Over the weekend, one of my roommates said something in passing about Corti Brothers closing, which didn’t seem at all plausible. Not that I didn’t believe my roommate; the news simply didn’t compute with what I know of the place and it’s history in Sacramento. Which, I will admit, is very little, but I have had the distinct pleasure of once meeting Darrell Corti, who is pretty much a legend on the national and global food/wine circuit. It was a brief introduction, thanks to my friend Rick Mindermann, Darrell’s right-hand-man. I used to pay Rick and Corti Brothers a regular visit while working at Sierrastyle Publishing when I would pick up the monthly wine feature for the magazines.

Then today I read this.

Atrocities!

I happen to think Sacramento is a pretty cool place. And it’s places like Corti Brothers that make it such. What will become of this city if and when all the local gems are no more? Now there’s a question I don’t even want to think about.