Restaurants in Sacramento Valley
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Cafe Bernardo
This is a Midtown favorite serving all meals. Stop by for strong coffee or have a full-on meal with pasta, a grilled skirt steak and wine. There's an outdoor seating area and an adjacent martini bar that's popular around happy hour.
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Delta of Venus Coffeehouse & Pub
This groovy converted Craftsman bungalow has a very social and shaded front patio. The chalkboard menu has breakfast items, salads, soups and sandwiches, including some vegetarian and vegan options. At dinner time you can order jerk-seasoned Caribbean dishes and wash it down with a beer or wine.
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Moxie
Moxie is darkly lit and romantic, and the service is cordial and down-to-earth. The menu applies Californian attitudes to American standards and seafood specialties, with some fusion cross-breeding. Great crab pot stickers and mashed potatoes.
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Sierra Nevada Taproom & Restaurant
- Chico, USA
- Restaurants › Pub
At the Sierra Nevada Brewery, this place is a genuine Chico destination. It has better than average pub food; fresh, superb ales; and lagers on tap, some not available anywhere else. The apple-malt pork loin is a standout.
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Andy Nguyen's
The best vegetarian fare in all of California might be at this tranquil Buddhist Thai diner. Try the steaming curries and artful fake meat dishes (the 'chicken' leg has a little wooden bone).
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Red Tavern
- Chico, USA
- Restaurants › Asian
Just north of downtown is the swanky Red Tavern, one of Chico's more sophisticated places. The kitchen draws discriminatingly from Europe and (occasionally) Asia, leading to delicious meat, fish and pasta dishes.
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Osaka Sushi
- Davis, USA
- Restaurants › Sushi
Here you'll find sushi to rival San Francisco's best, plus excellent sashimi, tempura and teriyaki dinners. It also has a floating sushi bar, where you serve yourself from colored plates going around on boats.
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Redrum
Formerly known as Murder Burger, Redrum is popular with students and travelers alike for its fresh, made-to-order beef, turkey and ostrich burgers, thick espresso shakes and excellent curly fries.
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Big Al's Drive-In
If you're staying out on The Esplanade, this classic greasepit will come in handy. It's primarily a takeout burger and hot dog stand where tasty, if unhealthy, food is sold at retro prices.
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Paragary's Bar & Oven
Randy Paragary's stylish Mediterranean eatery is well loved for its wood-fired pizzas, hand-cut pastas, great wine list and quality meat and fish dishes.
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Tacos de Acapulco
Your best bulk-up budget option is this taquería (taco joint) serving huge burritos. The food's good and plenty popular with students.
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Palomino Room
Downtown, the dark and moody Palomino Room, on the site of the historic Tremont Hotel, has tasty steaks and burgers and a cool cowboy ambience.
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CL & Harry's
A classy sort of place with a rustic, exposed brick dining room, CL & Harry's sizzles up steaks and chops and other American fare.
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Broadway Heights
- Chico, USA
- Restaurants › Pizza
Upstairs overlooking a busy corner, Broadway Heights puts inexpensive pizzas, focaccia sandwiches and Cal-Med entrees on the table.
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Mishka's Café
- Davis, USA
- Restaurants › Café
Laptopping students and chatty town folk gather at this busy roastery for fair-trade coffees and pastries. It's wi-fi equipped.
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Raging Fork Riverfront Grille
Just south of Antelope Blvd and one block east of Main St, it has a beautiful dining room, bar and deck overlooking the river.
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Mulvaney's B & L
The class place in town; an expert French-touched menu changes every day.
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Shubert's Ice Cream & Candy
This is a beloved Chico landmark; they've made delicious homemade ice cream and chocolates for more than 60 years.
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Upper Crust
For coffee and excellent baked goods check out this place, which also serves lunch Monday to Saturday.
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Hal's Eat 'Em Up
If the heat is raging, grab a root-beer float from Hal's, a drive-in just south of downtown.
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Green Barn
This is a long-established family restaurant serving American fare for lunch and dinner.
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Rubicon
For award-winning IPAs and decent pub grub.
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