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Hawks Restaurant

Quarry Ponds Town Center
5530 Douglas Blvd., Ste. 110 (Barton Rd.) Send to Phone
Granite BayCA 95746
916-791-6200 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Suburban gem sparkles with first-rate cuisine. Hawks Restaurant is one of our | Top 10 Sacramento FoodRating Restaurants | Top 10 Sacramento Brunch Restaurants | Top 10 Sacramento Romantic Restaurants |

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Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.

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Hidden in a small, upscale shopping center near Folsom Lake, Hawks is a surprising find. The cool blue-grays, velvet-swathed bench seats and glistening chandelier are a world apart from what you’d find at the more common chain restaurants in the area. Unlike its neighbors, Hawks focuses on fresh, seasonal ingredients, many from local producers, and its menu changes accordingly. Starters may include creamy cauliflower soup with shrimp or a foie gras terrine with caramelized pineapple. Mains may include a pan-roasted Idaho red trout, braised lamb shank with wild mushroom gnocchi or Sonoma duck breast with roasted beets. The same attention is given to desserts, such as a Meyer lemon soufflé or brioche beignet with salted caramel and cinnamon chocolate sauce.

User Ratings & Reviews for Hawks Restaurant
Average rating    4
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A hidden gem! Stop here on your way to Lake Tahoe!
by asianhombre on 07/05/2009
 
There's something about great service and amicable engaging people that gets your blood pumping.

Here are the five great things about this restaurant:

1.) Atmosphere. Beautiful, comfortable, elegant and sophisticated.
2.) Mike and Molly: world class chefs and friendly owners.
3.) Bartender: he's a certified sommelier and I would be comfortable calling him a mixologist. Order a Negroni or a Manhattan.
4.) Noticeably absent from the wine list are Silver Joke Cab (or Silver Choke) and Wrongbauer Chard.
5.) FOOD!

People who are driving from the Bay area to Tahoe for the weekend should be stopping here for a meal. It's only 4 miles out from the freeway and tops anything in its area.

Perhaps it was a little gluttonous of me to order the charcuterie, foie gras AND the wine pairing meal, but WTF you only live once.
 
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