Want to sweep that Special Someone off her (or his) feet? Get gussied up and head out to Grange Restaurant at the Citizen Hotel. Located in a gorgeous historic building on busy J Street in downtown Sacramento, the Grange Restaurant is a classy spot to romance your sweetie and savor prettily crafted dishes focused on locally sourced products. The name of the restaurant was chosen for its association with farmers (in the past, according to our waiter, the local grange hall was the center of the farming community) and Chef Michael Tuohy is passionate about showcasing what’s grown and raised in the Sacramento region. Breakfast (including a Sunday brunch), lunch and dinner are served in the stunning dining room, and the menu changes frequently. If you’re an early riser, come try the kitchen’s buttermilk griddle cakes (with cinnamon butter) or the fried egg sandwich on toasted brioche. Fancier breakfast dishes include the smoked sturgeon Caesar salad (Sundays only) and a mushroom omelet with Vella Sonoma Jack cheese and caramelized onions. The lunch menu is short, but varied enough to satisfy a table of hungry foodies. Sandwiches include the yummy-sounding goat cheese, arugula and preserved tomato panini; and seafood aficionados will appreciate chef Tuohy’s pan-roasted petrale sole (with lemon-caper butter) and the Pacific swordfish, accompanied by Sardinian cous cous. I reveled in the “local farm vegetable assortment,” a slim, elongated plate containing four distinct heaps: a pureed, ethereally creamy roasted butternut squash; sweet roasted chunks of parsnip; sharply-flavored sautéed mustard greens and a tangy pile of teeny lentils, punctuated by perfectly diced carrots and celery. It was virtue on a plate—you can’t help but feel healthy after a meal like that. At dinner, the ambience is seductive and low-lit; start your meal with one of the restaurant’s carefully chosen locally-produced wines and the wonderful fritto misto—crispily fried squid, chunks of the day’s white fish, onions and lemon slices. Carnivores won’t want to miss the grilled Niman Ranch beef ribeye, atop a wild mushroom and black truffle ragout; and if you’re searching for something lighter, build a dinner with Chef Tuohy’s intriguing small plates (I’d go for the duck confit and his tuna tartar with Satsuma mandarins). And if you find yourself too sleepy to drive home, you can always request a room at the Citizen—we hear they’re beautiful. — Kira O'Donnell

Insider tip: Check out Chef Michael Tuohy’s three course “Features for Two” meals, offered nightly. Each night offers a different theme—or example, Thursday’s theme is fried chicken, Saturday is smoke-roasted prime rib, and Sunday is the locavore-friendly “Everything from within 100 miles.”

Reservations: Recommended

Payment methods: American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, Visa

Alcohol: Full bar

Corkage fee: $20

Hours: Monday–Thursday: Breakfast 6:30–10:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.; Dinner 5:30–10 p.m.
Friday: Breakfast 6:30–10:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.; Dinner 5:30–11 p.m.
Saturday: (No breakfast or lunch) Dinner 5:30–11 p.m.
Sunday: Brunch 8 a.m.–2 p.m.; Dinner 5:30–10 p.m.