Best New Off-the-Grid Restaurant: Vote for your favorite 2019 opening
With downtown-hotspot openings relatively slow, outlying neighborhoods and suburbs may have been where most of the dining action was in 2019. With cuisines from Malaysian to Brazilian, the restaurant scene’s diversity of flavors was compelling. What’s your favorite new spot that opened outside the downtown grid? Results will be included with our Dining Year in Review wrapup on next week. Voting concludes at 9 a.m. Dec. 26.
Vote in our other 2019 dining polls below:
Biggest Sacramento Dining Scene Loss
Shangri-La, a Palm Springs-style indoor-outdoor playground serving craft cocktails and inventive flavors in Fair Oaks
Shoku Ramen Bar, a tiny spot serving big bowls of noodles just on the edge of East Sacramento
Southpaw Sushi, the latest venture from Lou Valente (formerly of Lou’s Sushi), in Old North Sacramento
Melaka Kitchen, one of the region’s only (if not the only) Malaysian restaurants, in Elk Grove
NKG Soul Food Cafe, an unpretentious soul food joint known for fried catfish in North Sacramento
Gangnam Avenue, all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue in Rancho Cordova
Jannoi’s App-Khao Papaya and Noodle Shack, Lao flavors in a small place on Auburn Boulevard
Fogo de Minas, all-you-can-eat Brazilian steakhouse in Natomas
The Curry Leaves, family-style north and south Indian fare in Rocklin
Eureka, Roseville outpost of a modern-American chain with a craft beer focus from SoCal
This story was originally published December 18, 2019 at 6:19 AM.