Mattie Groves Brewery

1716 L St Opened in early 2024 in a historic 1930s brick building in the Midtown Handle District, Mattie Groves Brewery has quickly established itself as something genuinely different on the Sacramento craft beer scene. The name draws from a traditional British folk ballad, and that folklore-rooted identity carries through everything — the branding, the…

MoJo’s Local Tap & Kitchen

1431 I Street Named after the owners’ 140-pound Great Pyrenees, MoJo’s Local Tap & Kitchen sits at the edge of Midtown near the Memorial Auditorium and takes its “Local” identity seriously — from a tap list heavily weighted toward Sacramento-area breweries to a kitchen influenced by the chef’s New Orleans background. The result is a…

5 Tacos and Beers

1627 16th St Tucked into the corner of 16th and Q Streets in Midtown, 5 Tacos & Beers occupies the spacious, high-ceilinged venue longtime Sacramentans may remember as Hot Italian. The energy here runs high — a family-owned spot rooted in generations of Jaliscan recipes, thoughtfully elevated with locally sourced Northern California ingredients. This isn’t…

Twisted Track Station

1201 R Street Sitting at the corner of 12th and R Streets, Twisted Track Station is one of the more creatively minded stops on the R Street Corridor. Part of the Roc&Sol lifestyle brand — which ties food, local art, and music together under one roof — it operates as a restaurant, bar, and coffee…