Loco for local

Despite its large corporate sponsor, the Save Mart Supermarkets Grape Escape (4 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, at Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I Street) couldn't be much more local. There's food and drink from Sacramento's Block Butcher Bar, Grange Restaurant & Bar, Temple Coffee and more than 20 other Sacramento-area businesses. There will be also hundreds of wines from four-dozen wineries representing eight (Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Yolo) counties—all of which are more “local” than Napa Valley. Then, in perhaps the most fun part of the food-and-wine festival, four regional chefs—Carolyn Kumpe of Renwood Winery, Ian MacBride of Lucca Restaurant & Bar, Brian Mizner of Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co., and Jason Poole of Dawson's—will compete in a cooking competition. Tickets cost $35 at any Save Mart, $40 in advance online, or $50 at the event. Visit www.grapeescapesacramento.com for more information.