—forever and always.

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balance to include both sides of the family. So it’s me just searching.” By her early 20s, Hall had pursued her calling and enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in San Francisco, where she focused on visual merchandising, followed by studying fine arts at Sacramento City College. Hall, now 30, describes her art back then as more abstract with finely detailed line work that often featured large, empty circles. “A few years later, I was like, ‘Something is missing from these circles,’” Hall says. “So that’s when the happy faces started. Actually, they came from another childhood reference, Highlights magazine. It’s the kids’ magazine I always remember being at school or the dentist’s office, and there were always these stickers in them.”

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orking with fiber and textiles is what connects Esther Marie Hall to her cultural identities. It’s the thread she traces back to her childhood, growing up with a Southern grandmother steeped in traditional American crafts, while also learning about the artistry and customs of her Filipino roots. As a multidisciplinary artist, Hall continues to explore her biracial identity through paint, textiles and mixed media, drawing correlations between the stitches that bind her grandmother’s quilts and the native Filipinoweaving techniques of maternal elders. “The paternal side of my family is from Arkansas, and my mom is from the Philippines, and both sides of the family do a lot of craft,” Hall says. “With my recent fabric work, I’m really looking to find a cohesive

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Inspired by the colorful sticker sheets she collected as a kid, Hall began morphing those empty circles into playful faces adorned with cute button noses and thin, U-shaped smiles as recurring characters in most of her work. Both Hall’s paintings and fiber art lean on bold colors and a playfully illustrative style that tickles the curiosity. Her art invites viewers to breathe in a rainbowcolored wonderland with beaming friendly faces and perky bouquets of flowers. And although her work is visually captivating and seemingly innocent, Hall uses her artistic talents as a means to shine light on issues she champions, such as environmental conservation, human rights and mental health. “It’s a more approachable way to talk about things that are a little bit heavier, or for people who don’t know

how to approach a conversation,” Hall says about the messages she weaves through her art. “I like to use this bright and playful idea [on the face of it], but then when you really look at my work, I typically use it to speak about heavier issues, like HALL USES HER ARTISTIC TALENTS global warming. I’m trying AS A MEANS TO SHINE LIGHT ON to have that conversation ISSUES SHE CHAMPIONS, SUCH AS with the viewer, or at least ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, get them to think about it.” HUMAN RIGHTS AND MENTAL HEALTH. Hall’s art accompanied action when she exhibited work in support of Planned Parenthood for two consecutive years, starting in 2018 with its Capitol Day, when participants marched to the State Capitol building and spoke with state legislators about the importance of Title X funding. Proud of her work for Planned Parenthood, Hall

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exhibited again in 2019 at the nonprofit’s The Art of Caring exhibit in San Francisco, which featured as guest speaker Kamala Harris. Later that summer, Hall accepted another opportunity as Facebook’s artist in residence, where she painted a picturesque, cartoonish mountain range inside the social media giant’s offices in Fremont. But like many artists, Hall also experienced her share of canceled exhibitions and financial loss due to the ongoing pandemic. So she adapted and started to focus on what was creatively possible from inside her modest apartment—everything from creating large murals to strengthening her fiber and textile skills. Hall recently completed an 8-foot-tall mural for the Latino Center of Art and Culture’s COVID-19 Mural Project. In her signature bright style, Hall’s latest piece encourages social distancing with a simple phrase:

“We can keep each other safe with a six foot space.” It’s a kind reminder of life’s new norms in a time when everyone is so distant. Yet the message is softened by peach-colored smiley faces wearing floral masks as they float down a curvy rainbow surrounded by lavender butterflies. Although she enjoys painting, Hall says creating from home has allowed her to delve more deeply into fiber work, blending her cultural ties with the causes she values while also continuing to explore who she is. “The fabric and textile work is just easier to do in an apartment. So it’s helped me explore different things about who I am,” Hall says. “Art, it brings something to your home. It brings something to the people and the spaces that we’re living in. Other than that, I will just be working on my fiber work and my posture,” she adds with a laugh.

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Hot Damn! Nashville-style hot chicken is the main draw at NASH & PROPER, which started out as a food truck and now has two brick-and-mortar locations. You choose the heat level, which ranges from “naked” (no spice) all the way up to “cluckin’ hot” (no explanation needed). Here, co-owner Jake Bombard preps the crinkle fries while his partner, Cecil Rhodes, shows off The Sammich, a crispy fried boneless chicken thigh with spicy mayo and pickles on a butter bun. 1023 K St. and 3270 Northgate Blvd.; (916) 4266712; nashandproper.com

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Never Say Die Randy Paragary didn’t let a global pandemic stop him from opening a new restaurant and hotel. BY MARYBETH BIZJAK

on’t get Randy Paragary started on the governor and his whipsawing COVID restrictions. Red tier, purple tier, no to indoor dining, yes-no-yes to patio dining—it all makes him see red. “I don’t think it’s fair,” says Paragary, perhaps the most successful restaurateur in Sacramento’s history, with a decades-long string of bars and restaurants to his name, including Paragary’s, Esquire Grill and Centro. His tone is mild but his frustration is real with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shifting edicts on when and how California’s restaurants can reopen during the pandemic. “It’s too much power for one person.” Paragary has been at this business for more than 50 years, ever since he opened a saloon called The ParaPow Palace back in 1969. Think of it: a half-century of remaining relevant and satisfying fickle diners’ demands for the latest and greatest. And through it all, he’s never seen anything like this pandemic. His business is off 75 percent. He had to lay off more than 200 employees. Global recessions, bubbles, crashes, inflation, high interest rates—this is “10 times worse,” he says. “They never closed us.” Some people might consider this a good time to retire. But Paragary—along with his wife and business partner, Stacy—just opened a $28 million boutique hotel on the site of Paragary’s original Cafe Bernardo. Fort Sutter Hotel is a six-story building with 105 hotel rooms, a sleek bar and a brand-new, spiffed-up Cafe Bernardo restaurant. It’s part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton, a group of independently owned, upscale hotels that includes properties in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Diego, Salt Lake City, Madrid and Paris. The hotel is situated at the corner of 28th Street and Capitol Avenue, across the street from Sutter Medical Center and next to B Street Theatre’s The Sofia. Paragary had been talking about putting a hotel on that corner for 20 years. The area has been under construction for almost that long, between the nearly $1 billion medical complex, a nearby hospital parking structure and the theater. Because they’re new to the hotel business, the Paragarys needed to partner with a big brand. They interviewed major hotel groups, but most required them to use the hotel’s own restaurant, while they wanted to put a Cafe

