Sack-a-Tomatoes

Lol, going through all my unpublished drafts. This has been sitting there since 09/21/2018. 

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Work brought me to Sacramento for a few days, so I thought I'd go old school OSW and blog my food.

First stop, straight from the airport, South in downtown Sacramento for lunch. Saw it hyped as one of the best burgers in town, and it did not disappoint.

I can't say that for dinner though. I had some reports due and wanted to eat close to the hotel. Saw a Mexican place called Cafe Rio. Never heard of it. Maybe it could be a Sacramento gem? Uh, no. It was a chipotle style place. I guess their gimmick is they make their tortillas. Seeing Tabasco as the avaialble hot sauce should have been a clue to GTFO, but I didn't have a whole lot of time to waste, it was Taco Tuesday, and it was someplace new, so I proceeded.

Tacos were terrible. Flavorless shredded meat that was so drenched in juice it just made the tortilla fall apart. Speaking of which, the homemade flour tortillas were not that great. Only at this point did I do some research and find out that this was a chain based out of UTAH! Yikes.

The next night I stumbled on a place called Umai Dog. All sorts of specialty hot dogs. I guess this is sort of a mini-chain, but I had never heard of it. Got the Houston and the Sonora dog. Eh. Not terrible. Not great. Would not go back.

Next up was Nixtaco in Roseville. Two Thumbs Up. 5 stars.

Had Al Pastor and Smoked Rib tacos, and they were San Diego-worthy. The sauces were all great. Especially the peanut hot sauce and carrot habanero. Super good. 

Coffee wise, I hit old favorite Tupelo, Fourscore in Roseville, and Chocolate Fish in East Sac. For breakfast on my last day, I tried to go to a place I used to love, Nopalito's, but 10 years later, they still do not accept credit cards, so I ended up at Chocolate Fish. Avocado toast was okay. I remember when I first heard of avocado toast, I was confused why avocado and toast would be a thing that would cost more than $3 anywhere. Then I tried the Avocado toast at Brew, with tomatoes and goat cheese, and it started to make sense. But this really was avocado and toast. For $6! The Flat White was good though.

Sacramento has always been hit and miss foodwise. South and Nixtaco made the misses bearable. Make sure to hit them up if in the area.