Our long lost dinner club member Katie and her BF Paul were in town last weekend. I thought it would be fun and appropriate to get dinner club together and go on a food and drink crawl to support a good cause. I have been to both of the past Crawl for the Cure events and thought they were tremendously fun for the participants and great for local businesses and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This year there are going to be a lot more crawls benefitting different foundations. We went to Eat Your Art Out supporting the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. The basic idea is that various groups of 10 or more "crawlers" walk to the 18 participating downtown/midtown eateries for a bite to eat and a drink at each location. We hit 13 out of 18. Not bad at all! We started at Brew It Up, moved on to Lucca, then hit Azul, Mulvaney's, L Wine Lounge, Zocalo, Hot Italian, Nishiki, Mochii Yogurt, Sapporo Grill, 3 Fires Lounge, Grange and Sofia. Most of us skipped Beach Hut Deli, Rubicon, Yogurtagogo, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates and Temple Coffee in the interest of time. The highlights for me were Lucca's zucchini chips, Azul's guava sangria, Zocalo's interesting horchata with tequila drink, Hot Italian for their piping hot pizza made just for us and decanted Peroni, Sapporo Grill's amazing jade bar and gorgeous interior, Grange's figs with goat cheese, Sofia's decadent bread pudding and everyone's favorite Mulvaney's for outclassing and outshining everybody else. They were in a league of their own with baby heirloom tomatoes and homemade mozzarella cheese made right in front of us by their in house pasta maker and citrus-y sparkling wine cocktail served in champagne flutes. They had interpretive dancers in the adjoining dessert room too! An honorable mention goes to Brew It Up for their interesting white unfiltered looking beer. A dishonorable mention goes to 3 Fires Lounge for bad service and a bad vibe overall. We walked out as did a friend of mine in another group for reasons unrelated to our reasons for leaving. This was such a fun way to spend an afternoon and a chance to go to places I have never been to. There are more crawls coming up so if you love food, drink, fresh air, fun and supporting a good cause, check out www.crawltix.com for upcoming crawls.
01 October 2009
EVENT: Eat Your Art Out
Our long lost dinner club member Katie and her BF Paul were in town last weekend. I thought it would be fun and appropriate to get dinner club together and go on a food and drink crawl to support a good cause. I have been to both of the past Crawl for the Cure events and thought they were tremendously fun for the participants and great for local businesses and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This year there are going to be a lot more crawls benefitting different foundations. We went to Eat Your Art Out supporting the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. The basic idea is that various groups of 10 or more "crawlers" walk to the 18 participating downtown/midtown eateries for a bite to eat and a drink at each location. We hit 13 out of 18. Not bad at all! We started at Brew It Up, moved on to Lucca, then hit Azul, Mulvaney's, L Wine Lounge, Zocalo, Hot Italian, Nishiki, Mochii Yogurt, Sapporo Grill, 3 Fires Lounge, Grange and Sofia. Most of us skipped Beach Hut Deli, Rubicon, Yogurtagogo, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates and Temple Coffee in the interest of time. The highlights for me were Lucca's zucchini chips, Azul's guava sangria, Zocalo's interesting horchata with tequila drink, Hot Italian for their piping hot pizza made just for us and decanted Peroni, Sapporo Grill's amazing jade bar and gorgeous interior, Grange's figs with goat cheese, Sofia's decadent bread pudding and everyone's favorite Mulvaney's for outclassing and outshining everybody else. They were in a league of their own with baby heirloom tomatoes and homemade mozzarella cheese made right in front of us by their in house pasta maker and citrus-y sparkling wine cocktail served in champagne flutes. They had interpretive dancers in the adjoining dessert room too! An honorable mention goes to Brew It Up for their interesting white unfiltered looking beer. A dishonorable mention goes to 3 Fires Lounge for bad service and a bad vibe overall. We walked out as did a friend of mine in another group for reasons unrelated to our reasons for leaving. This was such a fun way to spend an afternoon and a chance to go to places I have never been to. There are more crawls coming up so if you love food, drink, fresh air, fun and supporting a good cause, check out www.crawltix.com for upcoming crawls.
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Such a great post, sandra, I don't have to post! I totally agree with everything you wrote :)
ReplyDeleteWe skipped a few too, but now I'm sad I missed the guava sangria and goat cheese figs! (Maybe they ran out by the time we got to Grange). Sorry to hear about your experience at 3 Fires, the bartender Becca was really nice when we were there.
ReplyDeleteMulvaney's is back on the Big Nosh, 10/25. See you there!
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