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This Tiny California Bakery Serves Some Of The Best Handmade Donuts You’ll Ever Taste
Somewhere in Folsom, California, there is a tiny bakery quietly producing some of the best handmade donuts you are ever going to put in your mouth. That bakery is BJ Cinnamon, and it would very much like to meet you. Here’s the thing about “best ever” claims.
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Ikeda's Country Market & Pie Shop | NOW In The 916 with Deanna
In this edition of NOW in the 916, we learn about Ikeda’s Country Market & Pie Shop in Auburn, which was voted best pie shop in America by USA Today! Ikeda’s is a family-owned country market, pie shop and restaurant that started as a fruit stand and has been around since 1972. Ikeda’s makes 1,000 pies a day with fruits from their 40 acres of orchards.
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'Amazing' tacos come to Redding market. Pasta Pronto reboot | The Buzz
Daniel Monaghan is one half of DJ’s Smash Burger in the Redding Public Market. Now the chef is getting ready to unveil his latest concept, which will also be in the public market. Cenote, a Mexican restaurant, is scheduled to open Nov. 18 in the former Bantam Kitchen space. Bantam closed in June after just seven months. Monaghan is partnering with Raj Kandhola to open Cenote. Kandhola has a hospitality background and with his family owns the Gaia Hotel in Anderson. Cenote will serve lunch and dinner. Its recipes will be inspired by the Yucatan region of Mexico, “a lot of bitter orange or Achiote (bright red paste made from ground annatto seeds),” Monaghan said. “They are using like banana leaf and they’re cooking their meats longer.” Monaghan and Kandhola have been friends for some time and they wanted a concept that would elevate the market. Kandhola admires Monaghan’s skills as a chef. “We felt that tacos would be an amazing addition, but tacos that Daniel creates is even somehow and even more an amazing addition,” Kandhola said. “You’ll see how after you try his food; you’ll be amazed. We’re not just opening up a taco shop; we’re trying to
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Young Redding chef prepares authentic BBQ at new family-run eatery
On one upcoming fall weekday, passersby on Placer Street in downtown Redding might catch the aroma of fresh barbecue and spot Angel Serna commanding the grill out on the sidewalk, whipping up fresh items he says are unique. The family-run Black Sheep Cafe opened on Oct. 17 inside Sizzle's Kitchen, a dedicated commercial cooking and dining space that has served as a meal preparation and launchpad site for up-and-coming foodie entrepreneurs for the past several years. Serna said the Black Sheep Cafe offers American food favorites including barbecue and, in a nod to his family's heritage, also specializes in Mexican cuisine. The barbecue attracted a good number of people on opening day, said Serna, who owns the business with his father, Joseph. "They saw the barbecue grill up, they smelled it, and they asked, 'are you guys open?' And we told them, 'Yeah, today's the grand opening' and we were attracting people all day," Serna said. The grilling style, using a Santa Maria grill and a combination of white and red oak wood, contributes to the meat's unique taste, he said. "Traditional grills have a grate that's fixed in place and you load wood or coals into the bottom. A
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Redding hot-pot spot eyes opening date. Gaming's popularity | The Buzz
The historic Lim’s Café sign still towers above North Market Street, but not much else of the former Chinese restaurant is recognizable. Work on a new hot-pot restaurant there is progressing, and the owners hope to open in February or next spring. When I spoke to Haishan Chen, he told me there is still another four to six months of work. Chen will own and operate the new restaurant with his wife, Liyi Li. They also own Oriental Express, a popular restaurant in Shasta Lake that they bought in 2015. The couple’s new restaurant will be called 88 Hot Pot. Li told the Record Searchlight in 2025 the numeral 8 symbolizes luck in China, so they’re doubling their luck with their new culinary endeavor. A peak inside the former Lim’s building reveals a complete renovation of the restaurant. Essentially, the only thing left from the Lim’s era are the four walls. Lim’s Cafe closed in September 2022 after serving Chinese and American food for nearly 90 years at three Redding locations. Chen said everything inside will be brand new. The outside has been painted gray, and Chen said the trim will be accented with a different color. While the building
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Redding pizza maker takes fifth at Great American Pizza Challenge after sauce swap
REDDING, Calif. — A Redding pizza maker narrowly missed the podium at a national pizza competition in Ohio, finishing fifth against more than two dozen competitors despite a last-minute recipe change. Augie Collins, general manager at Noni’s Pizzeria and Slice Shop in the Redding Public Market downtown, placed fifth...