Bernardo in the project. It was “thrilling to us,” Paragary said, when they discovered Hilton would let them do it their way. As franchisees, they operate under the Hilton corporate umbrella. Ron Vrilakas was the architect for the project, which has a simple, modern brick-and-glass façade. Stacy oversaw the design, a Cali-Scandi mash-up of midcentury-modernish furnishings and rustic woods. A massive, floor-to-ceiling fiber-art installation separating the lobby from the bar looks like a wall of macramé knitted by giant fingers. Because of the state’s pandemic closure rules, the bar (named Four Palms after four centuryold palm trees flanking the hotel’s 28th Street entrance) isn’t open to the public yet. But just a week before the hotel’s grand opening, the governor lifted the outdoor dining restriction that had particularly antagonized local restaurateurs. In a bit of luck, Cafe Bernardo has accordion windows that disappear into the walls, bringing in enough air to allow diners near the windows to sit indoors. The cafe offers counter service at breakfast and lunch, table service at night. Overseen by the Paragarys’ longtime partner, executive chef Kurt Spataro, the menu is the signature Cafe Bernardo selection of well-priced salads, sandwiches, burgers and entrées. What Sacramentan hasn’t tasted Bernardo’s Thai noodle salad or grilled salmon BLT, its pan-seared Mary’s chicken breast or spicy fennel sausage pizzetta? It’s a durable concept that has kept customers coming back for 25 years. Paragary believes Cafe Bernardo will be a home run as a hotel restaurant. “Restaurants inside hotels tend to be very formal and fussy—and expensive,” he says. “I think this will be very desirable.” Despite the difficulties of operating in a pandemic, Paragary still has energy and enthusiasm for the industry he’s dominated for 52 years and counting. “It’s fun!” he says. “Opening a hotel is a dream come true for a guy in the restaurant business. It’s full hospitality.”

Disappearing windows enable diners to eat indoors during COVID.

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In It Together As restaurants have endured on-and-off closures, lost revenue and headspinning pivots during the pandemic, the purveyors who supply them with ingredients likewise have been forced to rethink how they do business. At Sunh Fish Company, a seafood distributor serving many of Sacramento’s high-profile restaurants, business fell by 90 percent in March 2020 and didn’t approach even close to normal until two months later. “I’m the type of person who’s always thinking about the worst-case scenario. Like, what happens if you lose a big account and revenue falls by 25 or 30 percent? But 90 percent? No business is prepared for that,” says owner Nguyen Pham. Sunh has been able to ride out losses in part because it owns the building on Broadway where its wholesale operation and retail store are based. The business also doesn’t have a costly marketing budget or other frills (its social media is managed in-house), so “we’re not tied down to the kinds of costs that will kill you,” explains Pham. “THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY GET His priority has been to keep paying the venTHROUGH THIS IS TO DO IT dors who supply Sunh with product. “They have families they need to support, and they’re seeTOGETHER, COLLABORATIVELY. ing the same type of losses we are,” says Pham. WE’RE ALL STILL GOING TO And he has offered as much grace as possible NEED EACH OTHER WHEN THIS to restaurants that buy fish from him. IS OVER.”— NGUYEN PHAM “We never intentionally hit anybody up for payment. A lot of these restaurants don’t have enough money socked away to get over a bad winter in a regular year. How are you going to kick someone when they’re down?” says Pham. “The only way to truly get through this is to do it together, collaboratively. We’re all still going to need each other when this is over.” Sunh, which has long done brisk retail sales to home cooks, launched a residential delivery service shortly after the pandemic began. Although it’s not a significant source of revenue, the program allowed Pham to keep two drivers employed full time. Produce wholesaler Produce Express, which supplies fruits, vegetables and other specialty items to area restaurants, also got creative by selling consumer boxes to home cooks. McKenzie Boyce, who handles inside sales and marketing for the company, says the boxes aren’t a big money maker, but they accomplish two important goals: retaining employees and supporting local farms. “The boxes are very labor intensive, but they have allowed us to keep our employees and maintain the farm-to-fork foundation of our business, which is very important to us,” says Boyce. Neither Boyce nor Pham can predict what’s ahead for the restaurant industry, but they hold out hope that the dining ecosystem—vendors, wholesalers, restaurants—will pull through. “There are so many businesses closing and farms forced to shut down. It’s really scary,” says Boyce, adding that the best thing people can do is to eat out, even if it’s takeout. “We really want to see our community thrive.” —Catherine Warmerdam

Food and drinks from Midtown Spirits

Nguyen Pham: Aniko Kiezel; Midtown Spirits: Hops About Beer

Sunh Fish Company owner Nguyen Pham

The first distillery to open in the city since Prohibition is generating plenty of buzz in spite of not opening its doors to patrons for most of the winter due to pandemic restrictions. Midtown Spirits, which launched in November, is owned by Jason Poole and Dave Abrahamsen, the folks behind the popular cocktail-mix maker Preservation & co. The small-batch distillery is part of a full-fledged bar and restaurant operation on 19th Street in midtown where Preservation’s retail site was formerly located. “Thanks to Preservation, we were known for our cocktail mixes, so it made sense to move into making the spirits that go along with those,” says Poole. The initial product line at Midtown Spirits includes a vodka and a gin, both distilled from rice. “There are only four other distilleries in the nation that make a rice spirit, so that makes us pretty unique,” says Poole. “We wanted to use rice because it is a prolific local crop. It just made sense: We’re the farm-to-fork capital, so why not do something farm-to-bottle?” There are plans in the works for Midtown Spirits to produce rum, whiskey and an agave spirit. “The sky’s the limit with our 400-gallon hybrid still,” says Poole. It may be somewhat misleading to call the food at Midtown Spirits pub fare given the thoughtful interplay of ingredients: a Caesar with boquerones dressing; deviled eggs made with remoulade and Bloody Mary seasoning; a cheddar-stuffed burger with steamed onions and dill relish on a brioche bun. And yet the menu, which was designed by FJ and Janine Villalobos, is precisely the kind of food one craves while knocking back a cocktail or two. Although opening a new business in the midst of a pandemic is no one’s idea of a good time, you might say Poole and Abrahamsen have kept their spirits up. “It’s been a real wild ride,” says Poole. “We’re excited to have people in here. We’re really proud of what we built.”—CATHERINE WARMERDAM

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Dine When this issue of Sacramento Magazine went to print, restaurants were closed for indoor dining. Meanwhile, many were offering takeout. Before heading to a restaurant, call or check its website to make sure it’s open.

