Track 7 Tap Room opens tonight from 5-9!

Sacramento's newest brewing company.

They will have six beers total on draft for the opening, including Alkali Wit, Daylight Amber, Soulman Stout and Big 4 Strong Ale, all of which will be regular releases.  Additionally, they will have two special releases, a Blonde Ale and a Belgian IPA.

http://track7brewing.com/

I'll edit this post once I get my hands on some of these tasty sounding brews!!!

Sacramento Food Trucks are the talk of the town

Whether you're reading this weeks News & Review, Yelp's group email, both Sac Magazines or just street talk, you probably are sick of hearing/reading about it. That is until you try it....

A new breed of roach coaches is upon us...."gourmet" food trucks! And I love it.

I had two food trucks I used to go to when I was in the area of them: Freeport Taco Truck and the taco truck on Northgate Blvd on the way to a Kings game. But now, it's not just tacos anymore (unless you mean Korean short rib tacos), it's local Five Dot Ranch beef burgers, fresh sandwiches made to order, mac-n-cheese, salads, fresh brewed ice tea.

A few big runners in the area are Mama Kim's, MiniBurger & Drewski's. I've had the chance to try the last two and they do not disappoint. This is food that you would not expect to be coming from an oversized truck rv looking thing, but a cafe or bistro or cool corner shop.

If you feel like you might want to give these trucks a taste of your buds, then you're in luck: http://www.sactomofo.com/  This Saturday the 30th at Fremont Park they will be parked around the perimeter from12-6. And with the networking age upon us, you can track their locations via Twitter or Facebook. Check it out!

http://drewskis.com/

http://www.miniburgertruck.com/

The Secret is out... NAHBS is coming!

http://2012.handmadebicycleshow.com/

What's better than 1 Beer Week? 2 Beer Weeks!

Feb 11th - 20th and 25th - March 6th mark San Francisco and Sacramento's Beer Weeks for 2011. Hundreds of events, craft brews and good times. Hop on your bike and check out one of your local sponsored establishments to enjoy this time of "Thanks" to the brewers that make these wonderful beers possible. 

http://www.sfbeerweek.org/

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And if that's not enough to fill your gill, Sacramento will!

http://sacramentobeerweek.com/

Sprints at Hot Italian brought a crowd

Last Sunday the 23rd, was the third "Savage Sprints" roller racing event and the second one at the Hot Italian location. The organizer of the races, Dean Alleger, gets the cyclists names entered into the laptop and often uses a bullhorn to announce special guests or pertinent information about the racers. A decent crowd showed up to cheer on the racers that signed up.

The sprinters and spectators are an array of cyclists and bike envy peeps. From the fixster hipster to the commuter to the girl that takes her bike to Trader Joes on the weekend to a National Champion?! Maybe one reason for the crowd was to catch a glimpse of Team USA National Track Champion cyclist Kevin Mansker from Portland Oregon. Kevin went on to win this event Sunday with times in the low 8's.

4 more races are on the books at Hot Italian, Feb 6 & 20 and March 6 & 20. This is all to raise awareness and donations for the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Association http://sacvalleyvelodrome.org/?page_id=19
Come check it out!

This is the link to the previous blog on this site.

http://klimahandlebar.blogspot.com/2010/12/gold-sprints-at-rexs-tonight.html

Spin Burger Bar

The same owners (Fred/Matt Haines of SRO Inc) and former great location of 33rd Bistro Midtown on the NW corner of K/16th Street have opened Spin Burger Bar. The definition of Spin here is bike + records. Sounds good to me.

Fred is offering up some tasty burgers with a Spin. I'm not sure if that's their slogan, but I'd sell it to them.
They just opened the doors for a soft opening on Wed right before Thanksgiving, so it's pretty dang new. I went there for lunch today with a couple of friends and had to wait awhile for the food. The manager actually bought us a round to make up for it......so we're all good.

The menu is decent looking and I decide to "create my burger" from a list of yummy ingredients. This one has cambazola (blue cheese/brie cheese), garlic roasted mayo, & pomegranate ketchup - $8.95. This is a "tasty burger" just like Jules said in Pulp Fiction. No kidding. Real talk.
My friends got the Mac-n-cheese & the Chili. Both liked their plates. (the M&C is only $2.95)

So, they're building a stage for the sprint bikes and will be doing races by the end of the week. Late night races or time trail runs will go into the weee hours of the morning.

I must say that I will be back to Spin. Again, the burger was very good and looking forward to some sprints!

I hope they get into the Sacramento cycle scene & advocacy. This will only make this place prosper.
Others already have & are getting these Gold Sprints installed in their shops, So I foresee Internet challenges between different groups.                        video of a sprint race

http://spinburgerbar.com/

A Dapper Sacramento Tweed update for Nov 21st 2010

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Sacramento Tweed Ride will continue rain or shine!

jen@ripecompany.com

http://sactotweed.blogspot.com/