State employees returning to Downtown Sacramento following Gov. Newsom's Return-To-Office order are finding a vastly different universe from the vibrant metro area of 2019, the last time Sacramento food writer Becky Grunewald was on the Podcast. Many longtime lunch and coffee favorites have closed, moved, or offer only limited hours. She joined us to talk about some current lunch options for the Downtown crowd, and other highlights of the local food scene. Plus, as always, we tell you Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.
State employees returning to Downtown Sacramento following Gov. Newsom's Return-To-Office order are finding a vastly different universe from the vibrant metro area of 2019, the last time Sacramento food writer Becky Grunewald was on the Podcast. Many longtime lunch and coffee favorites have closed, moved, or offer only limited hours. She joined us to talk about some current lunch options for the Downtown crowd, and other highlights of the local food scene. Plus, as always, we tell you Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.
1:18 Rising Star: Annika Bjork
1:48 Experts Expound: Gavin Newsom's legacy
2:10 Proposition 40
4:45 Becky Grunewald
6:05 Five picks for Abridged
7:05 Drunken Tortilla
8:28 Buddah Bowls and Rolls
9:03 CalPERS Cafeteria
9:36 Capitol Weekly article on Capitol favorites
12:20 Mother (RIP)
13:42 Pizza Supreme Being
15:05 Buffalo Pizza's breakfast pizza
16:47 Sapha Kafae
18:40 My Sister's Cafe
21:59 Jimboys
24:58 Sal's Tacos
26:00 Whitey's Jolly Kone
26:47 The Sunflower Drive-In
28:45 DoorDash
32:32 Stockton detour: Manny's California Fresh
34:20 Sacramento burgers
41:12 WWCA
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