ARDEN ARCADE CAFE VINOTECA Cafe Vinoteca serves some of the loveliest Italian-inspired cuisine in the area. 3535 Fair Oaks Blvd.; (916) 487-1331; cafevinoteca.com. L–D. Italian. $$$ DUBPLATE KITCHEN & JAMAICAN CUISINE One of the few places in Sacramento where you can get Caribbean food, this restaurant serves Jamaican specialties such as curry goat and jerk chicken. 3419 El Camino Ave.; (916) 339-6978; dubplatekitchencui sine.com. L–D. Jamaican. $$ FAMOUS KABOB Meat kabobs are the starring attraction here. Smokily delicious, the meats are served with fluffy basmati rice and grilled tomatoes. 1290 Fulton Ave.; (916) 483-1700; famouskabob.com. L–D. Persian. $–$$ LEATHERBY’S FAMILY CREAMERY Go for the ice cream, all made on the premises and used in shakes, malts and towering sundaes. 2333 Arden Way; (916) 920-8382; leatherbys.net. L–D. Sandwiches/ice cream. $ PLAN B The menu is compact, with a handful of appetizers and several wonderful salads. Plan B’s claim to fame is its stellar mussels, offered six ways. 555 La Sierra Drive; (916) 483-3000; planbrestaurant. com. D. New American/French. $$–$$$ TEXAS WEST BAR-B-QUE This no-frills establishment serves slow wood-cooked meat in big portions. Dig into the tender Western-style pork spareribs and beef brisket or the smoky chicken. 1600 Fulton Ave.; (916) 483-7427; texaswestbbq.com. L–D. Barbecue. $–$$

AUBURN CARPE VINO The welcoming restaurant is one of the region’s best-kept dining secrets. Look for specialties such as halibut with peas and turnips, chicken liver mousse, and arugula and fava bean salad with strawberries. 1568 Lincoln Way; (530) 823-0320; carpe vinoauburn.com. D. New American. $$–$$$ KATRINA’S CAFE This Auburn institution serves some of the best breakfast fare in the region. The menu includes sturdy dishes such as chili con carne omelet and French toast topped with strawberries. 456 Grass Valley Highway; (530) 888-1166; katrinascafe.com. B–L. American/breakfast. $

BROADWAY ANDY NGUYEN VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT This bastion of Buddhist-inspired vegetarian cuisine serves food that is fresh and flavorful. 2007 Broadway; (916) 736-1157; andynguyenvegetarian.com. L–D. Vegetarian/Asian. $ IRON GRILL Come here for a sizzlingly romantic dinner or a cocktail-laden business meeting. With

Fettuccine jambalaya from South a compact menu anchored in traditional American dishes, the restaurant encourages family-style dining. 2422 13th St.; (916) 737-5115; irongrillsacra mento.com L–D–Br. American. $$–$$$ REAL PIE COMPANY Here you’ll find the pies of your dreams, made with all-butter crusts and seasonal fruit sourced from local farms. In addition to dessert pies such as jumbleberry and butterscotch banana cream, you can order savory pot pies, shepherd’s pies and dishes like mac and cheese. 2425 24th St.; (916) 8384007; realpiecompany.com. L–D. American. $ SELLAND’S MARKET-CAFE Choose from an array of appetizers and hot items along with crowd-pleasing side dishes and pizza. This high-quality takeout food can be a real lifesaver on nights when you’re too busy to cook. 915 Broadway; (916) 732-3390; sellands. com. L–D–Br. Gourmet takeout. $$

CAPAY ROAD TRIP BAR & GRILL This family-friendly joint serves up classic roadhouse fare, from salads and

burgers to chops. 24989 State Highway 16; (530) 7963777; roadtripbg.com. B–L–D. American. $–$$

CARMICHAEL D’MILLER’S FAMOUS BBQ Ribs, hotlinks, tri-tip and more are served with traditional accompaniments such as cornbread, coleslaw and baked beans. The food is simple and hearty at this casual eatery. 7305 Fair Oaks Blvd.; (916) 974-1881. L–D. Barbecue. $$ MATTEO’S PIZZA & BISTRO The menu is compact, and there’s no skimping on first-rate ingredients. The pizza crust is damned good, attaining that chewy-crispy-airy trifecta. You also can order pasta, steak or a burger. 5132 Arden Way; (916) 779-0727; pizzamatteo.com. L–D. Pizza/American. $$

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proachably priced comfort food in a casual yet stylish environment. The menu emphasizes fun fare, such as mac ’n’ cheese, truffle tater tots, and fried chicken and waffle with gravy and pecan butter. 1116 15th St.; (916) 492-1960; cafeteria15l.com. L–D. Californian. $$ CAMDEN SPIT & LARDER Chef Oliver Ridgeway’s swank brasserie appeals to lobbyists, lawyers and legislators with its gin-forward cocktails and a menu that’s an interesting mash-up of British chop-house classics, English schoolboy favorites and elevated pub fare. 555 Capitol Mall; (916) 619-8897; camden spitandlarder.com. L–D. Steakhouse. $$$–$$$$ DAWSON’S Located within the Hyatt Regency, Dawson’s is a great spot for a martini and a New York steak. You can’t help but enjoy the lavish attention showered on you by the black-vested, professional wait staff, and the food is undeniably sophisticated. 1209 L St.; (916) 321-3600; dawsonssteakhouse.com. D. New American. $$$–$$$$ DE VERE’S IRISH PUB Don’t head to de Vere’s if you’re seeking a quiet evening—the raucous pub is highenergy and the food is high-quality. 1521 L St.; (916) 231-9947. deverespub.com. L–D. Irish pub. $$ ECHO & RIG At this sleek and unstuffy steakhouse, you’ll find butcher cuts such as hanger, bavette, skirt and tri-tip in addition to standard cuts like filet, NY steak and rib-eye. 500 J St.; (877) 678-6255; echo andrig.com. B–L–D–Br. Steakhouse. $$$ FOX & GOOSE PUBLIC HOUSE This tavern plates up some of the best breakfasts in town, along with pub staples like beer-battered fish and chips, a Cornish pasty or Welsh rarebit. 1001 R St.; (916) 443-8825; foxandgoose.com. B–L–D. English pub. $

Breakfast skillet from Magpie Cafe honors more than once at Sacramento Burger Battle. 2743 Franklin Blvd.; (916) 454-4942; pangaeabier cafe.com. L–D. American. $$

DAVIS BURGERS AND BREW The publike restaurant uses high-quality, locally sourced ingredients and serves an interesting selection of beers and ales. 1409 R St.; (916) 442-0900; burgersnbrew.com. L–D. Burgers. $ CAFE BERNARDO For description, see listing under “Sierra Oaks.” 234 D St.; (530) 750-5101; cafeber nardo.com. B–L–D. New American. $ CREPEVILLE This bustling creperie serves many variations on the crepe theme, from entrée to dessert. 330 Third St.; (530) 750-2400; crepeville.com. B–L–D. Crepes. $ THE HOTDOGGER A well-loved Davis institution, The Hotdogger dishes up a delectable assortment of frankfurters and sausages. 129 E St.; (530) 753-6291; thehotdogger.com. L–D. Hot dogs. $ THE MUSTARD SEED The restaurant (a former house) has a shaded patio out back. Dinner selections feature elegant California cuisine, and range from crabstuffed Idaho trout to shrimp and sun-dried tomato risotto. Wines are reasonably priced and exclusively from California. 222 D St.; (530) 758-5750; mus tardseedofdavis.com. L–D. New American. $$–$$$ YAKITORI YUCHAN This busy little restaurant focuses on skewered grilled meats, seafood and vegetables. Most items are meant to be shared; bring an adventurous palate and a group of food-loving friends.

109 E St.; (530) 753-3196; yakitoriyuchan.com. D. Japanese. $–$$ ZIA’S DELICATESSEN This casual, Italian-style deli makes hot and cold sandwiches, salads and hot entrées such as lasagna, penne with creamy tomato sauce and tortellini with pesto-cream sauce. 616 Third St.; (530) 750-7870; ziasdeli.com. L. Deli. $

FRANK FAT’S Downtown Sacramento’s oldest restaurant, Fat’s is a favorite of the Capitol crowd. The restaurant is well known for its steaks and its brandy-fried chicken. This is Chinese cuisine at its most sophisticated. 806 L St.; (916) 442-7092; frankfats. com. L–D. Chinese. $$$

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GRANGE RESTAURANT & BAR Located in The Citizen Hotel, Grange proves that a hotel restaurant doesn’t have to be pedestrian. The menu changes frequently and spotlights some of the area’s best producers. 926 J St.; (916) 492-4450; grangerestau rantandbar.com. B–L–Br. Californian/American. $$$$

CATTLEMENS This classic Western steakhouse serves up big slabs of prime rib, porterhouse, T-bone and cowboy steaks, plus all the trimmings: shrimp cocktail and loaded potato skins. 250 Dorset Court; (707) 678-5518; cattlemens.com. D. Steakhouse. $$$

HOUSE KITCHEN & BAR This pretty restaurant is perfect for business lunches, providing upscale comfort food along with views of Capitol Mall. 555 Capitol Mall; (916) 498-9924; houseoncapitol.com. L–D. New American. $–$$

DOWNTOWN BAWK! CHICKEN & BAR Along with crispy chicken coated with a red spice mix that kicks it up a notch, you can order salads, oysters on the half shell and collard greens. 1409 R St.; (916) 465-8700; bawk friedchicken.com. L–D–Br. Southern. $$ BRASSERIE CAPITALE This beautiful restaurant is based on a traditional French brasserie. The menu hits the high points of the brasserie canon, everything from onion soup to steak frites. 1201 K St.; (916) 329-8033; brasseriecapitale.com. L–D. French. $$–$$$ BURGERS AND BREW For description, see listing under “Davis.” 1409 R St.; (916) 442-0900; burgers nbrew.com. L–D. Burgers. $ CAFETERIA 15L Go to Cafeteria 15L for modern, ap-

KODAIKO RAMEN & BAR This below-ground ramen shop takes the Japanese noodle soup to a whole new level. Ingredients are organic, and almost everything is made in-house. 718 K St.; (916) 426-8863; kodai koramen.com. L–D–Br. Japanese/ramen. $$–$$$ MAGPIE CAFE This restaurant has a casual, unassuming vibe, and its hallmark is clean, simple fare that tastes like the best version of itself. 1601 16th St.; (916) 452-7594; magpiecafe.com. B–L–D. Californian. $$ MAS TACO BAR Tasty little tacos are the headliners at this casual eatery. Fillings include braised short rib, Korean fried chicken, banh mi shrimp and roasted cauliflower. 1800 15th St.; mastacobar.com. L–D– Br. Mexican. $$ THE MELTING POT Fondue goes upscale here. Try the Wisconsin Trio cheese fondue, prepared at your table with fontina, Butterkase and Gorgonzola cheese. 814 SACMAG.COM March 2021

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Dine 15th St.; (916) 443-2347; meltingpot.com/sacramen to. D. Fondue/American. $$–$$$$ MIKUNI JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR This hip sushi bar serves its sushi with a side of sass. There are three sushi bars and a dense menu of appetizers, rice bowls, bento boxes and sushi rolls. 1530 J St.; (916) 447-2112; mikunisushi.com. L–D. Japanese/sushi. $$ MORTON’S THE STEAKHOUSE Morton’s oozes Special Occasion. Red meat is the star here. 621 Capitol Mall; (916) 442-5091; mortons.com/sacramento. D. Steakhouse. $$$$ PUBLIC HOUSE Order a giant Bavarian pretzel or pulled pork nachos, topped with pickled jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, guacamole and sour cream. 1132 16th St.; (916) 446-0888; publichousedowntown.net. L–D–Br. American. $$ SHADY LADY SALOON The charming faux speakeasy is an excellent place to meet up with friends for a round of cocktails and a first-rate meal. 1409 R St.; (916) 231-9121; shadyladybar.com. L–D. American/ Southern. $$ URBAN ROOTS BREWING & SMOKEHOUSE At this brewery, a massive smoker turns out succulent meats— brisket, ribs, turkey and sausage—in the tradition of the great barbecue houses of Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Sides include collard greens, mac and cheese, yams and poblano cheese grits. Sit indoors or out at long picnic tables. 1322 V St.; (916) 706-3741; urbanrootsbrewing.com. L–D. Barbecue. $$ ZIA’S DELICATESSEN For description, see listing under Davis. 1401 O St.; (916) 441-3354; ziasdeli.com. L. Deli. $

EAST SACRAMENTO CANON With Michelin-starred chef Brad Cecchi at the helm, this chic restaurant offers a menu of globally inspired sharable plates. Much of the menu is vegetarian, vegan or gluten free, but you can also order from a small selection of hearty meat, poultry and fish dishes. 1719 34th St.; (916) 469-2433; canoneastsac.com. Global/New American. D–Br. $$$–$$$$ CELESTIN’S Gumbo is the signature dish at this charming restaurant specializing in Creole and Cajun cuisine. It comes in six varieties, including chicken, vegetarian and seafood. But the pièce de resistance is the namesake Celestin’s gumbo, chock-full of chicken, sea scallops, wild shrimp, rock cod and sausage. 3610 McKinley Blvd.; (916) 258-4060; celes tinsgumbo.com. L–D. Cajun/Creole. $$ CLUBHOUSE 56 The food is classic sports-bar fare: burgers, sandwiches and apps such as tacos and jalapeño poppers. The place is dark, casual and convivial, Sacramento’s very own Cheers. 734 56th St.; (916) 454-5656; ch56sports.com. Br–L–D. Sports bar. $$ JUNO’S KITCHEN AND DELICATESSEN This tiny eatery serves some of the best sandwiches in town. Owner Mark Helms also offers an intriguing selection of salads and “pan” dishes such as shrimp mac ’n’ cheese. But you can’t go wrong with the smoked trout sandwich or the grilled chicken sandwich. 3675 J St.; (916) 456-4522; junoskitchen.com. L. Bistro. $ KRU Kru turns out exciting Japanese fare, and there’s a craft cocktail bar, outdoor patios and an omakase bar. 3135 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 551-1559; krurestaurant. com. L–D. Japanese. $$$–$$$$ THE MIMOSA HOUSE This small local chain offers a comprehensive lineup of breakfast fare: omelets,

