January 7th, 2025
Don’t miss out on Sacramento’s annual exclusive culinary experience: Dine Downtown! Kick off the new year by exploring new culinary delights, enjoying dinner at your cherished favorites, or crossing off that elusive restaurant from your must-visit list.
During Dine Downtown, savor a specially crafted 3-course meal for a set price of $45 per person, all while showing your support for local Sacramento restaurants.
Taking place from January 10 – 19, 2025 in the Central City, this year’s event boasts a robust lineup of participating eateries right in the heart of Midtown. Delve into the details to discover which Midtown establishments are joining the festivities and get a glimpse of their enticing menus.
Choose between shigoku oyster shooters or baja camarones crostini, then have sopa de elote or clam chowder. For the third course, you can either choose citrus miso glazed salmon, roasted seasonal mushroom, or gulf shrimp tacos or you can share birria short ribs or roasted split red snapper with another person. Finally, end with brown butter cake or dulce de leche.
Start with mussel frites, then have braised short ribs, and end with creme brulee.
Start with chef oyster or mushroom miso soup, then have a shrimp cocktail or trout tartare, choose adobo pork belly, uni pasta, or kabocha squash gateau for your entree, and end with a mini Ketel One espresso martini or a mini mandarin and cream martini.
Start with gravlax or aïoli’s tian, then have remolacha de betabel, then choose between jarret de cordero ‘cazador’, salmon con accento catalan, or casarecce a la siciliana, then end with mini flan or tiramisù.
Start with salt roasted beets and wild arugula, then have tomato braised swordfish, and finish the meal with vanilla gelato coppetta.
Start with artisan romaine with a choice of potato chips and onion dip or bread and hummus, then choose between roasted steelhead or house made pasta with beer batter fried rings or roasted vegetables, and end with chocolate avocado mousse or donut holes with ice cream.
Start with a choice of fried risotto balls, brisket mac, or winter salad, then have either vegan cajun noodles or BBQ ranch ribs, and finish with triple chocolate cake or vegan beignets.
Choose between mediterranean caesar salad or ash reshteh, then between cornish kabob, baghali polo lamb, or gheymeh, and end with either baklava pop tart or saffron cardamom cake.
Choose between pumpkin leek soup or caesar salad, then between succulent lamb or garlic pesto gnocchi, then end with either apple empanada or chocolate empanada.
Start with tuscan white bean and kale soup or blood orange and radicchio salad, then choose between fresh fettuccini tossed in garlic herb cream sauce or grilled pork tenderloin, and finish with tiramisu or pistachio gelato.
Choose between beet salad or Tuscan white bean & kale soup, then a sweet potato harissa bowl or short rib pasta, and end with espresso chocolate cheesecake, baked brie, or spice cake.
Choose between goat cheese croquettes or white anchovy caesar, then pan seared sirloin, linguine vongole, or wagyu lasagna, and finish with either baked zucchini bread or whipped parfait.
Visit the official Dine Downtown website for a list of participating restaurants with links to menus and more information. Be sure to share your Dine Downtown experience using the hashtag #DineDowntown #DineDowntown2025 and #ExploreMidtown.