Fieldwork Brewing Co. Sacramento

A Midtown Italian and pizza place that local parent guides keep naming, with plenty of pizza and pasta a kid will actually eat.

Suites at the edge of Capitol Park, so dinner can be mac and cheese in your room after a day on your feet.

Square-slice pizza with a T. rex mascot, which is all a dinosaur kid needs to hear. Lots of vegan options too.

Forty acres of lawn and huge old trees around the Capitol, with a rose garden and plenty of squirrels to chase. No playground, so think picnic and a run on the grass after a Capitol tour.

Right across from the Capitol and its lawns, with a saltwater pool and cabanas. Handy for a downtown weekend on foot.

A 1920s market building turned hotel a couple of blocks from the Capitol. The pool is the reward at the end of a long museum day.