Tacos from Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse scrambles, Benedicts, crepes, waffles, burritos and, of course, mimosas. The lunch/dinner menu is similarly broad, with burgers, salads, grilled sandwiches and Mexican “street food.” 5641 J St.; (916) 4004084; mimosahouse.com. B–L–D. American. $$ OBO’ ITALIAN TABLE & BAR At this casual Italian eatery, there are hot dishes and cold salads behind the glass cases, ready for the taking. But the stars of the menu are the freshly made pastas and woodoven pizzas. There’s also a full bar serving Italiantheme craft cocktails. 3145 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 8228720; oboitalian.com. L–D. Italian. $$ ONESPEED Chef Rick Mahan, who built his stellar reputation at The Waterboy in midtown, branched out with a more casual concept at his East Sac eatery, serving chewy, flavorful pizzas. 4818 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 706-1748; onespeedpizza.com. B–L–D. Pizza. $$ ORIGAMI ASIAN GRILL This fast-casual eatery serves Asian-flavored rice bowls, banh mi sandwiches, salads and ramen, along with killer fried chicken and assorted smoked-meat specials from a big smoker on the sidewalk. 4801 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 400-3075; origami asiangrill.com. L–D. Asian fusion. $–$$ SELLAND’S MARKET-CAFE For description, see listing under Broadway. 5340 H St.; (916) 736-3333; sellands.com. L–D–Br. Gourmet takeout. $$ STAR GINGER ASIAN GRILL AND NOODLE BAR Offering affordably priced dishes inspired by the street foods of Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore, this restaurant serves a spicy Thai chicken soup that is a delicious bargain. 3101 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 231-8888; stargingerrestaurant.com. L–D. PanAsian. $

EL DORADO HILLS AJI JAPANESE BISTRO This casually elegant restaurant offers an innovative menu of Japanese street food, interesting fusion entrées, traditional dishes such as teriyaki and tempura and sushi. 4361 Town Center Blvd.; (916) 941-9181; ajibistroedh.com. L–D. Japanese/sushi. $–$$ C. KNIGHT’S STEAKHOUSE An upscale dinner house serving steaks, chops and seafood, this restaurant offers classic American fare that’s stood the test of time. 2085 Vine St.; (916) 235-1730; cknightsteak house.com. D. American steakhouse. $$$$ MILESTONE This unstuffy eatery serves great takes on comfort-food classics like pot roast and fried chicken. It’s straightforward, without pretense or gimmickry. 4359 Town Center Blvd.; (916) 934-0790; milestoneedh.com. L–D–Br. New American. $$–$$ THE PURPLE PLACE BAR & GRILL Open since 1955, this funky roadhouse doesn’t serve your standard bar fare: Everything is thoughtfully prepared with highquality ingredients. 363 Green Valley Road; (916) 933-2313; thepurp.com. B–L–D. American. $$ RELISH BURGER BAR This burger place offers so many enticing choices, it’s hard to avoid order paralysis. We’ll make it easy on you: Get the teriyaki burger. The beef patty is embellished with slices of warm grilled pineapple, fried onions, melted Swiss cheese and teriyaki sauce. 1000 White Rock Road; (916) 933-3111; relishburgerbar.com. L–D. Burgers. $ SELLAND’S MARKET-CAFE For description, see listing under “East Sacramento.” 4370 Town Center Blvd.; (916) 932-5025; sellands.com. L–D–Br. Gourmet takeout. $$

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ter St.; (916) 989-6711; scottsseafoodroundhouse. com. L–D. Seafood. $$$–$$$$ THAI PARADISE Standouts on the extensive menu include spring rolls, tom kha koong (coconut milk soup with prawns), green curry, spicy scallops and pad thai. Try the fried banana with ice cream for dessert. 2770 E. Bidwell St.; (916) 984-8988; thai paradisefolsom.com. L–D. Thai. $$

GRANITE BAY HAWKS One of Placer County’s best restaurants, Hawks owners Molly Hawks and Michael Fagnoni are committed to locally sourced ingredients, and the seasonal menu is full of delicious surprises, such as seared scallop and sea urchin. 5530 Douglas Blvd.; (916) 791-6200; hawksrestaurant.com. L–D–Br. New American/French. $$$–$$$$

LAND PARK RIVERSIDE CLUBHOUSE The busy kitchen focuses on a solid menu of American classics. Beautifully designed, the restaurant features a stunning outdoor waterfall and a tri-level fireplace. 2633 Riverside Blvd.; (916) 448-9988; riversideclubhouse.com. L–D– Br. American/New American. $$ TAYLOR’S KITCHEN Step inside the cozy space and you’ll notice the focal point is an open kitchen where the chefs prepare meats and produce sold at Taylor’s Market next door. 2924 Freeport Blvd.; (916) 4435154; taylorskitchen.com. D–Br. American. $$$

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BOULEVARD BISTRO Located in a cozy 1908 bungalow, this bistro is one of the region’s best-kept dining secrets. Chef/owner Bret Bohlmann is a passionate supporter of local farmers and winemakers, and his innovative food sings with freshness and seasonality. 8941 Elk Grove Blvd.; (916) 685-2220; blvdbistro.com. D–Br. New American. $$–$$$

BACCHUS HOUSE WINE BAR & BISTRO With a seasonal menu packed with innovative, globally influenced dishes, this restaurant has plenty to choose from. 1004 E. Bidwell St.; (916) 984-7500; bacchus housebistro.com. L–D–Br. New American. $$–$$$

LEATHERBY’S FAMILY CREAMERY For description, see listing under “Arden Arcade.” 8238 Laguna Blvd.; (916) 691-3334; leatherbys.net. L–D. Sandwiches/ice cream. $ MIKUNI JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR For description, see listing under “Downtown.” 8525 Bond Road; (916) 714-2112; mikunisushi.com. L–D. Japanese/sushi. $$ THAI CHILI This plain restaurant offers an entire menu just for vegetarians, plus interesting meat and fish dishes. 8696 Elk Grove Blvd.; (916) 714-3519; thaichilielkgrove.net. L–D. Thai. $$

