Sacramento, California

=== Cuisine ===
[[File:The Old Tavern (Sacramento, CA).jpg|thumb|The [[Old Tavern (Sacramento, California)|Old Tavern]], built in the 1850s]]
In 2012, Sacramento started the marketing campaign as "America's Farm-to-Fork Capital" due to Sacramento's many restaurants that source their food from the numerous surrounding farms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Macias |first=Chris |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/30/4947681/sacramentos-farm-to-fork-moniker.html |title=Sacramento's farm-to-fork moniker to be official – Food & Wine |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |date=October 30, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528122632/http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/30/4947681/sacramentos-farm-to-fork-moniker.html |archive-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref> The city has an annual Farm-to-Fork festival that showcases various grocers, restaurants, and growers in the industry. In 2012, one of the city's farm-to-fork restaurants [[The Kitchen (California restaurant)|The Kitchen]] was nominated for Outstanding Restaurant by the James Beard Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Macias |first=Chris |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2012/02/the-kitchen-for.html |title=Appetizers: The Kitchen, former Sacramento chef receive James Beard nominations |publisher=The Sacramento Bee blogs |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501084429/http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2012/02/the-kitchen-for.html |archive-date=May 1, 2013}}</ref> Sacramento is home to well-known cookbook authors, [[Biba Caggiano]] of Biba's Restaurant and Mai Pham of Lemongrass and Star Ginger.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biba-restaurant.com/ |title=Premier Italian Restaurant &#124; Sacramento Italian Restaurant &#124; Home of Biba Caggiano |publisher=Biba Restaurant |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103184807/http://www.biba-restaurant.com/ |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Sacramento is also known for its alcoholic beverage culture, with keystone events that include [[Cal Expo]]'s Grape and Gourmet, Sacramento Beer Week, and Sacramento Cocktail Week. Its growing beer scene is evident, with over 60 microbreweries in the region as of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brewery Directory – Beers in Sacramento|url=http://www.beersinsac.com/sacramento-brewery-directory/|publisher=Beers in Sacramento|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525050821/http://www.beersinsac.com/sacramento-brewery-directory/|archive-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Numerous beer festivals around the region highlight both local and visitor beers. In addition to festivals in Elk Grove,<ref>{{cite web |title=Elk Grove Brewfest |url=http://www.elkgrovebrewfest.com |publisher=Beers in Sac |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018131050/http://www.elkgrovebrewfest.com/ |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Davis, Roseville, Placerville,<ref>{{cite web |title=Placerville Brewfest |url=https://www.placervillebrewfest.com |publisher=Beers in Sac |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117212054/https://www.placervillebrewfest.com/ |archive-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> and Woodland,<ref>{{cite web |title=Yolo Brewfest |url=http://yolobrewfest.com/#home-2 |publisher=Beers in Sac |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618080015/http://yolobrewfest.com/#home-2 |archive-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref> Sacramento hosts the annual California Beer Craft Summit, an exposition dedicated to the art of brewing. The summit also hosts the largest beer festival on the West Coast, featuring over 160 breweries in downtown Sacramento.<ref>{{cite web|title=CA Craft Beer Summit|url=http://www.californiacraftbeer.com/craft-beer-summit/|website=2017 California Craft Beer Summit and Brewers Showcase|date=January 14, 2015|publisher=California Craft Brewers Association|access-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525050821/http://www.californiacraftbeer.com/craft-beer-summit/|archive-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sacramento's contemporary culture is also reflected in its coffee. An "underrated coffee city",<ref>{{cite web|last1=McIntyre|first1=Emily|title=Five Underrated Coffee Cities|url=http://sprudge.com/5-underrated-coffee-cities-49595.html |publisher=Sprudge|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref> Sacramento has above-average marks for local coffee.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldberg|first1=Elyssa|title=11 of the world's best cities for coffee lovers|url=https://matadornetwork.com/life/11-worlds-best-cities-coffee-lovers/|publisher=Matador Network|access-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525050824/https://matadornetwork.com/life/11-worlds-best-cities-coffee-lovers/|archive-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>