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Chevys Fresh Mex is a chain of casual dining style restaurant founded in 1986 seeking to provide fresh Mexican cuisine prepared from scratch using fresh ingredients. Some of the challenges of a chain as large as this, over 100 outlets and still counting, is to maintain consistent standards and the Fresh Mex pledge says it all. To blend fresh salsa every hour, tortillas made off 'El Machino' every 53 seconds, avocados smashed daily for guacamole and a no-cans kitchen.

The extensive menu offers a selection of botanas, fresh grilled quesadillas, soup and grade salads, and a giant sizzling platter of tender grilled chicken breast, marinated skirt steak, juicy shrimp and slow roasted carnitas. The signature combo of 'Taste of Chevy's' is a riot of colors, neatly stacked rolls of beef and chicken enchiladas, soft chicken taco and chicken tamale, served with homemade sauces.

The fajita burritos are a treat, served sizzling hot on a skillet, the grilled skirt steak coalesces well with cheddar cheese, fresh veggies, beans a la charra, pico de gallo and fire roasted salsa, all draped in warm flour tortilla. The dessert section evokes a lot of interest with a deep fried ice cream, ooey-gooey-chewy sundae and the classic Chevys flan.

The house margarita is renowned for a good reason - made with premium gold tequila and fresh squeezed lime - this could well leave a pleasantly tingling effect on your taste buds.

Back in the 1950s Joe Anticevich created a very special dinner house where the courthouse crowd came to celebrate victories and nurse defeats. Years rolled by and after several changes in ownership, The Broiler still remains one of Sacramento's definitive steakhouses with high back booths and an exclusive martini bar.

Their house specialities include bacon-wrapped duck breast with raspberry balsamic glaze and creamy polenta, and fettuccine pasta tossed with grilled chicken, basil pesto cream, tomatoes and toasted pine nuts. The tender petite filet is marinated with thyme and juniper berries and served with lime-juniper-thyme butter and merlot sauce. Shellfish lovers could feast on starters of oysters on the half shell with spicy cocktail sauce and mussels St. Francis with garlic, shallots and tarragon Irish whiskey cream.

There is a carefully selected list of Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends, Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays to choose from, in addition to ports and brandies.