FAIR OAKS MIKUNI JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR For description, see listing under “Downtown.” 4323 Hazel Ave.; (916) 961-2112; mikunisushi.com. L–D. Japanese/sushi. $$ SUNFLOWER DRIVE IN This casual spot serves healthful, wholesome vegetarian and vegan fare. Faves include the Nutburger, the egg salad sandwich and fruit smoothies. 10344 Fair Oaks Blvd.; (916) 9674331; sunflowerdrivein.com. L–D. Vegetarian. $

BACK BISTRO A pocket of urban sophistication in a retail center, this place offers a menu of casual nibbles and swankier entrées. But it’s the wine program that really knocks this charming bistro out of the park. 230 Palladio Parkway, Suite 1201; (916) 986-9100; backbistro.com. D. New American/Mediterranean. $$–$$$ CHICAGO FIRE Oodles of melted cheese blanket the pizzas that fly out of the kitchen of this busy restaurant. Here, you get to choose between thin-crust, deep-dish and stuffed pizzas. 310 Palladio Parkway; (916) 984-0140; chicagofire.com. L –D. Pizza. $ FAT’S ASIA BISTRO AND DIM SUM BAR At this glamorous restaurant, the menu focuses on Asian cuisine, from Mongolian beef and Hong Kong chow mein to Thai chicken satay served with a fiery curry-peanut sauce. 2585 Iron Point Road; (916) 983-1133; fats asiabistro.com. L–D. Pan-Asian. $$ LAND OCEAN The menu hits all the steakhouse high notes: hand-cut steaks, lobster, seafood and rotisserie, entrée salads and sandwiches. 2720 E. Bidwell St.; (916) 983-7000; landoceanrestaurants.com. L–D–Br. New American/steakhouse. $$$ SCOTT’S SEAFOOD ROUNDHOUSE This restaurant offers a solid menu of delicious seafood, from crab cakes and calamari to roasted lobster tail. 824 Sut-

AÏOLI BODEGA ESPAÑOLA Aïoli features lusty Spanish cuisine. Tables are covered with burlap and brown butcher paper, and the patio is intimate. The main focus of the menu is tapas, and the selection is broad. 1800 L St.; (916) 447-9440; aiolibodega.com. L–D. Spanish/tapas. $$ BEAST + BOUNTY The heart of this chic restaurant is its open hearth, where meats and vegetables are roasted over a wood fire. The meaty rib-eye is meant to be shared. So is the pizza, thin, flat and seductively charred from the wood-burning pizza oven. 1701 R St.; (916) 244-4016; eatbeastandbounty.com. L–D–Br. American. $$$ BRODERICK MIDTOWN This midtown outpost of West Sac’s divey Broderick Roadhouse serves the same fare, but in slightly nicer digs. The menu is dominated by burgers. Wings, fries and beer round out the bro-friendly menu. 1820 L St.; (916) 469-9720; broderickroadhouse.com. L–D–Br. Burgers. $$ CHICAGO FIRE For description, see listing under “Folsom.” 2416 J St.; (916) 443-0440; chicagofire. com. L–D. Pizza. $ THE GOLDEN BEAR At this dim bar, you’ll find a surprisingly sophisticated menu. 2326 K St.; (916) 441-2242; goldenbear916.com. L–D–Br. Gastropub. $$ HAWKS PUBLIC HOUSE At this sophisticated gastropub, the menu includes beautifully executed dishes like country pâté and baked rigatoni. The pastas are made in-house, and even the burger is top-notch. 1525 Alhambra Blvd.; (916) 588-4440; hawkspublichouse.com. L–D–Br. Mediterranean gastropub. $$$ HOOK & LADDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY Located in a Quonset hut, this restaurant is both hip

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Dine and cozy. Despite the barlike ambience, Hook & Ladder is serious about food. All the pastas and desserts are made in-house. 1630 S St.; (916) 442-4885; hook andladder916.com. L–D–Br. Californian. $$ INK EATS & DRINKS Drop by this hip lounge for a first-rate meal. The kitchen whips up some of the best huevos rancheros in town, and the restaurant stays open late. 2730 N St.; (916) 456-2800; inkeats.com. L–D–Br. New American. $ KUPROS This fun gastropub is housed in a beautifully renovated 1910 Craftsman building. Head upstairs for a seat on the outdoor balcony where you can tuck into fare such as steak frites or pot roast. 1217 21st St.; (916) 440-0401; kuproscrafthouse.com. L–D–Br. New American/gastropub. $$ LOWBRAU BIERHALLE This chic yet casual watering hole serves house-made sausages, duck fat fries and stand-out beers. The atmosphere is noisy and convivial. 1050 20th St.; (916) 706-2636; lowbrausac ramento.com. L–D–Br. Beer hall. $ LUCCA RESTAURANT AND BAR The popular restaurant serves an eclectic, Mediterranean-inspired menu. The food is flavorful and prettily presented. Start with a plate of the fabulous zucchini chips, which are hot, salty and addictive. 1615 J. St.; (916) 669-5300; luccarestaurant.com. L–D. Mediterranean. $$ MIDTOWN SUSHI Traditional sushi rolls, nigiri and house specialties such as seafood nachos are on the menu. 2801 P St.; (916) 451-4700; midtownsushi. net. L–D. Sushi. $$

SAIGON ALLEY KITCHEN + BAR This hip restaurant and bar serves modern versions of Vietnamese street food, such as a “Pho-rench” dip (a French dip with pho flavors) and a “banh mi” burger (a rib-eye burger garnished with pickled daikon and carrot on a baguette). A big draw is the $3 happy hour, featuring snacks like banh mi taco, fish sauce chicken wings, taro fries and sugarcane shrimp for $3 each. 1801 L St.; (916) 758-6934; saigonalley.com. L–D. Vietnamese. $$ SAMPINO’S TOWNE FOODS This old-world Italian gem is part market, part deli, part restaurant. Everything’s prepared on the premises, from fresh pastas and sauces to sausages made in a hand-cranked grinder. 1607 F St.; (916) 441-2372; facebook.com/ sampinostownefoods. L–D. Italian. $$ SQUEEZE INN This fast-food place regularly tops polls for the best burger in town. 1630 K St.; (916) 4922499; squeezeburger.com. L–D. Burgers. $ THE WATERBOY This Mediterranean-inspired restaurant produces perhaps the finest cooking in the region. Chef/owner Rick Mahan honors local farmers with his commitment to simply prepared, highcaliber food. You can’t go wrong if you order one of the lovely salads, followed by the gnocchi, ravioli or a simple piece of fish, finished with butter and fresh herbs. You’ll also find French classics such as veal sweetbreads and pomme frites. 2000 Capitol Ave.; (916) 498-9891; waterboyrestaurant.com. L–D. Mediterranean. $$$$ ZELDA’S ORIGINAL GOURMET PIZZA Zelda’s is legendary for the greatness of its pizza and its attitude. But that’s part of Zelda’s charm, along with the dark, dingy atmosphere. It’s all about the food: old-school, Chicago-style deep-dish pizza that rou-

