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Cruises around the Sacramento Delta in open-sided river boats depart from the Marina.
Sleeping & Eating
University Plaza Waterfront Hotel HOTEL
( 209-944-1140; www.universityplazawaterfronthotel.com ; 110 W Fremont St; r from $125; )
If you're spending the night here, a nice option is the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel, a
place where business travelers mingle with University of the Pacific students and the may-
or, who all live in the lofts on the upper floors. The very modern building overlooking the
harbor and historic park, unlike the highway chains, is walkable from other locations in the
city center.
Manny's California Fresh Café AMERICAN
( 209-463-6415; www.mannyscaliforniafresh.com ; 1612 Pacific Ave; mains $4.95-7.95;
10am-9:45pm)
Get lunch at Manny's, which serves flavorful rotisserie meats and fried-chicken sand-
wiches. It's at the edge of the Miracle Mile district, a developing shopping stretch on Pa-
cific Ave, north of downtown.
On Lok Sam CANTONESE
( http://newonlocksam.com ; 333 S Sutter St; 11am-9pm)
Venture south of the Crosstown Freeway (Hwy 4) to (New) On Lok Sam, established in
1895 in the center of Stockton's lively Chinese settlement.
Modesto
Cruising was banned in Modesto in 1993, but the town still touts itself as the 'cruising
capital of the world.' The past time's notoriety stems mostly from homegrown George Lu-
cas' 1973 film American Graffiti . You'll still see hot rods and flashy wheels around town,
but they no longer clog thoroughfares on Friday nights.