Thursday, June 5, 2008

Sacramento

I had the pleasure of visiting my friend up in Sacramento a couple weeks ago and my friend Kevin gave me a couple of restaurant recommendations while I was there. For a really good burger that rivals Fatburger, he told me to go to Ford's Real Hamburgers.



I got the half pound cheeseburger. Nothing fancy, just an all beef patty with 2 slices of cheese, lettuce and tomato on a bun. With a side of steak cut fries and a milkshake, it was good... definitely better than Fatburger.



Then the next day, for breakfast, Kevin lead me to Tower Cafe.



They had seriously the BEST french toast I've ever had. It was soft and delicate in the middle like bread pudding, but nicely toasted on the outside. I would go back to Sacramento just for this french toast.



On Wednesday when I went to Ford's, I spent the rest of the day walking around Downtown Sacramento and saw the Capitol Building. On Thursday when I went to Tower Cafe, I drove out to Napa Valley for some wine tasting and had a great time there. I definitely need to go to Napa again, next time with at least one other person, and spend more than an afternoon there.

I saw a place on FoodNetwork's "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" in Sacramento that I actually looked up but didn't have a chance to make it out to. It's called Squeeze Inn. They have a burger there with so much cheese, it melts and gets crispy on the griddle, it forms a skirt. Looks really good and I have to go there next time I'm up there in the area.