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Daily Dining News: Selland's Market Cafe Opens in El Dorado Hills Today

Selland's Market Cafe, one of East Sacramento's favorite fast casual restaurants, will open its second location today in El Dorado Hills at 10:30 a.m.

The location will be 1,000 square feet larger than the East Sacramento venue, and those who have been to the Sacramento location will feel right at home.

There's also speculation about where the third Selland's Market Cafe will be. The Sac Bee's Bob Shallit has speculated that they'll take over the former David Berkeley spot at the Pavillion's shopping center in Fair Oaks this year.

Moving into the spot formerly occupied by Good Eats at Alhambra and Folsom is another possibility floated by Randal Selland in November. (Whether this is just to get leverage on their current lease negotations for the current East Sac spot is unknown.)

The El Dorado Hills Selland's Market Cafe can be found at the El Dorado Hills Town Center (4364 Town Center Blvd).

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Mediterranean food coming to K Street - Influences from the Andalusia region of Spain such as Moorish arches and water features will be the architectural highlights of a Mediterranean/American restaurant coming to 925 K St. Brandon Darnell in Sac Press.

Daily Dining News: Pour House to Replace Whiskey Wild

Whiskey Wild on Q street next to the train tracks, closed back in 2009, bu it looks like somebody's finally willing to fill the void, reports Bob Shallit in the Sac Bee.

Lots of food and drink will drive you to the Pour House.

That's the hope, at least, for the owners of a new restaurant and bar by that name, opening in 60 days at the former Whiskey Wild Saloon site at 19th and Q streets.

In this economy, that punny name was the "perfect fit," says Trevor Shults, one of five partners behind the new venture.

Shults, also a partner in midtown's sports- and beach-themed Barwest, says this will be an "Old World restaurant and bar with a new age twist."

Read the entire story in the Sac Bee.

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Taste of Thai on Broadway: Don't Miss the Specials - Taste of Thai on Broadway is one of my favorite spots for flavorful, fresh Thai food. And while I usually stick to the regular menu selections, I made a foray into the restaurant’s specials recently and was captivated. Kira O'Donnell in Sac Mag.

New Orleans fare coming to Broadway - Original PoBoys will open Friday at Broadway and Alhambra Boulevard, bringing what owner Eric Crawford said will be an “oasis for anyone from New Orleans.” Brandon Darnell in Sac Press.

Happy Hour at The Porch Restaurant & Bar

The Porch Restaurant & Bar
1815 K St
Sacramento, CA 95811
916-444-2423

Web site: http://www.theporchsacramento.com

Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-porch-restaurant-and-bar-sacramento

Happy Hour

Monday to Friday
3 to 6 p.m.

Appetizers

• $5 Pimento Cheese Fritters - Deep fried & served with our house made remoulade
• $6 Quesadilla - Grilled chicken, Monterey jack cheese, corn & tomato relish
• $7 Fried Oysters - Deep fried with a cornmeal crust, served with thousand island
• $7 Pickled Shrimp - Mixed greens, creamy lemon dill dressing, cucumber, remoulade

Handcrafted Cocktails

• $5 The Charleston - Titos vodka, Madeira wine, sweet tea, lemonade and a mint simple syrup…perfect for southern sippin
• $6 Lemon Grass Mint Julep - Buffalo Trace bourbon, lemon grass simple syrup, and fresh mint
• $6 One Burnt Orange - Stoli Ohranj vodka, house made blood orange puree, fresh squeezed lemon, served tall and stiff topped with Victory stout beer
• $7 Southern Sunday - House infused bacon Woodford Reserve bourbon, 100% pure maple syrup and fresh egg whites…. shaken hard served over ice
• $7 The Rockin Chair - Our house made pear, green apple and glove tequila shaken with egg whites and fresh squeezed lemon, lime, orange juices. A margarita to top all others
• $7 Perfect Manhattan - Makers Mark, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, and a dash of bitters
• $7 Hot Porch Tea - Myers dark rum, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and brown sugar served hot with a slice of butter on top
• $7 Rye so Gingery - Bulleit 95% rye bourbon infused with fresh ginger root, club soda and a touch of lime
• $7.50 Blue Manhattan - Muddled Blueberries, basil and 100% organic blue agave nectar, Bulleit bourbon finished with soda water

Draft Beer

• $3.50 Leffe Blond (10 oz)
• $3.75 Mammoth Hefewiesen
• $3.75 Monkey Knife Fight Pale Ale
• $3.75 Big Sky Powder Hound
• $3.75 Abita Turbo Dog
• $4 Lagunitas Pilsner
• $4 Speakeasy Big Daddy IPA
• $4 Victory Stout
• $5 Rogue Hazelnut Brown
• $5 Sudwerk Doppel Bock
• $6 Widmere Brrrbon (10 oz)
• $7 La Trappe (10 oz)

Sparkling Wine

• $7 Ruffino Prosecco

White Wine

• $6 Banfi Centine Rose
• $7 Tamari Reserva Argentina Torrontes
• $8 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc
• $10 Sokol Blosser Evolution
• $5 Geyser Peak Chardonnay
• $7.50 Clos Du Bois Reserve Chardonnay
• $8 Joel Gott "unoaked" Chardonnay

Red Wine

• $5 House Red A3
• $6 Marq De Riscal Tempernillo
• $7 Tamari Reserva Argentina Malbec
• $6 Monte Antico Italy Blends
• $6 Neprica Blends
• $6.50 Vitiano Blends
• $8 Terra del Oror Amador Barbera
• $11 Simi Sonoma Pinot Noir
• $12.50 De Loach Russian River Pinot Noir
• $6 Rodney Strong Sonoma Merlot
• $9 Ancient Peaks Merlot
• $8.50 Predator Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel
• $6 Dona Paula Argentina Cabernet
• $8.50 Rutherford Ranch Napa Cabernet

Happy Hour at Star Ginger

Star Ginger
3101 Folsom Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95816
916-231-8888

Web site: http://www.starginger.com/

Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/star-ginger-asian-grill-and-noodle-bar-sacramento

Happy Hour

Monday to Thursday
4 to 6 p.m.

