Locavore Magpie Caterers Market & Café on Sacramento R Street corridor the new Midtown hot spot

The sign of good things to come is already here at the new Magpie Caterers Market & Café along the R Street Corridor in Midtown Sacramento. The owners, Janel and Ed, have been faithful followers of the locavore- and sustainable-style of cooking for many years. Both Sacramento natives and locals -- they live nearby in Midtown -- their catering gigs and culinary professions have taken them around the state and across the borders.

But us Midtowners are lucky and blessed to have them back in our midsts and serving up tempting offerings from local or nearby purveyors of California goods -- fruits, veggies, cheeses, wines, beers...stop me if I have hit your yummy button. The farm-to-table philosophy (to which I subscribe) is deliciously at work and I am thrilled to be in their "hood." Check out their online menu

They are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  The menu -- fancily written on brown paper, white boards, and across the front of food cases -- changes daily.  Though they are surrounded by other up and comers on R Street, I am certain their star will shine.

Magpie Caterers Market & Café, 1409 R Street, Sacramento, CA  95811; 916-452-7594.

Story & Photos by Barbara L. Steinberg©