The Buzz: These Downtown Redding café owners will bring The Lost Supper Club. Rosé closed?
The Lost Era Café has brought a unique and ever-changing menu to downtown Redding since it opened about a year ago.
The small restaurant that features dine-in and take-out is attached to The Lost Era Antiques on Butte Street.
Joshua Mansfield, who owns the café and antique store with Lorie Jones, likes to think of them as a lifestyle that brings people together.
Jones said she has worked hard to bring something different to downtown.
"The decor represents the tribulations that we have suffered," Jones said in an email.
Now Mansfield and Jones are working on the next chapter for their business.
They hope to open The Lost Supper Club next to the antique store. The space used to house a hair salon.
Work has started and Mansfield told me the new restaurant could be open by the summer. To be sure, the café is staying open.
On a tour of the new space, Mansfield said he envisions a décor of 1930s Hollywood mixed in with a little bit of ‘90s MTV.
“We want to have music, live entertainment and food,” he said.
Mansfield and Jones are building a bar that on one side will serve beer and wine and the other mock cocktails.
“I want like a clean, healthy living atmosphere,” Mansfield said. “I wanted to do all non-alcohol, but I know some people want to drink and have a good time.”
“I have been a part of this city my whole life and I want something that this city doesn’t have,” he added.
Mansfield said the café and antique store are doing well for the most part. He is looking forward to the warmer days ahead and saying goodbye to the rain.
“If it rains, the whole downtown is shot,” he said of business.
The Lost Era has partnered with New Clairvaux for food and wine pairing events that are open to New Clairvaux club members.
The winery’s tasting room, which opened in November, is across the street from The Lost Era.
“We sell out in a few hours,” John Adams of New Clairvaux said of the pairing events.
Adams said the antique store and café are an asset to downtown and he looks forward to the supper club.
“It is really unique. I’ve never had anything I didn’t like. They keep surprising me. I’m so glad they’re across the street,” Adams said of the cafe.
From the Hearth relocating bakery
Maybe you weren't aware, but From the Hearth started as a bakery some 20 years ago.
The business was established in the early 2000s under different ownership and produced sourdough breads and popular treats like scones that were popular at the Saturday Redding Farmers' Market.
In 2010, From the Hearth, under new ownership, opened its first cafe and has since blossomed with other locations, becoming one of the more popular breakfast, lunch and dinner spots in Redding.
From the Hearth still bakes its own goods for its restaurants. But co-owner Jonah Mills recently told me that its baking operation isn't as big as it was, and its Caterpillar Road location in north Redding is too big for their needs.
Which is why From the Hearth is relocating the bakery to the Chuck E. Cheese shopping center on Hilltop Drive. There is a sign up at the former Great Harvest Bread space announcing From the Hearth's impending arrival.
"We are still working on the specifics. There will be some retail there, but we don't yet know the menu items," Mills said.
As the name states From the Hearth Bakery on Hilltop Drive will not be a cafe.
Mills said they like the more central location and are eager to open their relocated wholesale bakery.
Stay tuned.
What we know after Rosé in downtown Redding closes
Rosé Kitchen & Spirits served its last customer on April 14, according to a Facebook message the business posted.
“As we close this chapter, we want to express our gratitude to everyone who has been a part of our journey,” the post said.
The closure comes about two weeks after longtime downtown retailer Enjoy The Store closed on Market Street.
Rosé opened in the former Shameless O’Leery’s space near the corner of California and Placer streets in early 2023.
About six months in, the restaurant decided to change things up by going to a more upscale menu to match the décor and color scheme the owners put to transform the space from an Irish pub to the new restaurant.
“People came in expecting to see steak and an upscale menu and we pretty much had burgers and tacos,” co-owner Seng Saechao told me last August.
Saechao did not return a phone message seeking comment.
Meanwhile, Saechao is working on his next food venture. He will open the Noodle House in the Redding Public Market.
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The market is expected to open this summer. It will feature other eateries, including a Fall River Brewing tap room.
Buzz 20th birthday bash next month
A quick reminder that Buzz on the Street is celebrating its 20th year and the Record Searchlight will host a community event next month to commemorate the occasion.
The May 9 program on the second floor of the IOOF Hall in downtown Redding will include mixer and a Q&A with myself and other Record Searchlight journalists.
And it's free.
Advance reservations are required as seating is limited. Go to Eventbrite at tinyurl.com/4hpdbmwj to request a free ticket.
To submit questions for me and others to answer, please email RRSEdit@redding.com.
Hope to see you there.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on X, formerly Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today.
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