Yellowbill Café and Bakery is a popular grab-and-go cafe convenient for those spending their day near the Capitol.

The inside of the cafe is small and casual, with only few tables to eat at. There is additional seating outside for those who need fresh air from work and wish to soak up the warm sun.

Yellowbill has a full coffee bar, with the menu written on in chalk on a blackboard, giving the restaurant a relaxed ambiance. The cafe offers a sweet and tangy honey lemonade which would be refreshing on those warm afternoons.

This coffee shop and bakery closes at 3 p.m. and offers breakfast, lunch and desserts. Much of the food at this café is prepared and packaged in the morning, which is useful for those on their lunch break or headed to work.

Prepared foods include salads, sandwiches, drinks and yogurt. The types of salads offered include; potato, pasta, beet, rice, bean, tuna and fruit. The café offers both sheep and cow yogurt as well.

The pastry case near the register is filled with many choices of baked goods. All pastries are freshly baked each day. The selection of baked desserts includes cookies, brownies, scones, loaves, muffins and tarts. The scones are made with either sweet seasonal fruit, savory meat, vegetables or cheese.

Breakfast items include a breakfast sandwich; which a baked frittata with seasonal vegetables and cheese on a freshly baked biscuit, a house made granola and a cinnamon pinwheel; a cinnamon roll that looks similar to a cookie.

This café offers a popular cupcake called the black bottom cupcake. This dessert; a spongy, moist, chocolate cupcake with a sweet, fluffy, buttery, cream cheese filling and is garnished with chocolate chips on top of the rich, cheesy frosting. The lightly flavored chocolate cake balances the rich cheese filling perfectly, creating a must-order dessert at the cost of $3.

The peanut butter sandwich cookie and the chocolate avocado mousse are two vegan desserts offered at Yellowbill. The peanut butter sandwich cookie tastes similar to a Nutter Butter, having a mellow sweet and salty crunch. The avocado mousse is decadent and rich, tasting only like chocolate. The dark chocolate and creamy avocado give mousse a heavy and smooth pudding-like texture.

This café offers sandwiches, pizza, a soup of the day and salads on the lunch menu. The pizza is baked on fresh focaccia bread and the selections of toppings vary daily. The pear and Brie flavors, in the pear and Brie sandwich, are balanced well with the sweet, light crispiness of the pear and rich, creamy cheese taste in every bite. The soup of the day varies and is served with focaccia bread or a cornmeal muffin.

Yellowbill Café’s small lobby and quickly served food options make this restaurant a popular choice with those spending their day downtown.

Yellowbill Café and Bakery is located at 1425 14th St in downtown Sacramento. Its hours are 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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