Choose your Midtown Sacramento brew stops with Sac Brew Bike! Visit 2–3 popular bars on a fun group ride filled with music, drinks, and great memories.
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…
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…
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…
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…
2012 K Street Formerly known as Wise Axe, ForePlay Bar landed at 20th and K Streets in Midtown’s Lavender District with a rebranded mission: less dedicated axe gym, more full-on social hub. The result is one of the more versatile stops on the grid — part bar, part arcade, part lounge — with enough going…
1510 16th Street Shipwrecked: Paradise Island is not a bar you walk into — it’s one you step into. Taking over a 16th Street space and transforming it from the ground up, this immersive tiki bar and craft cocktail lounge commits fully to its tropical rainforest concept. Hollowed-out tree trunks serve as seating, party booths…
1431 R Street Tucked into the Café Bernardo complex at the corner of 15th and R Streets, R15 is something of a hidden gem on the R Street Corridor — a sophisticated lounge bar that benefits from being connected to one of Sacramento’s most well-regarded restaurant kitchens. Plush seating, dark wood accents, pool tables, and…
2019 O Street Henry’s Lounge has roots going back to 1986, when it operated in Downtown Sacramento before relocating to Midtown in 2021. Three generations and women-led throughout, it’s a sports bar, grill, and arcade that has held onto its neighborhood bar soul while modernizing around it. The result is a comfortable, no-frills space that…
2326 K Street Twenty-plus years in, The Golden Bear remains one of Midtown’s most reliable constants. Open since 2004 at 24th and K Streets, it has the lived-in comfort of a true neighborhood bar with a kitchen that punches well above pub grub expectations — a combination that earned it a spot on Diners, Drive-Ins…
2320 Jazz Alley Tucked into Jazz Alley between 23rd and 24th Streets, Cantina Alley has been bringing Mexico to Midtown since 2017 — and doing it with enough flair to earn Best New Restaurant honors from Sacramento News & Review, along with KCRA A-List wins for Best Mexican Restaurant and Most Trendiest Bar. The entrance…
