The capital of California, Sacramento boasts numerous tourist attractions such as the California State Capitol Museum, Old Sacramento Trading Post and Stanford Mansion State Historic Park. When in town on vacation or to meet with business associates, know which area restaurants offer eclectic lunch menus, regionally inspired cuisine and event planning for luncheon banquets.
The 4th Street Grille in downtown Sacramento is near the Convention Center and Rivercats Raley Field. The upscale restaurant hosts formal business luncheons that include salad, a choice of entree such as the house-smoked pork loin or grilled top sirloin and desserts such as pumpkin-spiced cheese cake or apple and berry cobbler. The restaurant also hosts a light business luncheon with selections such as roasted chicken enchiladas and chicken Caesar salad. 4th Street Grille's regular lunch menu includes fish tacos, blue cheese burgers, Thai beef noodle salad and chipotle chicken fettuccine. The restaurant caters off-site events and also hosts private dinner parties and banquets.
4th Street Grille
400 L St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-448-2847
4thstreetgrille.com
Established in 1990, the Tower Cafe International Restaurant and Bakery near the Tower Theater presents world fusion cuisine. The casual, vibrantly colored restaurant's lunch menu includes Nicaraguan black bean soup, Brazilian chicken salad, char-broiled hamburgers, Cuban sandwiches, fish and chips and Thai green curry. Tower Cafe also serves breakfast and dinner and weekend brunch featuring french toast, blueberry cornmeal pancakes, Parisian chicken salad sandwiches and huevos rancheros.
Tower Cafe International Restaurant and Bakery
1518 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818
916-441-0222
towercafe.com
The 33rd Street Bistro in east Sacramento presents a Pacific Northwest-inspired menu. The upscale restaurant offers lunch small plates such as baked Chevre cheese with sun dried tomato pesto, buffalo chicken lettuce wraps and Dungeness crab and artichoke dip. Salad selections include Mediterranean chicken salad and Oregon blue cheese salad; and panini, or pressed sandwich, selections include roasted sirloin dip and grilled chicken club paninis. Entree selections include shrimp and andouille sausage ravioli, braised short ribs, 14-ounce New York strip steaks and pan-seared salmon. 33rd Street Bistro features Oregon, California and Washington wines by the glass or bottle.
33rd Street Bistro
3301 Folsom Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95816
916-455-2282
33rdstreetbistro.com