$3 Beer

• Lagunitas IPA
• Singha
• Erdinger
• Singha Light
• Tsingtao
• Sierra Nevada
• Lucky Buddha

$4 Glasses of Wine

• Project Paso Cabernet
• Indaba Shiraz
• Bonterra Chardonnay
• Valkenberg Gewurztraminer
• Zonin Prosecco
• Murphy-Goode Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc
• Mohua Sauvignon Blanc
• Angeline Pinot Noir
• Boeger Zinfandel

Appetizers

• $4 Banh Mi Sandwiches (chicken or veggie)
• $5 Salad Rolls (chicken or veggie)
• $5 Vietnamese Chicken Pho
• $5 Thai Kao Soi (chicken or veggie)
• $5 Thai Chicken Green Curry

Daily Dining News: Willie's Burgers Launches Food Truck

In Sacramento, there are two distinct groups of food trucks. The first are entrepreneurs who are launching a food truck in the hopes of one day opening a restaurant. Notables among this group are Mini Burger Truck, Drewski's Hot Rod Kitchen, Wicked 'Wich, Coast to Coast Sandwiches, etc.

The second group consists of existing restaurants who have decided to expand into the mobile food space. Examples of this are Mama Kim's To Go and Chando's Tacos.

This week, another brick and mortar restaurant has joined the fray -- Willie's Wagon, alternatively named Willie's MoFo.

Willie's has offered late night eats to drunkards at 16th & Broadway for more than 20 years. Then, he added a second Willie's location at Arden & Fair Oaks. A couple years ago, owner Bill Taylor opened Iron Steaks. Now, he's the owner of a food truck.

(As an aside, I was at Iron Steaks late last year grabbing a beer and watching football and met Bill. He seemed like a great guy who was willing to talk to and teach your humble blogger a couple things about the business of restaurants.)

Menu:

• Hammer 4 - 2 patties 2 slices of cheese onions, tomatoes and lettuce
• Slammer DCC - double patties, slice of cheese thick slice of tomato diced onions pickles and mustard. For those that know LA chiliburgers and chilidogs this is a letter from home. If you have never had one it is a treat, The chili is not hot just a lot of flavor. You will be bringing your friends in to try one once you know how good they are
• Tamales - made by Willie's in house, better than Tommy;s in LA with chili, cheese onions and diced tomatoes
• Chilidogs- better than Pink's in LA

If you're looking to check them out, Willie's Wagon will join Chando's Tacos, Cajun Wagon Catering, Coast to Coast Sandwiches, It's Corn Cake and Volkswafle at the Cordova High Stadium from 4 to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

As with the other food trucks, follow them on Twitter (@Willies_Burgers) or Facebook to find out where they'll be.

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Sacramento restaurants wine and dine Unified Wine & Grape group - More than 11,000 wine industry professionals are pouring into downtown Sacramento this week for the annual Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, and they're showing up hungry and ready to pop wine bottles. Chris Macias in the Sac Bee.

Mikuni celebrates 25 years - Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar will celebrate a quarter century in business May 15, and co-owner Taro Arai said that after the touch-and-go nature of the first five years, the business has come a long way. Brandon Darnell in Sac Press.

Instant Reaction: Mongo Mongo Mongolian BBQ

Mongo Mongo is the new Mongolian BBQ restaurant at the corner at 19th & J that soft opened a few weekends ago.

I had the opportunity to visit in its first full week in business and found a restaurant on the right track for success.

First, for those not familiar with the concept, at Mongolian BBQ restaurants, customers first fill a bowl with raw meats, vegetables, noodles and sauces and the "cook" at the end combines and prepares the ingredients you've selected over very hot large metal discs. Some variations of this restaurant concept are all you can eat, while others charge by the bowl.

Daily Dining Deals: Cafeteria 15L, Wicked 'Wich, The Limelight

If you work Downtown, Cafeteria 15L's a place that's convenient for lunch, but it can be a little pricey for an everyday lunch. Now, you can get a meal there half off.

• $15 for $30 at Cafeteria 15L. Offer expires today.

More Offers:

• $8 for $16 (New Living Social users | existing users) at River City Saloon. Offer expires on Thursday.
• $15 for $30 (New Living Social users | existing users) to Kenro's A Taste of Japan in Roseville. Offer expires on Thursday.
• $15 for $30 (New Groupon users | existing users) to Susumu Japanese Steakhouse in Roseville. Offer expires today.
• $10 for $20 to (New Groupon users | existing users) Cafe Morocco in East Sac. Offer expires on Thursday.
• $10 for $21 at Bluto's Sports Bar in Antelope. Offer expires on Friday.
• $10 for $20 (New Groupon users | existing users) to The Limelight on Alhambra. Offer expires on Friday.
• $10 for $20 to Wicked 'Wich food truck. Offer expires on Saturday.
• $10 for $20 to Three Sisters in East Sac. Offer expires on Friday

Looking for more deals like this? Check out the Cowtown Eats guide to saving 50 percent at good restaurants.