Truffles and cream grilled cheese from The Rind tinely wins “best pizza” in local polls. 1415 21st St.; (916) 447-1400; zeldasgourmetpizza.com. L–D. Pizza/Italian. $$ ZÓCALO This Mexican restaurant is one of the best places to while away an evening with friends over margaritas. uring warm months, the wraparound sidewalk patio is one of the most popular spots in town. The menu has regional Mexican specialties such as tacos de cazuela, a casserole-ish concoction of steak, chorizo and cheese served with housemade tortillas. 1801 Capitol Ave.; (916) 441-0303; zocalo sacramento.com. L–D–Br. Mexican. $$

NORTH SACRAMENTO SOUTHPAW SUSHI Famed sushi chef Lou Valenti, former owner of Lou’s Sushi, opened this new operation in 2019. Here, the rolls are simpler and the fish, simply first rate. 1616 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 550-2600; southpawsushi.com. D. Sushi. $$$

OAK PARK FIXINS SOUL KITCHEN This bustling place serves up friendly Southern hospitality along with delicious Southern fare, including chicken and waffles, gumbo, fried catfish, and shrimp and grits. 3428 Third Ave.; (916); 999-7685. fixinssoulkitchen.com. B–L–D–Br. Southern. $$ LA VENADITA This inviting, casual taqueria has a concise menu that includes inventive street tacos, a brightly flavored ceviche and an enchilada with rich mole sauce. It also boasts a full bar and an enticing menu of craft cocktails. 3501 Third Ave.; (916) 4004676; lavenaditasac.com. L–D. Mexican. $$

OLD SACRAMENTO THE FIREHOUSE Located in a 1853 firehouse, it’s white tablecloth all the way, with crystal wine glasses and top-notch service. The outdoor courtyard is one of the prettiest in town, and its canopy of trees sparkles at night with tiny lights. The food is special-occasion worthy, and the wine list represents more than 2,100 labels. 1112 Second St.; (916) 442-4772; firehouseold sac.com. L–D. Californian/American. $$$$ RIO CITY CAFE Located on the riverbank, the bustling restaurant offers stunning views of Tower Bridge. The menu changes seasonally and offers a wide selection of creative, solid dishes. 1110 Front St.; (916) 442-8226; riocitycafe.com. L–D–Br. New American. $$

ROCKLIN ZEST KITCHEN Everything served at this casual cafe is vegan, and most of the dishes are gluten-free. 2620 Sunset Blvd.; (916) 824-1688; zestvegankitchen.com. L–D. Vegan/vegetarian. $

ROSEVILLE CATTLEMENS For description, see listing under “Dixon.” 2000 Taylor Road; (916) 782-5587; cattle mens.com. D. Steakhouse. $$$ FAT’S ASIA BISTRO AND DIM SUM BAR For description, see listing under “Folsom.” 1500 Eureka Road; (916) 787-3287; fatsasiabistro.com. L–D. Pan-Asian. $$ LA PROVENCE RESTAURANT & TERRACE This ele-

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THE RIND At this cheese-centric bar, you can savor cheese in a number of ways. The menu includes variations on macaroni and cheese, cheese boards and creative grilled cheese sandwiches. 1801 L St.; (916) 441-7463; therindsacramento.com. L–D. American. $$

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live music. 556 Pavilions Lane; (916) 922-2858; wild woodpavilions.com. L–D–Br. American/global fusion. $$$

SOUTH SACRAMENTO LALO’S RESTAURANT If you’re craving real Mexican food, come here for the carne asada tacos or the moist pork tamales. Taco flavors range from grilled pork and beef tongue to buche (fried pork stomach); traditional Mexican sandwiches also are available. 5063 24th St.; (916) 736-2389. L–D. Mexican. $

SOUTHSIDE PARK BINCHOYAKI Small plates of grilled meats, fish and vegetables are the stars at this izakaya-style restaurant. But you can also order ramen, tempura and other Japanese favorites. 2226 10th St.; (916) 4699448; binchoyaki.com. L–D. Japanese. $$–$$$ SOUTH In a town of great fried chicken, this casual restaurant may serve the very best fried chicken of all. It’s moist on the inside, crunchy on the outside, and comes with braised greens and a flaky biscuit (made from a secret family recipe). Other delights include a fabulous hamburger and traditional Southern desserts such as sweet potato pie. 2005 11th St.; (916) 382-9722; weheartfriedchicken.com. L–D. New Southern. $$

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Citrus blossom from Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar gant French restaurant offers some of the region’s loveliest outdoor dining, and the seasonal menu features items such as bouillabaisse and soupe au pistou. 110 Diamond Creek Place; (916) 789-2002; laprovenceroseville.com. L–D–Br. French. $$$–$$$$ MIKUNI JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR For description, see listing under “Downtown.” 1565 Eureka Road; (916) 797-2112; mikunisushi.com. L–D. Japanese/sushi. $$ PAUL MARTIN’S AMERICAN BISTRO The bustling restaurant is a local favorite. The kitchen offers a great list of small plates and robust, approachable entrées. 1455 Eureka Road; (916) 783-3600; paulmartinsamericangrill.com. L–D–Br. New American. $$–$$$ P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO The large menu offers dishes with origins from many regions in China but that reflect a California sensibility. 1180 Galleria Blvd.; (916) 788-2800; pfchangs.com. L–D. Chinese. $$ RUEN THAI Simple and serene, Ruen Thai is a family-owned restaurant that offers a surprisingly large selection of fresh-tasting food. 1470 Eureka Road; (916) 774-1499; ruenthai.net. L–D. Thai. $

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RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Expertly cooked steaks are seared at 1,800 degrees. Don’t miss the cowboy rib-eye or the fork-tender filet mignon. 1185 Galleria Blvd.; (916) 780-6910; ruthschris.com. D. Steakhouse. $$$$ ZÓCALO For description, see listing under “Midtown.” 1182 Roseville Parkway; (916) 788-0303; zocalosacramento.com/roseville. L–D–Br. Mexican. $$

