Zagat Comes To Sacramento
And the survey says…
The results are in from Zagat Survey’s first guide to Sacramento restaurants. 192 Sacramento area restaurants were sampled and the findings are based on the opinions of 1,264 local diners. And they consumed a lot of grub to come to these conclusions.
These diners ate more than 200,000 meals in 2008, and some
of the big results: Sacramento meal prices are a relative bargain compared to
the rest of the country. The average meal price was $28.43, compared to Zagat’s
national average of $34.03. In Sacramento’s 20 most expensive restaurants, the
average meal was $53.30, more than $20 less than the Zagat national average of
$75.26.
The average food rating for Sacramento area restaurants also showed well. Sacramento’s average food rating was 21.28 on Zagat’s 30 point rating scale, just slightly higher than the national average of 21.15. Sacramento’s average food rating was sandwiched between two venerable food towns: San Francisco (21.29) and Chicago (21.25).
According to Zagat, Sacramentans ate an average of 3.1 restaurant meals per week (the national average was 3.3). The guide was edited by Kate Washington, Carol Dluguid and Bill Corsello. We’re still trying to nail down the date when the Zagat Survey for Sacramento will be released, but in the meantime here are more results:
Top 10 Most Popular
Mikuni
Biba
Waterboy
Ella Dining Room & Bar
Mulvaney's
The Kitchen
Il Fornaio
Fat's Asia Bistro
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Firehouse
Top 10 Food
La Bonne Soupe Cafe
The Kitchen
Waterboy
Mulvaney's
Biba
Ella Dining Room & Bar
Hawks
Tuli
Mikuni
Kru
Top 5 Service
The Kitchen
Mulvaney's
Hawks
Waterboy
Ella
Top 5 Best Buys
Whitey's Jolly Kone
La Bonne Soupe Cafe
Rick's Dessert Diner
Willie's Burger
Squeeze Inn
Sacramento Bee - Appetizers
Chris Macias
January 14, 2009