Localis is a tasting menu fine-dining restaurant in Midtown, Sacramento.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The chef's tasting menu, with optional Northern California wine pairing
Tip: Closed Sunday to Tuesday. Bookings on Resy open 30 days out. Last seating around 20:15.
Address: 2031 S Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
Rick Mahan's Northern Italian and Southern French Capitol Avenue room opened November 1996, Sacramento's long-running farm-to-fork midtown bistro.
Order: Spaghetti alla carbonara, red-wine braised beef short ribs, the steak tartare
Tip: Lunch Tuesday to Friday, dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The bar takes walk-ins.
Patrick Mulvaney's daily-changing California farm-to-fork room on 19th Street in midtown Sacramento, set in an 1893 firehouse with original brick walls.
Order: Whatever Twin Peaks Orchards delivered that morning, plus the daily-changing pasta
Tip: Menu changes every day with the markets. Reservations recommended for the dining room; the courtyard takes walk-ins.
Ella is the Selland family's downtown Sacramento fine-dining anchor at 12th and K, a Michelin Recommended room of seafood, steaks and oysters.
Order: Pacific oysters at the bar, seasonal pasta, the steak with bone marrow
Tip: Book via OpenTable. Bar seating walks in. The caviar service is the special-occasion order.
Rick Mahan's Northern Italian and Southern French Capitol Avenue room opened November 1996, Sacramento's long-running farm-to-fork midtown bistro.
Order: Spaghetti alla carbonara, red-wine braised beef short ribs, the steak tartare
Tip: Lunch Tuesday to Friday, dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The bar takes walk-ins.
Patrick Mulvaney's daily-changing California farm-to-fork room on 19th Street in midtown Sacramento, set in an 1893 firehouse with original brick walls.
Order: Whatever Twin Peaks Orchards delivered that morning, plus the daily-changing pasta
Tip: Menu changes every day with the markets. Reservations recommended for the dining room; the courtyard takes walk-ins.
Hawks Restaurant in Granite Bay is the Sacramento fine-dining suburban anchor, refined French Italian technique with the region's deepest Cabernet list.
Order: The Chef's Tasting Menu, the Wagyu and the Cabernet pairing
Tip: Monday to Thursday 17:00-21:00, Friday to Saturday 17:00-22:00. Book on Resy.
Oliver Ridgeway's London-inspired brasserie on Capitol Mall, Sacramento, is a Michelin Recommended downtown room of spit-roasted meats and charcuterie.
Order: Spit-roasted half chicken, the charcuterie board, Welsh rarebit
Tip: Lunch and dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The bar takes walk-ins; private dining seats 24.
Grange in the Citizen Hotel on J Street, downtown Sacramento, opened 2008 and runs Erik Dandee's Michelin Recommended seasonal California dining room.
Order: The seasonal tasting plates, the wine pairing flight from Sierra Foothills
Tip: Hotel dining room; breakfast through dinner daily. Bar is the city's pre-theatre stop.
