There’s a business shuffle in Lavender Heights. The Kennedy Gallery left its space adjacent to Headhunters and moved into the Victorian house on the corner of 20th and L streets. The owners of the costume shop that formerly occupied the space retired, and it was all so that Headhunters and Faces owner Terry Sidie could relaunch his first Sacramento nightclub – Club Bojangles – in the art gallery’s recently vacated space. Club Bojangles is a rebirth of the first club that Sidie owned, back in the 1970s. His subsequent establishments, like Club Bojangles, all cater to the gay community, but welcome straight people as well. “I opened Bojangles in ’76 on Folsom Boulevard,” Sidie said. “I st

Twenty food trucks are scheduled to set up at West Sacramento's River Walk Park on Saturday for SactoMoFo's Trucktoberfest mobile food fair. The event is a gathering of food trucks accompanied by live music from local bands and beer, and it serves to celebrate West Sacramento's 25th anniversary. Food trucks scheduled to be at the event include Addy's Paella (paella and tapas), Chairman Bao (Asian fusion), Chando's Tacos, Coast to Coast Sandwiches, Crave (new debut by Krush Burger), Curry Up Now, DavePops, Dave's Dawgs, Drewski's Hot Rod Kitchen, El Porteño, Krush Burger, Leila's Lumpia, Simply Southern, Smoothie Patrol, Swabbies on the River, Sweet and Mellow, Volks Waffle California, We

On Saturday, October 6, 4-7pm, at Sierra 2 Center (2791 24th Street), hundreds of people will gather to partake in some of the best food, wine and craft beer the area has to offer. The 22nd Curtis Park Wine Tasting, Beer Garden & Silent Auction event is one of the area’s most popular events, serving as a benefit to raise money for SCNA/Sierra 2 Community Center, Bret Harte Elementary School, and this year, the McClatchy High School Drama Club. In addition to the great food and beverages, there will be a Raffle and Silent Auction that includes ‘experience packages’ such as music, dance, and language lessons, spa packages, create your own flavor of the month at Gunther’s Ice Cream, and vacat

www.sactoberfest.com http://sactoberfest.eventbrite.com/ Cesar Chavez Park – 910 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Saturday, October 6, 2012, 12:00pm – 5:00pm Active 20-30 Club #1 Sacramento presents their 31st Annual Oktoberfest. In past years Oktoberfest has been held at venues such as Fairytale Town, and Cal Expo. This year the fun returns to the Cesar Chavez Park, right in the heart of Downtown Sacramento. One of the year’s largest fundraising events for Active 20-30 Oktoberfest will provide a fun and exciting day for all attendees. Like other Oktoberfest events the beer will be flowing, but Active 20-30 raises the bar for their event. Along with multiple craft beer breweries there wi

On Saturday, September 22, Assemblymember Roger Dickinson is hosting a free food literacy fair in Sacramento in partnership with nonprofit California Food Literacy Center, and the Oak Park Farmers Market, a project of NeighborWorks Sacramento. At 10:30am, Dickinson will welcome attendees at a brief press conference followed by a food demonstration featuring a local chef and her 15-year-old sous chef, a participant in this month's food literacy recipe contest. Dickinson’s Assembly Concurrent Resolution 161 establishes every September as Food Literacy Awareness month in California. At the fair, attendees will learn about food from the ground up and how to make more informed food choices tha

Sacramento's food, beer and wine will be on display Friday night for the 14th annual A Taste of Sacramento event. Approximately 100 vendors, including catering companies, local coffee roasters, restaurants and bars, will bring their best for the event, held from 5:30 - 9 p.m. at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St. Tickets cost $40 per person and include unlimited samples from all the vendors. There will also be a raffle and silent auction. Previous event-goers have reported being able to get to nearly ll the vendors, saying the event is well-organized. THe event is for the 21-and-older crowd, and no babies or children will be admitted. Proceeds benefit Easter Seals Disability

