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Beer scene
Fantastic food, one of the best burgers in town. Amazing beer list and bottle shop, including barrel-aged and sours. Always several excellent sours on tap! Only three blocks away.
34 locals recommend
Pangaea Bier Cafe
2743 Franklin BlvdFantastic food, one of the best burgers in town. Amazing beer list and bottle shop, including barrel-aged and sours. Always several excellent sours on tap! Only three blocks away.
Excellent beer list often including many San Diego beers and some rare kegs as well. Great pizza! Incredible outdoor patio with games and movie nights. Five blocks away.
11 locals recommend
Hop Gardens
2904 Franklin BlvdExcellent beer list often including many San Diego beers and some rare kegs as well. Great pizza! Incredible outdoor patio with games and movie nights. Five blocks away.
Limited foods available, though they just added a sandwich counter. But everyone comes in here for the beer selection: hundreds of quality microbrews available in all styles. Three blocks away.
Curtis Park Market
2703 24th StLimited foods available, though they just added a sandwich counter. But everyone comes in here for the beer selection: hundreds of quality microbrews available in all styles. Three blocks away.
Good food, decent beer list. Famous hamburger that was featured on Guy Fieri's Dinners, Drive-ins and Dives. Half a mile away in Land Park.
28 locals recommend
Dad's Kitchen
2968 Freeport BlvdGood food, decent beer list. Famous hamburger that was featured on Guy Fieri's Dinners, Drive-ins and Dives. Half a mile away in Land Park.
Great local brewery with pizzas available from Selland's next door.
9 locals recommend
Bike Dog Broadway Taproom
915 BroadwayGreat local brewery with pizzas available from Selland's next door.
Beautiful atmosphere inside with a really nice huge patio right in the middle of central Oak Park. Decent food for reasonable price, too. Easily walkable less than a mile away.
42 locals recommend
Oak Park Brewing Co.
3514 BroadwayBeautiful atmosphere inside with a really nice huge patio right in the middle of central Oak Park. Decent food for reasonable price, too. Easily walkable less than a mile away.
Food scene
Oldest ice cream parlor in town, famous spot for tourists and locals. Three blocks away.
58 locals recommend
Gunther's Ice Cream
2801 Franklin BlvdOldest ice cream parlor in town, famous spot for tourists and locals. Three blocks away.
Great Taqueria with homemade tortillas on weekends. Beef Birria (sometimes goat available) is excellent, breakfast burrito also, amazing happy hour tacos, authentic and spicy salsas. Right down the street!
7 locals recommend
Taqueria Maya's
2700 BroadwayGreat Taqueria with homemade tortillas on weekends. Beef Birria (sometimes goat available) is excellent, breakfast burrito also, amazing happy hour tacos, authentic and spicy salsas. Right down the street!
Famous dive bar with weekend music and decent food. Open late and only three blocks away. Old school Sacramento institution.
8 locals recommend
The Hideaway Bar & Grill
2565 Franklin BlvdFamous dive bar with weekend music and decent food. Open late and only three blocks away. Old school Sacramento institution.
Very good Ethiopian made by very nice people. Lots of great ethnic food down in this section of Broadway. Less than a mile away.
27 locals recommend
Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine
1704 BroadwayVery good Ethiopian made by very nice people. Lots of great ethnic food down in this section of Broadway. Less than a mile away.
This is a chill place to get sushi. Fish just as fresh and tasty as some of the more expensive places in town with way more relaxed atmosphere. And less than a mile away.
Kyoto Sushi Bar Grill & Ramen
1724 BroadwayThis is a chill place to get sushi. Fish just as fresh and tasty as some of the more expensive places in town with way more relaxed atmosphere. And less than a mile away.
Grocery
Less than a mile to this healthy natural grocery, decent prepared foods section also.
101 locals recommend
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op
2820 R StLess than a mile to this healthy natural grocery, decent prepared foods section also.
Ordinary grocery store, but open 24 hours and only a five minute drive away.
109 locals recommend
Safeway
1814 19th StOrdinary grocery store, but open 24 hours and only a five minute drive away.
Breakfast
Decent and reasonable breakfast and good in-house roasted coffee. Several excellent locations, but this one's less than a mile away in central Oak Park. Excellent internet cafe to get some work done as well.
43 locals recommend
Old Soul @ 40 Acres
3434 BroadwayDecent and reasonable breakfast and good in-house roasted coffee. Several excellent locations, but this one's less than a mile away in central Oak Park. Excellent internet cafe to get some work done as well.
In a town with way too few breakfast options, this is a good one. However, it is also a scene and there will be a long wait for your table..
57 locals recommend
Bacon & Butter
5913 BroadwayIn a town with way too few breakfast options, this is a good one. However, it is also a scene and there will be a long wait for your table..
Great long-standing reasonably priced breakfast place with decent in-house roasted coffee. Also a good excuse to see another great Sacramento neighborhood - McKinley Park. Open every day.
40 locals recommend
Orphan
3440 C StGreat long-standing reasonably priced breakfast place with decent in-house roasted coffee. Also a good excuse to see another great Sacramento neighborhood - McKinley Park. Open every day.