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.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
Address: 1050 20th Street, Suite 180, Sacramento, CA 95811
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.
Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine (Japanese) in Sacramento: Counter omakase requires advance booking. Sake pairings worth the upgrade. Closed Monday.
Why locals love it: Billy Ngo's omakase counter on Folsom Boulevard is the city's quietest destination sushi address, an East Sacramento room with a deep sake list.
Tip: Counter omakase requires advance booking. Sake pairings worth the upgrade. Closed Monday.
Origami Asian Grill in Sacramento: korean bbq room. Strip-mall sister concept to Michelin-listed Kru on Folsom Boulevard, ramen and Korean BBQ rice.
Why locals love it: Strip-mall sister concept to Michelin-listed Kru on Folsom Boulevard, ramen and Korean BBQ rice plates at counter speeds with a fraction of the wait.
Tip: Counter ordering. Patio along Folsom Boulevard. Sister to Kru a block away.
Pho Saigon Bay in Sacramento: vietnamese room. Howe Avenue strip-mall Vietnamese counter north of the Sac State strip, family-run with a quieter.
Why locals love it: Howe Avenue strip-mall Vietnamese counter north of the Sac State strip, family-run with a quieter room than the Stockton Boulevard pho houses.
Tip: Closed Sunday. Six-day operation 10:00-21:00. Hot tea included with each pho.
Faria Bakery in Sacramento: bakery room. Naturally-leavened sourdough counter in the flatiron Broadway Triangle building, an Oak Park bakery.
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.
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.
