East Tabor, Fairfield, CA

East Tabor, in Fairfield, is a neighborhood people drive to for groceries and dinner. Travis Boulevard and Tabor Avenue carry markets and family restaurants side by side, with Vietnamese, Chinese, Mexican, Thai and Japanese kitchens all within a few storefronts of one another. Behind the commercial frontage in East Tabor, the streets are mostly single-story ranch houses from the 1960s and 1970s, along with a handful of apartment complexes. Lots are modest and the blocks are flat. Tabor Park sits just across the line in Dover Terrace, a big open lawn with a picnic shelter, benches and loops for walking. Suisun City's Old Town sits right at the edge of the neighborhood too, which adds a second set of restaurants. The Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, a small theater venue, is just over the neighborhood line for a show. Pho Lee Hoa Phat 7, on East Travis Boulevard, is the noodle soup stop, and Carnitas Ramirez is the pork stop for tacos and plates. Hernandez Meat Market is where a lot of cooks start the week, Lucky Jelly Donuts handles mornings, and Clocktower Pizza covers pizza night. Yo Sushi and Tokyo House both serve sushi on the strip, and Monsoon Burger is the burger option. Major Market is the general-purpose grocery and Thai Market stocks Southeast Asian staples, so the neighborhood's two grocery stores cover a lot of ground and a weekly shop rarely needs a trip elsewhere. Interstate 80 is a short drive, and the Amtrak station in Suisun City's Old Town is close enough to treat as a local stop. Busy arterial roads and aging storefronts come with the territory, and green space is limited to a park or two. What East Tabor offers most is range, since a single stretch of Travis Boulevard covers a week of different dinners.