Tower Cafe

A Land Park pizzeria for an early dinner with the kids, with a kid's pasta and an ice cream sandwich made with Gunther's vanilla for dessert.

Pizza and ice cream under one roof, which is basically a kid's dream restaurant. Breakfast pizza in the mornings and vegan options for both.

A burger place on R Street with its own beer for you and plain burgers, grilled cheese and hot dogs on the kids' menu.

A solar-system playground built so kids of every ability can use it, with ramps, spinners and separate areas for babies, preschoolers and big kids. There's a pond with fishing piers too.

The Land Park bakery a lot of Sacramento kids get their birthday cakes from, with cookies and pastries in the case for a regular Tuesday. Cards only, no cash.

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