Dining Guides:
- “The Sacramento Bee’s Top 50 restaurants: Where to eat in 2021” (With Kate Washington)
- “30 of the best Sacramento restaurants that opened during COVID”
- “Food reporter’s notebook: the best food I ate around Sacramento in June”
- “Outdoor dining guide: 10 restaurants with great patios and good food”
Investigations:
- “Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in the woods. But what happened to the fifth?”
- “Ex-workers allege sexism, mistreatment of homeless by Sacramento coffee kingpin”
- “Did speaking Spanish get this cook fired from one of Davis’ ritziest restaurants?”
- “These 20 Sacramento-area restaurants face state sanctions for allegedly violating COVID rules”
Trend Analysis:
- “High rents, too much competition: Is downtown Sacramento’s restaurant scene in trouble?”
- “As gentrification spreads, how new restaurants are fighting for the soul of Oak Park”
- “Sacramento’s K Street suffers scars from the pandemic. How can it heal?”
- “Farm to forklift: As Sacramento hungers for local food, growers are looking elsewhere”
Other Articles:
- “Exclusive: why South’s owner left the kitchen to start a farm and mental health nonprofit”
- “Racism forced a family from its home. Now the place is West Sacramento’s hottest cafe”
- “After 86 years, this family is ready to part ways with Sacramento’s oldest bar”
- “Built on ‘faith and grit.’ Owners overcame obstacles to open new Sacramento soul food spot”
Benjy Egel 