Upscale Restaurants

Upscale Restaurants are restaurants that tend to have fewer people wearing backwards hats. They accomplish this mission not through the use of extensive security forces, but instead high prices. Expect there to be white table cloths, high quality alcohol, innovative recipes unlikely to be cooked at home, and an emphasis on the presentation¹ of the food. As a general rule, you can get seafood and steak, but vegetarian options often emphasize portabella mushrooms and eggplant. Ambiance is generally good at these spots.

• Mikuni
  

• Mustard Seed
  

• Osteria Fasulo
  

• Seasons
  

• Tucos Wine Market and Cafe
  

Also see "Fine Dining" under Restaurants

• Bandera Chain.
  

• Biba Review First learn something about the legendary Biba Caggiano, then go.
  

• Ella Dining Room and Bar (Located between 12th and K, this place is for true ballers. Brought to you by the Mr. Selland, creator of The Kitchen. The food and atmosphere is unlike anything else in Sacramento. Dress to kill here.
  

• Esquire Grill (Arnold's Staff hangs out here.)
  

• The Firehouse Restaurant
  

• Frank Fat's
  

• Harlow's
  

• Il Fornaio Chain.
  

• The Kitchen
  

• Mikuni (More trendy than upscale, but this is known as a fancy sushi restaurant in Sacramento and also Davis)
  

• Miyagi Bar and Sushi
  

• Morton's steakhouse
  

• Sacramento Supper Club
  

• Slocum House

• Buckhorn Steak and Roadhouse
  

• Monticello Bistro — relocating to Davis in the future

• Maritime Seafood
  

• Morrison's Upstairs
  

• Tazzina Bistro

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"right... places I'll probably never eat..." - MarieHuynh

JackHaskel asked whether Symposium is upscale. Although its kinda pricey, I would say no because (1) it has take-out, (2) its very family friendly and (3) its best known for its tasty pizza, which happens to be cheaper than most places in town when you account for FSI . I guess I would call them upper-midscale, the same level i would call Cafe Bernardo, Kathmandu Kitchen, and Fuzio. — CraigBrozinsky

2007-02-18 19:17:14   I added a fine dining section to the main Davis restaurants page. As for this page, Little Prague just isn't fine dining in my opinion. The others are okay. —GregKuperberg