Restaurants in Sacramento

For nearly two decades, the chefs at Ludy's Main St. BBQ and Catering have perfected their recipes for slow-smoked meats, fresh fries and slaw, and handcrafted barbecue sauce. For proteins that are tender yet full of robust flavor, slabs of beef, pork, and baby-back ribs smoke slow and low for six hours before being plated with hand-cut fries and sides such as barbecue beans or potato salad. Smoked prime rib is served as a special on Friday and Saturday evenings and arrives with fresh coleslaw, fries, and cornbread with honey butter.

Inside, customers chow on plates amidst 100-year-old salvaged barn wood and Western knick-knacks. Those who take grub outside enjoy the spot voted Best Patio in Yolo County, complete with a brick fireplace, water wheel, and babbling brook where many a penny have learned to swim.

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The Midtown hot-dog haven offers a dazzling display of bun-clad hot-dog and sausage dinners. The menu boasts 10 types of links, including the traditional beef frankfurter ($3.49), a polish sausage ($4.49), a steamed vegan dog ($3.49), and a crispy corn dog ($2.49; also available in vegetarian). Customize your dining delight with any of Capitol Dawg's 55 plus toppings (up to $1.25 each) or opt for one of the specialty dogs, such as the Tesla Dawg ($4.19), loaded with mustard, chili, and onions, or the El Senador Dawg ($5.39), a Sonoran-style bacon-wrapped dog nestled with a cozy blanket of pinto beans, cheese, jalapeños, grilled onions, and chopped fresh veggies. Dogs can also be paired with french fries and a fountain drink to form a mighty meal ($7.47+) or matched with a succulent side such as beer-battered onion rings ($2.99) or sweet-potato fries ($2.99) for a customized creation.

The foodery boasts a creative menu of reinvented comfort fare, served on weekdays to famished urbanites. Start with an order of the shrimp po' boy sliders ($8.75) or opt for a crab Louise salad ($13.50), served with hardboiled egg, avocado, and tomatoes. Entrees include more than 10 tasty hand-held meals (served with bottomless fries), such as the swiss-blanketed prime-rib dip ($12.50) and the herbivore-friendly black-bean burger ($9.50). Plated portions of updated classics promise to please even the most discerning diner; reward a hard-working copyeditor for reaching her daily quota of sentence-scrubbing by treating her to an order of Kelsey's chicken carbonara pasta ($12.50), loaded with tender green peas and bacon, or indulge carnivorous cravings with the steak tacos ($11.75) with corn salsa and cilantro rice.

Chef Ron Fleming and his skilled kitchen-bots use fresh, locally grown ingredients to whip up diverse gastronomic delights that feature the flavors of Italian, French, Asian, and Southwestern cuisine. Enjoy a small plate of crisp calamari ($9.95/$10.95 dinner) or potstickers ($7.95/$8.95 dinner) to start your lunch or dinner feast; then, creep your cravings over to a gourmet sandwich ($8.95–$16.95), salad ($5.95–$19.95), pasta, or entree ($8.95–$26.95). The grilled-salmon nicoise salad will fill you up without weighing you down, topping fresh mixed greens with tomatoes, hard-boiled egg, nicoise olives, green beans, and grilled salmon ($15.95 lunch, $16.95 dinner). For a heartier helping, enjoy the robust flavors of a blue-cheese burger with grilled onions ($11.95) or a plate of chicken enchiladas ($13.95). Grilled lamb sirloin ($21.95) is sweetly accompanied with spiced-apple chutney, crisp polenta, braised greens, and aged cherry balsamic, though any dish of your choosing can duet with a homemade dessert from 4th Street's always-changing menu of indulgence enablers.