One Saturday night, a few weeks ago, I went out for a night on the town.
By the end of the evening, I had patronized no less than six of Sacramento’s finest food and drinking establishments, used ride-sharing services to jump bars safely from Midtown to Oak Park to East Sacramento, and ended the night with a single Mexican lager at Hilltop Tavern on Folsom Blvd.
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We didn’t have time for a second Especial, though, because my friend and I were promptly shooed out of the bar at 2 a.m.
It’s certainly not a habit of mine to shut the bars down, but I’ll admit surprise at how early the evening still felt by the time last call rolled around. For a city that seemingly encourages nightlife and boasts several entertainment districts, why do our bars shut down so early? Turns out, that’s a statewide problem, even in much larger cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles…