I love to eat in Sacramento’s warehouse district. The brick buildings and reused industrial sites are the perfect background for real food driven by the season’s local crops. Magpie Café is one of my favorites. Chef Ed Roehr does a fantastic job bringing the region’s best food to a bustling midtown.
As great as the food is, I really love the sense of place. These warehouses, and many throughout Sacramento, once housed loading docks teaming with hand trucks loading first wagons then rail cars and finally trucks with the best fruits, vegetables, grain and beef that farmers could grow. (Click the link to read the full piece: Viewpoints: Agriculture is not just the Sacramento Valley’s heritage; it’s our future.)
