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Caution: Longtime capital law is nothing to spit at

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

Be careful where you spit ... More to the point: Watch it in Sacramento ... Laws against public spitting are historic relics, but Sacramento City Code 9.04.040 still prohibits spitting on sidewalks and in streetcars ... Occasionally – rarely – it's even enforced ... "It's still on the books and we use it when we see fit," said Officer Konrad Von Schoech ... Expectorators were cited three times in the past 12 months ... The only cited transgressor in 2010, said Von Schoech, was a high school

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Dining review: Esquire Grill no longer exciting

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Published May 16, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.
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The Esquire Grill on K Street, a quick stroll from the state Capitol, is often packed with eager patrons ... "Oh boy, big crowd tonight," I said to the cheery fellow who greeted us at Esquire Grill. "Um, I was guessing it would be slow on a Monday." ... "This is actually not uncommon," he replied. "We have two big groups. One is Californians for affordable student housing, and the other is the invertebrate – not the vertebrate – pesticide folks." ... I tried not to look star-struck as he led

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Dining review: House Kitchen & Bar sees a future on Capitol Mall

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Published May 11, 2010 at 10:49 a.m.
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Server Desiree Bush prepares to deliver a meal at House Kitchen & Bar ... Let's see. Open a restaurant in a part of downtown that's pretty much empty after 5 p.m. Have floor-to-ceiling windows so everyone can look out at how dead it is. Create a menu that is decidedly lowbrow, largely unadventurous and moderately affordable. Feature a dish that involves impaling a chicken carcass with a can of beer ... Sit back and watch the money roll in ... If I were a banker and someone came to me with a

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Sac State grad students praise model U.N. course

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Published May 7, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Professor Ron Fox, center, who brought the Model U.N. program to Sacramento State in 1977, reacts at a surprise party in his honor Thursday at CSUS. At left is professor Bahman "Buzz" Fozouni, Government Department chairman; in the foreground is Bob Curry, who taught a class with Fox ... Jamaica's biggest export is the aluminum ore bauxite. Cuba has a successful organic agricultural program partly because the U.S. economic embargo prevented the country from importing most pesticides. The

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'Community Conversations' to ignite neighborhood talks

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Published May 6, 2010 at 7:35 p.m.

Over the back fence, over coffee at the kitchen table and now at a coffee house near you - civil discussion returns to Sacramento on Tuesday with "Community Conversations," a partnership of The Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Capital Public Radio and The Sacramento Bee ... Beginning at 6 p.m. at eight locations around town, we are inviting people to gather to discuss our future. The topic of the first discussion -- "What will it take to propel our region beyond the present slump into a

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Second Saturday's success hasn't paid off for Sacramento galleries

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Published April 10, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Art can seem secondary on Second Saturdays, so 20th Street Gallery now hosts other events for more-serious patrons. Thursday's "20/20" reception drew 62 artists – and elbow room ... The ring of cash registers is no longer part of the din of Second Saturday, the monthly Sacramento happening, when art galleries throw open their doors and offer plastic cups of wine and paper plates of cheese to put people in highbrow humor ... Sales, at least at the art galleries that initially launched the

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Dining review: Red Hawk Casino steakhouse will help spend your jackpot

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Published April 25, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Chef Mark Wermiel presents a crab cake at Henry's Steakhouse ... An ambitious menu with plenty of options, steaks the size of brontosaurus burgers, food that mostly hits the mark for quality and execution ... Oh, and then there's the condition known to medicine as a "food coma" that could hit without warning. Same with the price tag when you add it all up – digits that will make your credit card statement look more like a car payment ... It all takes place in the wonderful/bizarre world of Red

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Shabu Japanese Fondue is dip-swish-a-licious

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Published March 14, 2010 at 4:00 a.m.
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Looking to keep it raw? A sushi sampler also is on the menu ... John Voong has always enjoyed meeting people, has always loved food, has never shied from a challenge ... So he opened a restaurant ... But many things were not in his favor: The economy had bottomed out, he was very young, and most folks around here had never heard of the cuisine he wanted to showcase, something called "shabu shabu." ... So what did Voong do? He saved his money from waiting tables. He crunched the numbers. He

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Casey Hayden, from pastry to the Stanford Mansion's director

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Published March 29, 2010 at 1:43 p.m.
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Casey Hayden, Leland Stanford Mansion director, at work ... Casey Hayden was one of California's hottest young pastry chefs in the 1980s and '90s, wielding whisks and sugar shakers at the legendary Spago in Los Angeles and Postrio in San Francisco, as well as his eponymous Sacramento bakery and cafe ... Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, for whom he worked at Spago and Postrio, called him "one of the most creatively inspired pastry chefs in the country." ... Hayden turned out caramellos, ciocolatos,

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Sacramento is a ground town -- great burgers all around

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Published April 20, 2010 at 4:19 p.m.
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Behold, the Pastrami Burger at Scott's Burger Shack on Franklin Boulevard - pastrami, Swiss cheese and more atop the beef patty ... How hard could it be? Take ground beef, shape it into a disc, season with salt and pepper, cook it just right, set it on a nice bun, add the right mix of condiments and garnish, and you're in business ... Yes, the hamburger is an American original, a simple pleasure and a benchmark for some of our fondest food memories ... The idea of putting a ground-beef patty on

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