Zocalo - A Taste of México

It's Hip to be Square.
Inspired by the majestic public square of the same name in Mexico City, Zocalo is more than just a jazzy title for a modern-yet-authentic Mexican eatery: It relates a contemporary extension of Mexico's proud heritage and distinct culture.

For hundreds of years, the zocaloan urban plaza similar to our own Capitol Mallhas been the center for political and social gathering in Mexico, the largest of which is in Mexico's capitol. As the nucleus of one the world's most populated cities, what happens in the Zocalo is a reflection of what is simply happening.

Imagine a plaza a mile-wide and a mile-long, flanked on one side by the national plaza and on another by the national cathedral & that's the zocalo. It is where the Pope delivers public addresses, where grandest parade routes end, and where countless millions have expressed themselves in everything from concerts to celebrations to protests.

Not Mexican. Mexico.
Virtually every aspect of your experience at Zocalothe exquisite artworks, the compelling furniture, the unique serviceware, and of course, the delectable cuisine
is an authentic, original, artifact of Mexico. Nothing has been duplicated or imitated. Instead, all was carefully and painstakingly collected and created in Mexico' then imported to create an experience unlike that of any other Mexican eatery.

Zocalo's incomparable collection of artworks are from Guadalajara's Ernesto Cruz, a world class architect/ sculpture/ poet/ artisan-deluxe. Cruz's one-of-a-kind talents grace our restaurant. After countless months of intense scrutiny over most every detail, Zocalo is now a primo casa for Cruz's indigenous crafts that simultaneously praise his origins and offer an irresistible seductiveness.

Nuevo Sacramento
History has a way of repeating itself, doesn't it? Consider our building. Designed by the legendary Leonard Stark (the same guy who created many of Sacramento's most beautiful schools, monuments, and buildings), the Arnold building has been faithfully restored to its original glory' then some.