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Redding café that 'pays it forward' sells shops, keeping them local
Redding's Caffé Pagato, which in April closed its location on the corner of Butte and Continental streets, has sold its remaining site, as well as one location that's now under development, to two other homegrown coffee businesses. Caffé Pagato's breakfast and lunch spot at Mercy Medical Center Redding is now owned by Theory Coffee Roasters, adding to Theory's locations on Hilltop Drive, on California Street and inside Redding Regional Airport. And Caffé Pagato's upcoming eatery-in-the-making, being constructed inside the Shasta Community Health Center in Redding, has also changed hands. It will join the Redding-based Black Rose Coffee & Tea, Inc., which will operate the new café inside the health center on Placer Street. Black Rose originally opened in east Redding off Old Oregon Trail just north of Highway 44 in 2018. In May 2026, Black Rose added another drive-thru kiosk on Hilltop Drive. Construction is happening on Black Rose's health center location, but an opening date has not yet been set, said a statement from Caffé Pagato's former owners, Mike and Teri Davis. Black Rose Coffee & Tea, Inc. CEO Torrie Rosales said their upcoming location at the health center "will be our first location that is not a drive-thru,
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Post Office restaurant marking 50 years in Redding with throwback bash
Set foot in the 50-year-old Post Office Kitchen and Spirits and you’re stepping into a bygone era of one of Redding’s longest-running restaurants. The postal-themed decor features several displays of old-style, gold-colored metal box units that once were used to retrieve mail using a dial combination at real post offices. Another artifact is a renovated vintage cooler inside the horseshoe-shaped bar that reputedly came from an eastern Shasta County ranch that was once owned by Bing Crosby and Clint Eastwood. “That's what we've been told,” said Leah Sullivan, who owns the restaurant and bar with Hallie Hawkins and her father, Nolan Hawkins, who you’ll most likely find doing the cleaning in the mornings. Party time To mark the restaurant’s five-decade legacy, the owners are throwing a party from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. They’ll offer throwback prices in addition to their popular weekend brunch, which offers an all-you-can-drink mimosa bar plus all-you-can-eat food from its Bottomless Menu for $45. The celebration will feature live music during and after brunch, a comedy night, a 1970s-themed costume contest and a nighttime DJ. The all-day party is a chance for longtime regulars to gather and share their stories
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New restaurant and hotel arrive in the Redding area | The Buzz
When KC Borders saw that Taphouse Pizza Company in Happy Valley was for sale, she contacted her friend, Tish Gooch, to float an idea she had. “So, I reached out to her and I said, ‘You know, this could be really cool.’ And she actually lit the fire in me, you know, (she said), ‘Let’s do this,’“ Borders recently told me. This is The Backroads Eatery & Events, a new restaurant on the southeast corner of Happy Valley Road and Olinda Road in the Country Market shopping center. It's a spot that has had several restaurants over the years, most recently Taphouse Pizza. Borders said they hope to open Nov. 1. Right now, they are spending eight to 12-hour days cleaning up, painting, and picking out new flooring as they work to put their personal touches on the space. “I’m not locally from here, but I’ve lived here for like 12 years,” Borders said. “We kind of came up with the concept the backroads just cause it’s where we live. I mean, this is in the backroads. It’s the countryside, it’s where our kids are growing up, playing sports, they’re raising animals in 4-H and FFA (Future Farmers of America),
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Turtle Bay Oktoberfest Returns to Redding With Beer, Food and Live Music
Turtle Bay Exploration Park is throwing open the gates of Paul Bunyan's Forest Camp this Saturday, October 10, for its annual Oktoberfest, a family-friendly evening featuring beer and food running from 5 to 8 p.m. The celebration brings together food vendors and live music for what has become one of Redding's most reliable fall traditions.
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Shasta Inka brings unique Peruvian flavors to Redding
Abel Foelster, the sole owner and operator of the Peruvian food truck Shasta Inka, feels bad for us in Redding. Why? "You have a lot of sucky food everywhere. You don't have that many choices, you know, only Mexican and American and maybe Italian," said Foelster. Shasta Inka, however, is on the path to change that — diversifying the cuisine options in Redding and offering what Foelster said is "one of the best foods in the world." "(Peruvian food) is very good. People that eat my food like it. I have a lot of repeat customers ... especially when I went to Plantable. I went there last Friday for the first time and everybody (said) 'OK this is so good,' said Foelster. Shasta Inka's focus is on serving up authentic northern Peruvian food, emphasis on northern. According to Foelster, who grew up in northern Peru and learned to cook from his grandmother, each region of Peruvian cuisine is unique. Northern Peruvian food, he said, is traditionally "prepared fresh the same day," a principle which he implements at Shasta Inka and has been implementing since he started cooking at just 3 years old. "I usually wake up at 6 a.m. in