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Restaurant Roundup

🍽️ Get it while it’s hot

A spread of Chinese-Vietnamese dishes featuring green, tan, and yellow colors. There are scallops to the right and a purple cocktail to the left.

Renowned Sacramento Chef Buu “Billy” Ngo debuted Chu Mai, a Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant in midtown in spring 2025. | Photo via @chumaisacramento

Looking for the next new restaurant hitting the River City’s food scene? Check out these buzzy places to eat and drink in Sacramento.

Tai Pan Bakery & Dim Sum, 4400 Freeport Blvd., Ste. 160 | South Land Park’s new family-run dim sum spot is already attracting long lines of customers hoping to try the baked buns, seafood dumplings, and crispy egg rolls. It’s open daily, 6 a.m.-5 p.m.

Genki Kitchen, 855 57th St., Ste. C | This Japanese eatery has replaced Kau Kau in East Sac. The menu includes curries, rice dishes, and tempura, plus easy grab-and-go items like katsu plates + bento boxes.

Abuela’s Midtown, 2323 K St. | The operators of Midtown’s Cantina Alley debuted this cafe connected to the existing restaurant. Abuela’s Midtown serves specialty coffee with a Mexican flair, including horchata lattes and cafe de olla boiled for hours, plus homestyle dishes inspired by family recipes.

Rare at Yager Lodge, 727 Traders Lane, Folsom | Reservations | A swanky night out beckons. The menu includes fresh oysters, bone marrow, a tomahawk steak, pork schnitzel, wild ahi tuna, and a three or five-course chef omakase.

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