Wool Growers Restaurant, the most popular Basque restaurant in Bakersfield (located in “Old Town Kern” – the Basque Block), knows a little something about history. This year the restaurant, a landmark in Bakersfield, will celebrate 60 years of serving Basque dishes.Mayie Maitia, the founder of Wool Growers, was only 25 years old when she and husband, Jean Baptiste Maitia opened the restaurant. Now 84, Mayie, a recent inductee to the Basque Hall of Fame, has turned the operations over to her daughter, Jenny and granddaughter,…
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