Counter Culture: Vacaville's Black Oak – food that stays - Restaurants come and go, leaving memories in their wake. Along Interstate 80 between Dixon and Vacaville is the classic sign marking the once-upon-a-time site of the Milk Farm. The grand Nut Tree restaurant ("California's legendary road stop" since 1921) is an echo. The family park closed in 2009, reincarnated into a much-smaller play plaza lost in a sprawling shopping mall (though there still is a train). Allen Pierleoni in the Sac Bee.

Ruhstaller Beer Tastes of Sacramento’s Rich Beer History - J-E Paino, a Sacramento native by way of San Francisco, is the proprietor of Ruhstaller Beer, an up and coming Sacramento beer company whose name and history date back to the 1800s when Sacramento was a true Wild West beer town. While studying at UC Davis, Paino fell in the love with the rich and bountiful story of the Sacramento beer industry and how west of the Mississippi, we were home to the largest brewing facility—Buffalo Brewery where the present day Sacramento Bee is located—larger in fact than Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, Mo. To add, Sacramento had numerous brewing facilities that were in full production, brewing and shipping out beer to thirsty Americans. Adam Saake in Submerge Mag.

Burgers & Brew to Open Restaurant at Old Baja Fresh Site? - The vacancy left by Baja Fresh may soon be filled by Mexican restaurant owned by Burgers and Brew, Inc., which also owns Crepeville. An application to sell alcoholic beverages was issues on Feb. 13 for a restaurant called El Toro Bravo. Justin Cox on Davis Patch.