Your guide to Dine Downtown 2024

Let’s dig in to what’s on the menu in Sacramento.

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Beginning Friday, Jan. 12, Dine Downtown returns to Sacramento for its 19th year. The annual celebration of restaurants offers special multi-course menus for $45 per person until Sunday, Jan. 21.

One dollar of every meal purchased will also go toward the Food Literacy Center, a nonprofit aimed at teaching cooking, nutrition, gardening, and more to children in low-income schools.

Check out the list of all 28 participating restaurants below, and click the links to view what they’ll be serving.

Michelin rated ⭐️

Grange Restaurant and Bar
926 J St.
Featured: Pork sugo

Hawks Public House
1525 Alhambra Blvd.
Featured: Lasagnette verde al forno

Date night spots ❤️‍🔥

The Pilothouse Restaurant
1000 Front St.
Featured: Crisp parmesan and chive polenta

Dawson’s Steakhouse
1209 L St.
Featured: Cornflake crusted quail

Butcher and Barrel
723 K St.
Featured: Short rib raviolis

Revolution Winery and Kitchen
2831 S St.

Featured: Grilled New York steak with herb butter

Star Lounge
2719 K St.

Featured: Truffled potato + leek soup

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From pasta to seafood and (almost) everything in between.

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Dinner only 🥘

The Firehouse Restaurant
1112 Second St.
Featured: Pan-seared Skuna Bay salmon

Capitol Garage
1500 K St.
Featured: Black sheep bolognese

Magpie Cafe
1601 16th St.
Featured: Natural beef braised in Haarmeyer red wine

Veg options 🥬

Hook and Ladder Manufacturing Co.
1630 S St.
Featured: Jerk-roasted cauliflower (vegan)

The Porch Restaurant and Bar
1815 K St.
Featured: Wild mushroom squash risotto (vegan)

Rio City Cafe
1110 Front St.
Featured: Vegan stir fry

Maydoon
1501 16th St., Ste. 111
Featured: Baghali gatoch (vegetarian)

Tiger Restaurant and Lounge
722 K St.

Featured: “Earth and Turf,” a vegetarian take on Surf and Turf

The Melting Pot
814 15th St.

Featured: Impossible Polpettes with wild mushroom ravioli (vegetarian)

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Be sure to stick around for dessert.

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Daytime destinations ☀️

7th Street Standard
1122 Seventh St.
Featured: Potato gnocchi

Foundation Restaurant and Bar
400 L St.
Featured: Braised beef short ribs

Frog and Slim
1420 16th St., Ste. 300
Featured: Ora King Salmon

Kodaiko Ramen and Bar
718 K St.
Featured: Ochazuke salmon

Willow
1006 Fourth St.
Featured: Grilled chicory salad

Bear and Crown British Pub
1022 Second St.

Featured: Beef and Guinness stew

Frank Fat’s
806 L St.

Featured: Saigon crispy chicken

La Cosecha
917 9th St.

Tapa The World
2115 J St.

Tequila Museo Mayahuel
1200 K St.

Aioli Bodega Espanola
1800 L St.

Brasserie Du Monde
1201 K St., Ste. 100

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