The recent recession cost Jonathan Kim his job in the building maintenance industry, but it also opened the door for him to follow a dream he’d had for years – owning a restaurant. A fish and chips restaurant in South Sacramento was short-lived, but five years ago, he opened the first location of Bento Box near Sacramento State, and he came up with a winning formula. He’s now expanding Bento Box to the Midtown/downtown area with its third location, and he said it will be open longer and seat more people than the previous two – one at 65th Street and Folsom Boulevard and the other in Loehmann’s Plaza in East Sacramento. Most dishes will be served in bento boxes – plastic boxes with built

While it might never be the subject for a reality TV show, the Stockton Boulevard Partnership (SBP) has nevertheless implemented a “makeover” that has had a noticeable positive impact on the PBID (Property Business Improvement District) as well as the adjoining neighborhoods. Since its launch in 2002, the Partnership has taken substantial steps to enhance their image, increase security and promote economic development. "It's great to see the shared vision of the board of directors' and my efforts come to fruition," said Terre Johnson of The Stockton Blvd. Partnership, "Reducing crime has had a direct effect on the desirability of our commercial corridor.” As Executive Director since 200

Sunday's Foodmob Street Food Fest is being billed as the Sacramento area's largest gathering of local food trucks to date by Wicked 'wich owner Chris Jarosz. Running from 3 - 8 p.m. Sept. 16, the event will be held at Elk Grove Regional Park, 9950 Elk Grove-Florin Road in Elk Grove. Live music and entertainment will also be on-hand. Food trucks scheduled to be at the event are as follows: Addison's Originals, California Love Truck, El Matador Mobile Mex, Fuzion Eatz, Heavenly Dog, Kombucha Kulture, Local Kine Shave Ice, Mama Kim on the Go, Gypsy Mobile Boutique, Miz Shirley Marie's Cuisine on wheels, OM Karmabile, Off the Mapp Mobile Espresso, OMG Burger, Papa Dale's Drivin' Diner, Ste

Q. I am a pretty good baker and I have been told that I should sell my homemade bread to restaurants and specialty food stores. I know that there are regulations and laws that govern producing and selling food items. I also heard that that there is pending legislation regarding homemade items that could help me. Can you tell me what permits etc I might need to get started? Stanley W. A. A first step to starting a new business is to write a business plan. A business plan also acts as a guide to map out the course of the business. It helps to assess your needs including what permits and licenses are required. The Greater Sacramento Small Business Development Center has numerous classes an

A friendly burger contest between Matt Burgess of the California Highway Patrol and his twin brother, Jon Burgess of the Sacramento Fire Department, led to the opening of Burgess Brothers’ Burgers three weeks ago near Sacramento City College. According to Matt, his brother challenged him to a burger cook-off being hosted by Good Day Sacramento. Matt won the contest, and the two decided to combine the best of both of their burgers and turn it into a restaurant. “Because we’re both public servants in our careers, we figured it would blend into what we can do at a restaurant by giving the highest level of service,” Matt said. The brothers looked for something that wasn’t being done in Sacr

This is shaping up to be a good year for Krush Burger owner Davin Vculek: His original food truck is the basis for a traditional restaurant set to open at the end of the year, Sacramento will soon vote on a less restrictive food truck ordinance, and he is a few weeks away from rolling out his next food truck – doing with tacos what Krush Burger did with burgers. “It’s Crave: Modern American Tacos,” Vculek said Wednesday. “We’re going to have a couple of fish options, a shrimp option, a really good pulled pork taco, chicken and possibly a steak taco.” The truck is in the final stages of construction, but it is scheduled to be at the Sept. 29 SactoMoFo Trucktoberfest in West Sacramento. T

The next SactoMoFo mobile food fair will be held at West Sacramento’s Riverwalk Park Sept. 29 to celebrate the city’s 25th anniversary. Dubbed “Trucktoberfest,” it will feature 15 local trucks and five from the Bay Area, though event organizers said the final list of trucks isn’t yet determined. “We’ll have a wide variety of beer offerings, and it’s going to be right on the river,” said Paul Somerhausen of SactoMoFo. Having the event at Riverwalk Park, near the Ziggurat Building at 707 Third St., is something that wouldn’t have been possible when the city incorporated, West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon said. “This is a celebration for how far we’ve come,” he said. “You couldn’