SIERRA OAKS CAFE BERNARDO AT PAVILIONS The menu offers straightforward fare guaranteed to please just about everyone. Breakfast includes huevos rancheros and eggs Bernardo, drizzled with hollandaise sauce. Lunch and dinner feature chewy-crusted pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and substantial entrées such as pan-seared chicken breast with mashed potatoes. 1431 R St.; (916) 930-9191; cafebernardo.com. B–L– D. New American. $ B–L–D. New American. $ ETTORE’S This bakery is a convivial spot for a casual meal. It’s hard to take your eyes off the dessert cases long enough to choose your savory items. But you’ll soon discover the kitchen’s talent extends to the wonderful pizzas, cooked in a wood-burning oven, hearty sandwiches and burgers, and fresh salads. 2376 Fair Oaks Blvd.; (916) 482-0708; ettores.com. B–L–D. Bakery/New American. $–$$ PIATTI The culinary focus is on Italian cuisine with an American influence, and the menu includes delightful variations on Italian staples—margherita, pesto or roasted chicken pizzas; ravioli, pappardelle and fettuccine pasta dishes. 571 Pavilions Lane; (916) 649-8885; piatti.com/sacramento. L–D. Italian/ American. $$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE For description, see listing under “Roseville.” 501 Pavilions Lane; (916) 286-2702; ruthschris.com. L (Fridays only)–D. Steakhouse. $$$$ WILDWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR This chic restaurant serves New American and global cuisine, with naan, ahi poke, and rock shrimp risotto sharing the menu with an all-American burger. The spacious patio is a great place to grab a drink and listen to

BACON & BUTTER Lively and delightfully urban, the place is packed with fans of chef Billy Zoellin’s homey flapjacks, biscuits and other breakfasty fare. 5913 Broadway; (916) 346-4445; baconandbuttersac.com. B–L. Breakfast/American. $–$$ MOMO’S MEAT MARKET This family-run business serves simply first-rate barbecue, smoked over wood in huge drums in the parking lot. Sides include pepper Jack mac ’n cheese, cornbread and deep-fried cabbage. 5780 Broadway; (916) 452-0202. L–D. Barbecue. $$

WEST SACRAMENTO BURGERS AND BREW For description, see listing under “Downtown.” 317 Third St., (530) 572-0909; burgersnbrew.com. L–D. Burgers. $ DRAKE’S: THE BARN Located in a modern indooroutdoor structure along the river, Drake’s serves thin-crust pizzas, along with a few salads and appetizers. You can get table service on the patio, but if you prefer something more casual, find a spot at the sprawling outdoor taproom and order a pizza to go. It’s fun galore, with kids, dogs, fire pits and a tap trailer serving beer. 985 Riverfront St.; (510) 4230971; drinkdrakes.com. L–D. Pizza. $$

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2012 Rick Niello, nominated as TIME Magazine’s Dealer of the Year for 2013 • Porsche Rocklin – Ranked 8th in the nation for best place to work - Automotive News • Jaguar Land Rover Sacramento – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Land Rover Rocklin – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Niello Volkswagen – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • The Niello Company, awarded Dealer of the Year by the Greater Sacramento New Car Dealers Association • The Niello Company, Exceptional Community Support awarded by People Helping People. In recognition of exemplary community service to the greater Sacramento region • Voted “Best place to buy your dream car” by readers of Sacramento Magazine every year the award has been offered • The Niello Company featured honoree for The Salvation Army annual luncheon • Voted “Best place to buy a car” by readers of the Sacramento News & Review • Niello BMW is the largest CPO dealer in Northern California • Niello Volkswagen has received the DAS star award • Niello Infiniti is the number one Certified Pre-Owned dealership in California • Niello Audi recognized as a Magna Society dealership • Niello Acura is the #1 CPO dealership in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, and California • 2013 Niello BMW Elk Grove – Best in Business award from the City of Elk Grove • The Niello Company honored at the Salvation Army Annual luncheon with the Spirit of Giving award • Sacramento region’s Top 20 private companies (#13) - Sacramento Business Journal • Niello Audi – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for Automotive News • Porsche Rocklin – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • WardsAuto Megadealer Top 100 – The Niello Company, 91st. • Niello BMW Elk Grove – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Land Rover Rocklin – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • 2014 Niello MINI – Dealer Rater Dealer of the Year for California • Niello Audi – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Niello Acura – Precision Team for the 7th year • Porsche Rocklin – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work For - Automotive News • Jaguar Land Rover Sacramento – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Rick appears on the Cover of Dealer Magazine • Land Rover Rocklin - Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Mr. Niello Sr. honored at the Fulton Ave Association Founders dinner for pioneering Fulton Ave by greatly contributing time and effort to building their business, being a generous philanthropist, and earning the loyalty and patronage of many generations. • 2015 Porsche Rocklin – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Best Place to Buy a Car, Sacramento Magazine • Niello MINI – Top 100 in the nation, Best Place to Work for - Automotive News • Best Place to Work, Sacramento Business Journal • 2016 #3 Certified Pre Owned Dealer in the Nation 2016 – Niello Volvo of Sacramento • Volvo Excellence Award Winner 2016 (Top 30 in the nation) • Sacramento Business Journal, Fastest Growing Companies List - #47 • Megan Desideri, Automotive News, 40 under 40 (2016) • Sacramento Magazine, Best Place to Buy a Car • Niello Acura – Precision Team • 2017 #8 Certified Pre-Owned Dealer in the Nation 2017 – Niello Volvo Cars Sacramento • Chris Ehrat, Parts Manager, Land Rover Rocklin: Marque of Distinction, Parts (#1 Parts Manager in the United States) • Dustin Aydt, Shop Foreman, Porsche Rocklin: Porsche Cars North America Technician Challenge, 2nd place finish • Sacramento Magazine, Best Place to Buy a Car • MINI Achievements in Motoring, Sales – Kristin Long • MINI Achievements in Motoring, Service – Hans Dinse • UCP Humanitarian of the Year – Rick Niello • 2018 Businessman of the Year, Rick Niello, Sacramento Metro Chamber • Business of the Year, California Narcotics Officers Association • Outstanding Corporation Award, National Philanthropy Day • Niello Audi, Magna Society: 2018 • Sacramento Magazine, Best Place to Buy a Car • 2019 Kevin Nunez, Automotive News 40 under 40 (2019) • Porsche Rocklin, Best Car Dealer: Rocklin Best of the Best • Porsche Rocklin, Top Rated Dealer 2019: CarGurus • Niello BMW Sacramento, Top Rated Dealer 2019: CarGurus • Sacramento Magazine, Best Place to Buy a Car • Rick Niello - Recognized as Top Business Leader by Sacramento Magazine (2021)

CENTENNIAL · 1921–2021

For over 100 years, The Niello Company has been committed to automotive excellence in every facet of our business. We are proud to be recognized on both a local and national level for being among the best at what we do: from the people on our team to the workplace we create to the experience we offer our customers and everything in between. We are proud of our award-winning team and see the next 100 years as an opportunity to build on all that we’ve accomplished. The Niello Company. Driving what’s good for a century.

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