The Rio City Cafe



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 This past Saturday, I tried a new brunch at The Rio City Cafe in Old Sacramento with my boyfriend Ben and my sister Erin.  The Rio City Cafe has a patio overlooking the Sacramento river, so our view was similar to the picture above.  Our food looked totally different though.

Location: The Rio City Cafe
Food: 7
Drinks: 7
Service and Ambiance: 9

Food we tried: Turkey sandwich, Spinach salad, Huevos Rancheros
Drinks we tried: OJ, Bellini, Irish Coffee

My spinach salad was pretty basic, but good.  It had crumbled bacon on it, which was a pleasant surprise, but it would have been better if it were chunks of bacon or just a piece of bacon.  Crumbled bacon is kind of difficult to balance on a fork.  Ben's turkey sandwich came with sweet potato fries, which needed salt but were otherwise really good.  Erin's huevos rancheros were okay.  The rice was fantastic, but I thought the dish as a whole was a little too heavy.  The bellini and Irish coffee were not up to TSL standards, but still tasty, and went well with the view of the Sacramento river.

On our walk to Old Sacramento, we passed a wedding photo shoot.  Ben and I usually pass wedding ceremonies and receptions of some kind when we are going to or from brunch.  Back when we were both living in Davis, we'd drive around in the late morning hours of the weekend and spot various college students during their walks of shame.  Now, we see weddings.  And a lot of street construction.  These days, the streets of downtown Sacramento are filled with white dresses, tuxedos, and orange cones.