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There are many Mexican restaurants here in Bakersfield , but I believe Que Pasa Mexican Café to be one of the more authentic. While much of their menu caters to American taste buds, Que Pasa offers the genuine flavors of...
Posted by aly
- Thu Feb 9, 2006 22:42:45 PST
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I visited Hodel's restaurant at 12 p.m. on Jan. 17. As you first walk in you see country-style decorating, and to your left is a cute, small shop with merchandise for sale. Looking through the shop I noticed most of the goods were old...
Posted by aly
- Thu Jan 26, 2006 21:30:50 PST
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I visited McGee's Sugar Mill on Dec. 20 around 11:30 a.m.
When I first walked in this inviting country-style restaurant there was a just a
sm
all line with standing-room...
Posted by aly
- Fri Dec 30, 2005 09:38:15 PST
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I visited Planet Smoothie on Dec. 2, 2005, around 4 p.m.
As I walked in I was instantly greeted by a pleasant smile. The ambiance of this charming cafe is more cosmopolitan than you'd expect to find here in Bakersfield. The decor was...
Posted by aly
- Wed Dec 7, 2005 00:21:21 PST
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The owner of Little Italy, who prefers to be known simply as Chang, saidhe's learned not to underestimate the people of Bakersfield."They know good food," said Chang, a Brimhall Estates resident who's been intown two years and...
Posted by lward
- Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:14:41 PST
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When Ralph Fruguglietti was a child in Grumento Nova, Italy, he would go with his mother to the local bakery to make pizzas in the wood-fired oven they opened to the public on weekends.Though the Fruguglietti family moved to the States...
Posted by lward
- Thu Sep 8, 2005 13:31:00 PDT
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Restaurant Talk: Champs BBQ owners open Patrona this week It's 11 a.m. on a weekday and Champs BBQ and Catering is already smoking. Regulars from the airport, downtown, the Kern County Sheriff's Department, Halliburton and...
Posted by nwv_admin
- Mon Jul 18, 2005 09:59:00 PDT
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The homemade cinnamon rolls, rotisserie chicken and raisin broccoli salad -- it's these down-home favorites that have kept locals and out-of-towners flocking to Hodel's Country Dining for nearly 40 years. General Manager Don Hodel, 44,...
Posted by lward
- Mon Jun 13, 2005 16:01:00 PDT
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Though now sandwiched between Mauricio's, Jobie's El Chile Verde and the like, owners Jose and Terry Gonzalez say Casa Mexico, opened in 1985, was the first Mexican restaurant in the Rosedale area.The pair became the third owners when...
Posted by nwv_admin
- Mon Apr 11, 2005 09:49:00 PDT
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When brothers Ricky Jhaj and Nimi Brar purchased the popular Brookside RiverLakes deli and convenience store on Coffee Road in April of 2004, it caused something of a stir amongst customers; the equivalent of adding mustard to...
Posted by nwv_admin
- Wed Feb 9, 2005 13:58:00 PST
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The owner of Quick One Chinese restaurant is only 27. Yet through both osmosis and experience, Jason Gao has what seems like a lifetime of experience in the industry.Born in China, Gao has lived in the states for more than a decade. He...
Posted by lward
- Wed Jan 26, 2005 13:02:00 PST
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Pappy's Coffee Shop on Rosedale Highway looks deceptively plain from the street. Although perhaps the grand piano sitting on the patio should have been a clue... Stepping inside, one is greeted by an embarrassment of riches....
Posted by lward
- Thu Jan 13, 2005 13:07:00 PST
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It's 3 in the afternoon at the Northwest Promenade - right between lunch and dinner. The Bamboo Café, however, is bustling. Manager George Shih barely has time to look up as he dishes out kung pao chicken, barbecue pork and beef with...
Posted by nwv_admin
- Mon Jan 3, 2005 08:52:00 PST
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It's a Friday night. He'll look over the menu but always order the enchiladas suizas. She, in turn, will play coy but without fail settle on the chicken fajitas. By the time the check comes, they will have enjoyed two margaritas...
Posted by lward
- Thu Dec 16, 2004 15:18:00 PST
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Northwest residents may not have known quite what to think when Fabious Worthy moved his barbecue restaurant from Union Avenue to Rosedale in the summer of 2003. But they came, they tasted, and he proved himself more than worthy to have...
Posted by nwv_admin
- Mon Dec 6, 2004 09:15:00 PST
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