ON
ON A
ON A FOOD
ON A FOOD JOURNEY TO FIND ALL THE GOOD GRUB IN SACRAMENTO AND BEYOND.
>> AND WHILE HE'S LIVING LIFE
IN A FOOD COMA, HE'S ALSO
SHARING EVERY BITE AS A SOCIAL
MEDIA FOOD INFLUENCER EXPLORING
LOCAL EATERIES IN HOT SPOTS AND
SNAPPING INSTA WORTHY PICS.
SO OF COURSE WE HAD TO INVITE
ONTO YCL TO GIVE US A TASTE
OF WHOSE FOOD TASTES AS GOOD AS
IT LOOKS.
ALEX BLEYS, BETTER KNOWN AS
SACKBUT.
THANKS FOR COMING ON THE SHOW
TODAY.
>> HEY AUBREY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
SO FIRST OF ALL, TELL US HOW
DID YOU KIND OF START THIS
JOURNEY INTO BECOMING A FOOD
INFLUENCER?
>> YEAH, BACK WHEN I WAS LIVING
IN NEW YORK I ALWAYS LOOKED AT
A LOCAL FOOD BLOGGERS AND SEE
WHERE ALL THE HOT SPOTS WERE
OUT TO EAT.
>> EVEN WHEN I TRAVELED AND
WENT ON VACATION, I DON'T KNOW
ALWAYS LOOK AT THE LOCAL
INFLUENCERS TO SEE WHERE WHERE
THEY WORK BECAUSE THAT MEANT
THAT'S WHERE I'VE USED TO BE.
SO WHEN I MOVED HERE TO SACK A
FEW YEARS AGO I DID THE SAME
THING.
I TRY TO CHECK OUT ALL THE
LOCAL INFLUENCERS TO SEE WHERE
ALL THE GOOD FOOD WAS.
>> BUT THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL
OF ACCOUNTS ACTUALLY BLOGGING
ABOUT THE LOCAL FOOD SCENE
WHICH IS PRETTY SURPRISING.
KORSAK HAS A LOT OF GOOD
RESTAURANTS.
SO I FIGURED WHY NOT START MY
OWN FOOD BLOG WHERE I DOCUMENT
MY OWN FOOD JOURNEY AND JUST
HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT?
>> OH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
SO WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN GOOD
FOOD AND HOW DO YOU FIND IT?
WELL MY PARENTS ARE HAITIAN SO
I GREW UP EATING REALLY SPICY
FLAVORFUL FOODS ALL THE TIME SO
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FOOD TO
HAVE SOME SPICE AND A LITTLE
BIT A KICK TO IT.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST USING SOME
SALT AND PEPPER YOU GOTTA DO A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT TO
IMPRESS ME.
BUT FOR MY BLOG I'M ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR FOOD THAT'S FUN,
CREATIVE AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS
IT TASTES.
THAT MAKES ME WANT TO RUN OUT
AND GO GET IT FOR THEMSELVES.
>> AWESOME.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT A PLACE
THAT YOU'RE REALLY ENJOYING
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
THERE'S SO MANY GOOD SPOTS
THAT'S OPEN SACKED LATELY.
I WOULD SAY THAT I'M REALLY
LOVING MIDTOWN SPIRITS.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST
DISTILLERY TO OPEN SACRAMENTO
SINCE THE PROHIBITION ERA WHICH
IS REALLY COOL.
THERE MANY HAS A LONG LIST
OF REALLY CREATIVE COCKTAILS
AND THEY'RE ALL REALLY GOOD.
I PERSONALLY ENJOY THEIR
COCKTAIL SLUSHIES JUST PERFECT
AS THE WEATHER IS IT HEAT UP
AND RIGHT NOW.
YOU DON'T GET SUPER SUMMER.
ALSO THE FOOD IS REALLY GOOD.
THEY TAKE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE
BURGERS, FRIES AND HOT DOGS AND
JUST ADD A CREATIVE TWIST TO
THEM WHICH I THINK PEOPLE WILL
LOVE.
THE OWNERS DAVE AND JASON, THEY
OPEN UP DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
I KNOW IT WAS PRETTY
CHALLENGING BUT I DEFINITELY
THINK THEY HIT THEIR STRIDE AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
FOOD TRENDS ANYTHING IN
PARTICULAR THAT YOU'RE NOTICING
AROUND TOWN THAT'S JUST TAKEN
OVER?
