What do you love about Sacramento that makes it special? (Los Angeles: to buy, movies)

[wburg]

Time Tested Books: Sacramento Living Library: Ed Carroll 2/19 at 7 p.m.

Track 7 Brewery is in an auspicious spot: in the 1980s it was the home of "Club Minimal," a semi-legal underground punk venue that was basically Sacramento's equivalent of CBGB's or Mabuhay Garden, where seminal local bands like Sewer Trout and the Groovie Ghoulies played, as well as better-known touring acts like the Circle Jerks and Dead Kennedys. The promoter, Stewart Katz, used the money he made putting on shows to put himself through law school, and became very well-known (or notorious, depending on who you ask) locally for taking on police-brutality cases and other pro bono work.

[johnnyboy14]

Roses , Burgers.. everything else, sucky.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by Tim Currie

Nothin'.

Sorry, I know it doesn't help at all, but this town is just so plain, average, mediocre, and ... well boring.

And...it seems like that is exactly what the people of Sacramento want...no change, more of the same, a forever cowtown.

Still the best thing going for Sacramento is it's relatively easy access to the Sierra, Tahoe, San Francisco, ocean, etc.....

But the town itself, what makes it special? Nothing.

Ditto for the NOTHING. Being 2 hours from the Bay Area and Tahoe says nothing about Sacramento's virtues, because they are few and far between.

[NorCal Dude]

Originally Posted by wburg

You guys are all set for Beer Week, right? The author of a book on Sacramento's brewing history (we used to have the biggest brewery on the west coast, the Buffalo) is giving atalk this weekend, his book inspired a local beer fan and a brewer to bring back the name "Ruhstaller" for their newest brew, named after our city's best-known brewmeister, Frank Ruhstaller (and his son Frank Jr.) We're also a good town for coffee--the regional chain Java City got its start here, and there are dozens of great coffee places, independents and local small chains actually outnumber the Starbucks and Peets in the central city. And if you like both beer and coffee, there's always Pangea Two Brews!

Hey whats the name of the local brew that has the numbers. 1887-1801 or something? I can't remember what it is called but I have been meaning to try it

[wburg]

Ruhstaller "1881"?

[NorCal Dude]

Originally Posted by wburg

Ruhstaller "1881"?

Booyah-Thanks.

[ryuns]

Originally Posted by NorCal Dude

Booyah-Thanks.

That's just the name of their red ale. Ruhstaller is--I guess you would it call it the beer line, since it's not really a brewery. The brewmaster is making everything with slack capacity at Hoppy Brewing right now.

[mr bolo]

they have a Little Saigon, 30 years ago they had nothing like that in Sacramento, after the Vietnam war lots more asian influence in the area

lots of places to shop for groceries and asian foods in sac, a nice improvement, they only had a few Chinese grocery stores

now you can get the same quality and find a nice dim sum restaurant, just as good as any in the SF / bay area

[wburg]

Sacramento has had a very strong Chinese and Japanese population (and large Chinatown and Japantown) dating back more than a century, with lot of Asian owned businesses ranging from supermarket chains to great little stores in Southside and Land Park, but I agree that they're a lot more visible these days. The "Little Saigon" is obviously more recent--Sacramento was one of several cities that became a welcoming destination for Southeast Asian "boat people" in the 1970s and 80s in the wake of the wars in that region. Today we have Little Saigon, an annual Hmong food festival (a local writer also penned the first Hmong recipe book), and other cultural vitality due to this wave of immigrants.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by wburg

Sacramento has had a very strong Chinese and Japanese population (and large Chinatown and Japantown) dating back more than a century, with lot of Asian owned businesses ranging from supermarket chains to great little stores in Southside and Land Park, but I agree that they're a lot more visible these days. The "Little Saigon" is obviously more recent--Sacramento was one of several cities that became a welcoming destination for Southeast Asian "boat people" in the 1970s and 80s in the wake of the wars in that region. Today we have Little Saigon, an annual Hmong food festival (a local writer also penned the first Hmong recipe book), and other cultural vitality due to this wave of immigrants.

Bingo on the Chinese and Vietnamese. The Chinese date back to the building of the railroads. Never noticed much of a Japanese contingent. Were did they historically reside? I always thought that NorCal (SFO) was the port of entry for the Chinese, and that SoCal (LAX) was the destination for the Japanese, seeing how many friends I had in LA from Japanese ancestry. I know that South Sac has quite a few Vietnamese folks...maybe even Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova.