Happenings

Chefs – and farmers – named for high-profile Tower Bridge dinner

This year’s roster includes first women chefs picked for gala dinner

The first two women named to oversee the Tower Bridge dinner are Allyson Harvie, formerly of Block Butcher Bar and now with soon-to-open The Patriot at the Milagro Centre in Carmichael; and Molly Hawks, who along with husband Michael Fagnoni owns Hawks in Granite Bay and the new Hawks Public House in East Sacramento. The other selected chefs are Bill Ngo, chef/owner of Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine; Kelly McCown, executive chef at The Kitchen Restaurant; Ramon Purez, chef/owner of Puur Chocolat; and Fagnoni, who is teaming with his wife.

Sactown Best of the City

Suburban Import

A lot of Sacramento restaurants have spawned suburban spinoffs… It’s rarer, however, for an outerborough success story to venture to the central city–but we’re so glad that elegant Granite Bay stalwart Hawks Restaurant has made a new nest in East Sacramento.  (more…)

Sacramento Bee: Top-shelf restaurants use Séka Hills olive oil

One of Sacramento’s best new restaurants, Hawks Public House, deepens the flavor and cuts the acidity of its lemon sorbet with Séka Hills’ arbequina.

The secret to Séka Hills oil’s popularity with chefs might lie in its versatility. Hawks Public House, which features the oil in its lemon sorbet, also uses it to finish pastas, in some vinaigrettes and in “some sauté work,” chef Justin Green said. “It is a really delicate oil, and it is very universal. It has a well-rounded flavor. It is buttery, grassy and peppery.”

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Sacramento Magazine Best New Restaurants

With the opening of literally dozens of eateries, the past couple of years have been very good indeed for local food lovers. Fans of upscale Hawks in Granite Bay were in for a shock when owners Molly Hawks and Michael Fagnoni opened this midtown Sacramento outpost.

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Sacramento Magazine May 2016

Sacramento Magazine May 2016

Sac Mag May 2016 Best New Restaurants