So I learned after a few trips that yelp is not that helpful in picking good places to eat when you're traveling. The top rated places can be weird. To illustrate this point I present to you the Sacramento top ten:
1) Rolle - is really good, true
2) La Bonne Soupe - presumably this was from before Daniel Pont sold it so this account should have really started over when it changed hands
3) The Kitchen - sure, I don't really know
4) Magpie - agree (the part of the one review that you can see popping out on this list is "every bite I take of a carrot cake cookie; I have a mouthgasm" ewwwwwww)
5) Heat Shabu Baru - totally meh, see my review from a long time ago
6) Mulvaney's B&L - yeah sure
7) Ettore's - ?????
8) Burgers and Brew - noooooo for their food and their brew.
wait, if you click on it it reformulates whatever you get the idea. I don't really read yelp but maybe I'll start again. I'm only doing one review a month so I'm not on the lookout for ideas all the time
traveling is pretty much the only time I ever look at Yelp - and then it's been gold. i've been stoked on every place I've found thru it.
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Ettore's is actually pretty good these days ... former sous chef at Ella and head chef from Selland's leads the kitchen at Ettore's now. But yeah, a little odd to see them in the list and not, say, Kru or even Ella itself.
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I read many reviews, but I only trust the ones by reviewers I've come to know and trust. I was threatened with Elite badge removal due to my inactivity. Guess I better write something soon, huh?
ReplyDeleteWhat would be your top 8 (or 10) places to eat in/around Sacramento?
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ReplyDeleteJimboy's
3230 Arena Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95834
2)
Jimboy's
535 Wisconsin Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95833
3)
Jimboy's
5874 Antelope Road
Sacramento, CA 95842
4)
Jimboy's
3033 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
5)
Jimboy's
1420 29th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
6)
Jimboy's
3900 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95821
7)
Jimboy's
9007 Folsom Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95826
8)
Jimboy's
5085 Stockton Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95820
9)
Jimboy's
5551 Franklin Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95820
10)
Jimboy's
7215 Greenhaven Drive
Sacramento, CA 95831
No way, man! The Jimboy's on Stockton is waaayyy better than Arena Blvd. Wisconsin Avenue??? (Oh, on the corner of Northgate!)
ReplyDeleteettores---that place on del paso blvd that sn&r is in love with?
ReplyDeleteOk, some faves real quick cuz I gotta go. I am probably forgetting some. In no particular order
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Asian Cafe
Magpie
Quan Nemh Ninh Hoa
Pho Saigon
Huong Lan
Lalo's
Apatzingan
Waterboy (for special occasions)
Kru
then for neighborhood spots that I probably wouldn't go very much if I couldn't easily walk I would say Red Rabbit and tres hermanas. I am actually in love with the tres hermanas chile verde