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Lucca restaurant opened April 1st, 2003. During the course of the last 5 years, it has been a pleasure and a privilege to be mentioned in many newspaper articles- as well as featured in more than a dozen news and television programs shown throughout the Sacramento area.
Recently, Lucca's received the distinguished award by the state of California to be chosen as the restaurant to represent and illuminate the California Fresh Campaign; highlighting the benefits of locally grown and sustainable agriculture and emphasizing the bounty of California's farmlands. Serving as a backdrop to the Governor's speeches in Japan, the lushly gardened courtyard presented a lovely promotion of our beautiful and culinary inclined state.
We look forward to seeing you at Lucca,
Ron and Terri Gilliland
Owners,Lucca Restaurant
Appetizers/Mike Dunne: Lucca will feature locally grown food in 'Octoberfeast'
Mike Dunne – Bee Food Editor September 29th 2004
In their energetic efforts to get Californians to eat more California-grown products, state agricultural officials have persuaded on of Gov. Schwarzenegger's favorite hangouts, Lucca Res & Bar on J Street, to supplement its Mediterranean menu with several dishes highlighting locally raised provisions.
The Promotion - “Octoberfeast” - starts Friday and continues through the month , with three specific Californian dishes to change weekly.
None of them includes one high-profile and controversial foodstuff, foie gras. A bill passed by the legislature and awaiting the governor's signature or veto would ban the force-feeding of birds to enlarge their livers beyond normal size, the key step in the production of foie gras. the governor has until Thursday to weigh in on the measure.
In the meantime, Lucca's Executive Chef, Gene Moana, has created all sorts of dishes to spotlight and encourage the eating of several other Northern California products, such as blue cheese out of Point Reyes, rack of lamb from Dixon, grass-fed beef, Asian pears, tomatoes, walnuts and the like. The first week menu, for example, includes black mission figs with a baby mache lettuce and shaved dry jack cheese, roasted Petaluma chicken with a polenta of local sweet corn, and a tart of apples from Apple Hill.