Daily Dining News: Antigua Replaces Three Monkeys at 7th & K
January 18, 2012
Three Monkeys was an ambitious restaurant that ultimately failed because it tried to be all things to all people. It served sushi. It served American food. It served Mexican food. Combined with a poor location, it was one of the early casualities of this restaurant recession.
But a new restaurant has jettisoned the sushi and American food and is concentrating on Mexican fare and music, reports Chris Macias in the Sac Bee.
Have you ever checked out Yoshi's, the live music spot and Japanese dinner house with locations in San Francisco and Oakland? A new Sacramento spot, Antigua Cantina & Grill, aspires to be the local equivalent and with a Latin twist. So far, Antigua has booked Salvador Santana - son of famed guitarist Carlos Santana, and a fine musician in his own right - to play at Antigua on March 9.
Read the entire in the Sac Bee.
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