Sacramento: Rainbow Pasta Making Class With a Local Chef
Join Chef Maggie in Sacramento for a hands-on pasta-making class. Learn to make colorful pasta from scratch using natural ingredients and enjoy a homemade marinara sauce.
Faria Bakery is a bakery restaurant in Oak Park, Sacramento.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: Naturally-leavened sourdough counter in the flatiron Broadway Triangle building, an Oak Park bakery off the midtown circuit with the city's best country loaf.
Tip: Closed Monday. Tuesday morning only. The country sourdough sells out by 11:00 Saturday.
Join Chef Maggie in Sacramento for a hands-on pasta-making class. Learn to make colorful pasta from scratch using natural ingredients and enjoy a homemade marinara sauce.
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Address: 3417 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817
Vic's Ice Cream on Riverside Boulevard in Sacramento's Land Park is a 1947 soda fountain that reopened January 2026 under new ownership, closed Monday.
Why locals love it: Land Park 1947 soda fountain that reopened January 2026 under new ownership, the historic neighborhood ice cream counter most tourists miss.
Tip: Closed Monday. Reopened January 2026 after remodel. Counter ordering. Family-friendly Sacramento institution since 1947.
Pho Momma in Sacramento: Strip-mall Vietnamese counter on Folsom Boulevard that earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand for pho with house pork wontons.
Why locals love it: Strip-mall Vietnamese counter on Folsom Boulevard that earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand for pho with house pork wontons.
Tip: Walk-in only. Thursday to Sunday 11:00-20:30. House pork wontons in the beef broth.
Majka Pizzeria & Bakery in Sacramento: pizzeria room. Tiny midtown counter on 15th Street, naturally leavened pizza and morning pastry, Michelin.
Why locals love it: Tiny midtown counter on 15th Street, naturally leavened pizza and morning pastry, Michelin Recommended without the queues of bigger rooms.
Tip: Order in advance via Toast. Lunch pizzas sell out by 13:00 Friday and Saturday.
Yue Huang in Sacramento: Natomas strip-mall dim sum room serving the best yum cha in the Sacramento Valley, with cart service at weekend brunch.
Why locals love it: Natomas strip-mall dim sum room serving the best yum cha in the Sacramento Valley, with cart service at weekend brunch.
Tip: Weekend dim sum 09:30-14:30 with carts. Book the dinner Cantonese seafood room separately.
Kin Thai Street Eatery is a thai room in Midtown. Closed every second Tuesday of the month. Order Kua Kling, Southern Thai spicy pork, off the regional menu.
Why locals love it: Sisters Napis and Napak's family Thai street kitchen on 20th Street, the city's only Michelin Recommended Thai room with regional Southern Thai dishes.
Tip: Closed every second Tuesday of the month. Order Kua Kling, Southern Thai spicy pork, off the regional menu.
La Trattoria Bohemia (Italian) in Sacramento: Closed Sunday and Monday. Czech beer on draft. Small room with a regulars' bar that fills fast after 18:30.
Why locals love it: Czech-Italian dining room on a quiet East Sacramento residential block, the city's only Czech goulash and svickova alongside house pasta.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Czech beer on draft. Small room with a regulars' bar that fills fast after 18:30.