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Beloved restaurant Noriega Hotel shuts down after 89 years in Bakersfield
Basque food is simple, humble, and synonymous with family. It’s part of the fabric of Kern County. Bakersfield has a higher concentration of Basque restaurants than any other city in the United States.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readBasque food is simple, humble, and synonymous with family. It’s part of the fabric of Kern County. Bakersfield has a higher concentration of Basque restaurants than any other city in the United States. Last week, residential favorite Noriega Hotel shuttered its doors after 89 years. The restaurant won a James Beard Award in 2011 and was a favorite of former Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic Jonathan Gold. Journalist Steven Mayer reported on the closure.
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- 26:50Why Jonathan Gold loved visiting Noriega Hotel
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The full episode
3 of 7Cajun cooking, tacos, salmon- 0:00Louisiana native Melissa Martin on the shrinking bayou and Cajun cuisine
- 12:00How dairy restaurants proliferated — then disappeared
- 20:01Beloved restaurant Noriega Hotel shuts down after 89 years in BakersfieldYou’re reading this
- 26:50Why Jonathan Gold loved visiting Noriega Hotel
- 32:13America’s regional tacos, from Cajun to crispy hardshell
- 40:32Street vending in LA was finally decriminalized, then COVID-19 hit
- 48:42Forecasting salmon season on the West Coast