Eat in south-sacramento, Sacramento

La Esperanza Mexican Food ★ 4.3

La Esperanza on Franklin Boulevard in South Sacramento is the long-running Mexican counter and taqueria, daily 07:00 start, the city's morning birria stop.

Try: Tacos al pastor, carnitas, asada plates

Pho Bac Hoa Viet South Sacramento ★ 4.4

Pho Bac Hoa Viet on Stockton Boulevard in South Sacramento opened 1991 as the city's defining pho counter, the family operation across Sacramento sites.

Try: Pho, banh mi, Vietnamese rice noodle soup

Laos Kitchen ★ 4.3

Laos Kitchen on Franklin Boulevard in South Sacramento opened 2012 as the small family Laotian operation, the city's defining Laotian street-food kitchen.

Try: Laotian sticky rice, larb, papaya salad, grilled meats

Two Rivers Cider Co. ★ 4.2

Two Rivers Cider on Attawa Avenue in South Sacramento is the city's long-running hard cider house, English-style and seasonal ciders by the glass and growler.

Fountainhead Brewing Co. ★ 4.1

Fountainhead Brewing on 24th Street in South Sacramento runs a neighborhood taproom paired with Lions Hotdog Shack, ten-plus rotating taps and seasonal sours.

SF Supermarket ★ 4.3

SF Supermarket on 65th Street in South Sacramento is the Shun Fat Chinese-Vietnamese-American grocery chain Sacramento store, with live seafood.

Florin Square ★ 4.2

Florin Square on Florin Road in South Sacramento is the 74,000-square-foot Black-owned business complex with the SoJo Art Museum and African Marketplace.

Pho Bac Hoa Viet South Sac ★ 4.4

Pho Bac Hoa Viet on Stockton Boulevard serves family-run beef pho and bun bowls under $15, a Vietnamese commercial corridor counter, open daily.

Try: Beef pho and bun rice noodle bowls

Pho Saigon Stockton Boulevard ★ 4.2

Pho Saigon on Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento Vietnamese corridor serves long-simmered beef pho under $15, the neighborhood counter open daily.

Try: Beef pho and Vietnamese coffee