>> YOU KNOW, ONE TREND THAT I
DON'T THINK IS GOING AWAY
ANYTIME SOON IS THE HOT CHICKEN
CRAZE.
SAP JUMPED ON THE HOT CHICKEN
WAY BACK IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN
WITH NASH AND PROPER.
AND EVER SINCE THEN THERE'S
BEEN MORE AND MORE PLACES
POPPING UP FOR YOU TO GET YOUR
HOT CHICKEN FIX.
MOST LOCALS KNOW AND LOVE AND
PROPER.
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TRY A
NEW PLACE LOOK NO FURTHER THAN
WORLD FAMOUS HOT HOP BOYS.
THEY OPEN UP THEIR BRICK AND
MORTAR RIGHT HERE AND SACK
AFTER BEING PRETTY POPULAR OUT
IN OAKLAND AND IT'S RIGHT IN
MIDTOWN.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE PLACE.
ANOTHER GOOD PLACES BOOK WHICH
IS OPERATED BY THE OWNERS
OF URBAN ROOTS BREWERY AND
SMOKEHOUSE.
>> IN ADDITION TO THEIR SUPER
SPICY HOT CHICKEN SANDWICH YOU
CAN ALSO GET ROTISSERIE CHICKEN
A REALLY GOOD BURGER AND THEY
RECENTLY ROLLED OUT THEIR
WEEKEND BRUNCH MENU WHICH HAS
SOME INCREDIBLE PANCAKES ON
THERE THAT THEY CHANGE.
SEASONALLY.
SO DEFINITELY CHECK THOSE
PLACES OUT.
>> OH MY GOSH.
THOSE PICTURES I MEAN I'M READY
TO HAVE SOME CHICKEN NOW BUT
BEFORE I DO THAT IT NEEDS TO BE
AT LEAST LUNCHTIME OR
SOMETHING.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A
HELLA GOOD PICK FOR US THAT WE
ALL REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT
TRYING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO THE DELEGATE PICK SINCE
WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF HOT
CHICKEN, I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY
CHECK OUT NASHTON PROPERS, ICE
CREAM, CHICKEN SANDWICH.
THEY TEAMED UP WITH DEVIL MAY
CARE ICE CREAM TO ADD A SCOOP
OF ICE CREAM ON TOP OF THEIR
SAVORY FRIED CHICKEN.
IT'S SUPER GOOD.
IT HAS.
IT HAS ALSO IT'S IN BETWEEN A
FRENCH TOASTED BRIOCHE BUN.
SOUNDS INSANE.
SO IF YOU HADN'T TRIED,
DEFINITELY TRY AND TELL THEM
THAT I SENT YOU.
>> OH MY GOSH.
SO DID YOU EAT THAT WHOLE THING
BY YOURSELF?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OF COURSE LIKE ANY OTHER WASN'T
JERRY MATT THAT THAT'S PRETTY
CREATIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S YOUR NEXT FOOD EVENT
YOU'RE GONNA BE OF ANYTHING ON
ON TAP THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO GOING AND CHECKING
OUT?
>> OH MAN.
WELL, THE WEEKEND'S COMING UP
SOON SO I'M LOOKING TO FIND A
REALLY GOOD BRUNCH PLACE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WEEKEND
BRUNCHES THAT HAVE BEEN POPPING
UP IN SAC LATELY NOW THAT
THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO OPEN
UP.
SO I'LL DEFINITELY BE OUT THERE
THIS WEEKEND COMPRISING SOME
GOOD OLD BREAD.
>> YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I GUESS SO ALL YOUR FREE TIME
IS SPENT EATING AND LOOKING FOR
PLACES TO EAT.
>> WELL I MEAN I WORK AT SAKS
STATE DAY THAT'S MY DAY JOB.
BUT THEN WHEN I'M NOT WORKING
THIS IS HOW I HAVE FUN.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE GOOD FOOD?
GOOD FOOD IS THE BEST LIKE
CONNECT AND MEET PEOPLE.
SO IT'S ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO
JUST CONNECT WITH OTHER LOCALS.
>> OH THAT IS SO I'M YOU KNOW
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAG ALONG
BECAUSE I LIKE TO EAT.
I DEFINITELY LIKE DESSERT AND I
DEFINITELY WANT THAT THAT HELLA
GOOD PICK.
ALEX, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING .
AND YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALEX
AND HIS