Rooftop cocktail bar and nightclubdowntown
MIX Downtown atop the Firestone Building on L Street, Sacramento, runs the city's premier rooftop bar with Capitol views, craft cocktails and DJ programming.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails, Capitol-view rooftop
Food: Small plates
Live blues bardowntown
The Torch Club on 15th Street, downtown Sacramento, opened 1934 and runs as the city's oldest blues bar with two live sets a night Wednesday through Sunday.
Signature drink: Beer and well drinks
Food: Bar snacks
Neighborhood gastropub barmidtown
Hook & Ladder on S Street, midtown Sacramento, runs a long bar at the front of the seasonal-American kitchen, with a deep wine and cocktail program.
Signature drink: Seasonal craft cocktails
Food: Seasonal locally-sourced kitchen
British pubwest-sacramento
Streets of London Pub on Lake Washington Boulevard in West Sacramento is a long-running traditional British pub with ales, fish-and-chips and late hours.
Signature drink: British ales and pub fare
Food: British pub menu
Brunch cafe by day, bar by nightdowntown
Capitol Garage on K Street, downtown Sacramento, runs a cafe-by-day, bar-by-night format, the long-running Sacramento bottomless-mimosa weekend brunch spot.
Signature drink: Bottomless mimosa weekend brunch
Food: American brunch and dinner kitchen
Dive bar and music venuemidtown
The Press Club on 21st Street in midtown Sacramento is the long-running punk-and-indie dive bar with emo nights and DJ programming Thursday to Sunday.
Signature drink: Cheap beer and well drinks
Food: No kitchen