Most Americans have never had a true Belgian waffle, said Terry Jeske, owner of the Volks Waffle California food truck, and he hopes to give Sacramentans the chance. So, what makes a Belgian waffle truly Belgian? “In America, when you make waffles at home or IHOP or Denny’s, they’re made out of batter, so you pour the batter onto a griddle or an iron,” Jeske explained. “Mine are dough-based. It’s a completely different animal.” Jeske imports his dough from Belgium, where he said bakers have more than a 160-year head-start. Since the dough is the backbone of the business, he won’t say where, exactly, it comes from, but – after being frozen – it leaves the production facility on a truck,

Hook and Ladder Manufacturing Co. – the new venture from the owners of The Golden Bear – is set to open by the end of the month, co-owner Kimio Bazett said Friday. The menu at the restaurant located at 1630 S St. is nearly complete, but Bazett said he’s keeping tight-lipped on what, exactly, will be on it. “We’re trying to be as secretive as possible,” he said. “We don’t want too many details, except that there’s going to be a lot of handmade stuff. We’re trying to do all of our baking in-house, have handmade pasta, homemade sausages and farmers market-sourced produce as much as possible.” He’s being equally mum about the interior of the building, saying that not even the workers are pe

One of Sacramento’s favorite food trucks is expanding to a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the River District north of downtown. Krush Burger – formerly the MiniBurger truck – is expected to open in the new California Lottery Headquarters at 700 North 10th St. sometime in December, owner Davin Vculek said. “It’s going to be our first restaurant,” he said. “That’s why we started this company: to build a quick-service restaurant.” The menu will be similar in content and pricing to that of the Krush Burger truck, but it will be expanded to include more as-yet-unnamed burgers, entrée salads and breakfast. The Krush Burger truck serves about 1,000 burgers per day, including the Ninja, which

From the Sierra Nevada foothills to Sacramento and into the Bay Area, Northern California artists will be highlighted in the 2012 KVIE Art Auction. Celebrating KVIE Public Television’s thirty-one years of creating an accessible venue to bring art into the homes of Northern Californians, this year’s Art Auction will showcase over 300 works of art by the area’s emerging, well-known and world-renown artists. In addition to art in the juried competition, the auction will also include works by master artists Annie Murphy Robinson, Eric Dahlin, Gregory Kondos, Mel Ramos, and Clayton Pinkerton. Five of the artists featured in the 2012 KVIE Art Auction have been recognized with the curator award

A new bakery called Yellowbill by the owners of Magpie Cafe opened Monday at 14th and O streets, and co-owner Ed Roehr said Yellowbill is “the perfect place to have a latte and get a carrot cake cookie.” The target clientele is people who want to drop by and have a light lunch or a baked dessert. “We want to have options for people to have a light lunch for under $10,” Roehr said. Yellowbill collaborated with another local business for its coffee, and all espressos and coffee drinks will be made with coffee from Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters. Baked goods include cookies, scones, cupcakes and more, but Roehr said it isn’t all about the sweets. “We have savory items, which we think is

The owners behind a new restaurant and bar set to open in West Sacramento have plans that are both unpretentious and ambitious. They want to serve basic bar food at a reasonable price, and help spur development in a neighborhood that could use a boost. Broderick, set to open at 319 Sixth St. in October, will be a working-class bar with stiff drinks, big portions and a no-frills, no-nonsense approach, according to manager and co-owner Chris Jarosz, who is also the operator of the Wicked ‘wich food truck. "It will be real American bar food," Jarosz said. "No Nouveau California cuisine, no fusion this or that. It's just going to be pure, unadulterated, old-school Middle-American bar food: h

Candace Chwierut came home one night after a food distribution empowered with a newfound skill, shuffling. Busting out a groove to the hit summer anthem, 'Party Rock,' Candace and other volunteers began an impromptu dance party that had everyone shuffling up and down the distribution line, including clients and their families. "Everyone was laughing and smiling and it created such a fun and entertaining atmosphere during the distribution," Candace said. "It feels good to be able to connect and contribute to our community." Candace, a volunteer with Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' Food program, started volunteering in order to strengthen her experience and ability to work with peo