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Fat City Bar & Cafe

Address
1001 Front St Sacramento CA 95814
Phone
(916) 446-6768
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Fax
(916) 441-7596

Business Hours

Status: Open

Sunday
10:30am-10:00pm
Monday
11:30am-10:00pm
Tuesday
11:30am-10:00pm
Wednesday
11:30am-10:00pm
Thursday
11:30am-10:00pm
Friday
11:30am-10:00pm
Saturday
10:30am-10:00pm

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Fat City Bar & Cafe, Sacramento, California. 2,534 likes · 67 talking about this · 24,283 were here. Fat's restaurants has been family owned and operated since 1939!

Although our history is rich in Asian cuisine, our facility was most recently a steak house. Our broiler is still in full use for a menu of your wildest imagination. Whether your taste is for Italian pastas, French cream sauces or Mexican salsas we have the chefs to create a wonderful feast for you.

Enter the glass-enclosed entrance to this historic building and the authentic detail inside will transport you back in time to the wild Gold Rush days. Among the numerous Tiffany lamps under intricate stained glass windows, tourists and locals gather for light lunches, weekend brunch, drinks and conversation at the authentic mid-19th century tables. In addition to the lean and tasty ostrich...

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Editorial reviews from the web (3)

Eclectic cuisine in an historical setting.

Fat City Restaurant Review: Although aimed at the tourist crowd, this longstanding Old Sacramento staple is a good choice for locals as well. Housed in a Gold Rush-era building, the interior is awash with charm, from the original brick walls to the stained glass windows to the wooden bar dating back to 1876. The menu features American classics as well as Asian-inspired specialties. Appetizers...

Housed in a turn-of-the-century building, this Old Sac staple is a casual but colorful choice. Built at the height of the Gold Rush, the space is dripping with charm, from the original brick walls to its stained glass windows to its 1876 wooden bar. The mostly American menu has something for everyone. Start off with the crab cakes with chili aïoli. Mains include a variety of pastas, such as...

This Old Town eatery welcomes guests with turn-of-the-century decor and hearty American fare.

Average Rating
80

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Housed in a former Gold Rush general store, this tourist-friendly eatery has held onto its past with a restored 1870s bar, Victorian-era stained-glass windows and Tiffany-style...

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60

If this review was purely based on food I would have given this place 2 stars - but overall the experience was good. I went for the Office trivia night. I thought it was fun but it seemed really...

Great food & service ! Will be back for sure !

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60

This joint is fortunate to enjoy a corner spot and be situated directly across the river in very touristy Old Sacramento. We'd eaten there before but it had been years. Nonetheless, I remembered...

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HAVE AGAIN: Two years later after seeing the play Waitress (about pies, among life itself), I finally got my banana cream pie. Delicious! 12/23/2016 - 1 STAR: HORRIBLE is a term I have never used...

great food nd service beautiful building

Business description (9) view all

Founded in 1849, Fat City Bar & Caf offers a variety of food and catering services. The restaurant offers starters, soups, salad, pasta, burgers and sandwiches. Its special in-house menu of dishes include grilled vegetables, chunky steak chilies, chicken pot pies, old fashioned meatloaves, crispy chicken tacos and beer batter cods. Additionally, it offers garlic breads, fried cheese raviolis,...

Fat City Bar and Cafe‎ has European cafe comfort and Victorian-era elegance. This casual meeting place filled with unusual artifacts offers a wide range of menu items.

Reminiscent of the early settlers of the late 1800's, Fat City has proudly served Sacramento for overy 30 years. The cuisine is grounded in traditional and new American dishes with a few adventurous forays into international cuisine.

Classic American food in Gold Rush surroundings.

Housed in an historic 1849 building whose façade the Fats family restored to its original appearance, Fat City Bar & Cafe is a turn-of-the-century-inspired gathering spot for food, drink, and conversation. The character-laden establishment is filled with artifacts such as the Purple Lady (an 1893 World's Fair first prize for stained glass), Tiffany lamps, and the legendary Pioneer Bar....

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Parking

Don't waste time trying to find a spot on the street; public lots are on I Street between 2nd and 3rd and on the corner of Front and Capitol.

When to Go

Brunch is served weekends from 10:30am to 3:30pm and features such specialties as crab cakes Benedict, baked apple French toast and a seafood omelette.

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