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Bakersfield California Restaurant Equipment

Restaurant Equipment and Supply for Bakersfield, Delano and Kern County

Bakersfield eats like a farm town with a Basque accent. Basque sheepherders arrived in the late 1800s and ate at boarding-house tables, Wool Growers has served family-style dinners on East 19th Street since 1954, Pyrenees French Bakery traces its ovens back to 1887, and Dewar's Candy Shop has made peanut butter chews since 1909.

Around the city, Kern County farms brought in $7.96 billion in 2024, led by citrus, grapes, and carrots. North of Bakersfield, Delano is table-grape country, where Filipino grape workers started the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and the Forty Acres, the strike's headquarters, is now a National Historic Landmark.

Basque family-style dinner with soup, beans and lamb in Bakersfield, California

Since 2015, The Restaurant Warehouse has shipped to thousands of commercial kitchens in every state. Kern County orders ship from our Brea warehouse, so Bakersfield-area restaurants get the same low prices and freight delivery right to Bakersfield, Delano, and the rest of Kern County. The most common orders here are reach-in refrigerators, freezers, commercial ranges, fryers, ice machines, and food truck equipment.

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Basque Bakersfield: Boarding-House Tables and Picon Punch

Basque herders from the Pyrenees came to Kern County in the late 1800s to work sheep and grain, and PBS SoCal reports that Bakersfield has the second-largest Basque expatriate community in the country, after Boise. The boarding houses fed them family style, and that is where the set-up comes from: sourdough bread, cabbage soup, beans, salsa, boiled vegetables, pickled tongue, and spaghetti, all on the table before the main course. The Noriega Hotel, which opened in 1893 as the Iberia Hotel, won a James Beard America's Classics award in 2011 before it closed in 2020. Wool Growers, opened in 1954 by Mayie and J.B. Maitia and now run by third-generation owner Christiane Camou, was the only Kern County restaurant on the LA Times' 2025 list of California's 101 best restaurants, which singled out its fried chicken, oxtail stew, and pickled tongue. Pyrenees Cafe on Sumner Street, a block away, still cooks Basque-American style, and Chalet Basque on Oak Street has served Basque food for more than 50 years, according to KGET. The house drink is Picon Punch: Picon over ice, a dash of grenadine, a splash of soda, and a float of brandy. Every Memorial Day weekend, the Kern County Basque Festival on South Union Avenue serves barbecued lamb, chorizo, and tri-tip.

Family-style kitchens cook big pots of soup and beans every night, so they need heavy commercial ranges, two-door reach-in refrigerators for set-up platters, and chef bases under the line. Basque bars pour Picon Punch all night from bar refrigeration and back-bar coolers, with ice machines to keep up.

Old Town Kern: Pyrenees French Bakery, Dewar's and Luigi's

Pyrenees French Bakery started in 1887 as Kern City French Bakery. Rick Laxague's grandparents bought it in the 1940s and renamed it for the Basque homeland, and Laxague still runs it as the third-generation owner. Its rolls are a sandwich staple at the Kern County Fair, which opens every fall in late September. Dewar's Candy Shop was founded in 1909 by brothers James and George Dewar, has been on Eye Street since 1930, and is known for its peanut butter taffy chews. On East 19th Street, the Valpredo family runs Luigi's Restaurant and Delicatessen, with Gino Valpredo in the fourth generation.

Bakeries and candy shops need countertop display cases, reach-in refrigerators for dough and fillings, and work tables for bench work. Delis run on sandwich prep tables and undercounter refrigeration, and fair vendors build out with food truck equipment, griddles, and fryers.

Kern Crops, Delano's Grape Strike and the Forty Acres

Kern County farms produced $7.96 billion in 2024. Citrus led at $1.31 billion, passing grapes at $1.18 billion for the first time in decades, and carrots followed at $1.01 billion. In Delano, Filipino grape workers walked out of the vineyards on September 8, 1965, and Cesar Chavez and Latino farmworkers joined them about a week later. The union moved its headquarters to the Forty Acres on Garces Highway in 1969, and Delano growers signed their first UFW contracts there on July 29, 1970. It became a National Historic Landmark in 2008 and includes Agbayani Village, built for retired Filipino farmworkers. In October 2024, the Philippine Weekend festival returned to the Forty Acres after five years, with baked goods from Fil Bake Shop.

Filipino kitchens, taquerias, and festival booths lean on charbroilers, griddles, and fryers, with freezers for bulk proteins and ice machines for long harvest-season days.

Free freight delivery with lift gate to a Southern California restaurant

Restaurant Supply Store in Bakersfield

We ship straight to your Bakersfield restaurant. Most Kern County orders arrive in 1 to 2 business days from our Brea warehouse, with free freight and free lift gate service. Most Kern County calls are for a fast replacement, like a reach-in refrigerator or ice machine that quit in the middle of summer, or for a full equipment package for a new restaurant, bakery, or food truck. Kern County grades food facilities on a 100-point scale and posts an A, B, or C placard at the door, so cold holding matters. Tell us what you are cooking and how much space you have, and we will help you size the line. Will-call pickup in Brea is available for verified restaurant businesses, but most kitchens skip the drive and let us ship it.

Why Bakersfield Restaurants Buy From The Restaurant Warehouse

Every piece of new Atosa equipment we sell is run-tested for 24 hours at the factory before it ships. It carries Intertek's ETL Sanitation and cETLus listings, which certify it to the NSF/ANSI food equipment standards and US and Canadian safety standards that inspectors from the Kern County Public Health Services Department's Environmental Health Division look for. Refrigeration comes with a 3-year parts and labor warranty and a 5-year compressor warranty, gas cooking equipment comes with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, and extended warranties are available.

  • Free freight on qualifying orders, no lift gate fees
  • Built for scrappy startups, food trucks and independent kitchens
  • Founder Sean Kearney answers calls, texts and email at (206) 419-5801 or therestaurantwarehouse@gmail.com

Serving Bakersfield, Delano and Kern County

Bakersfield is our hub for Kern County, from Old Town Kern to the vineyards around Delano. Restaurants across the county get the same equipment, free lift gate freight, and warranty, and they talk to the same team.

Bakersfield and Old Town Kern

Bakersfield is home to Bolthouse Farms, which says it grows and exports 1.5 billion pounds of carrots a year from Kern County, and to the Basque tables of Old Town Kern. Operators searching for a restaurant supply store in Bakersfield usually need a fast replacement, so we ship reach-in refrigerators, freezers, commercial ranges, and fryers to kitchens across the city.

Delano

Delano's restaurants, bakeries, and food trucks feed table-grape country and the families who work it. Kitchens there order griddles, charbroilers, countertop display cases, and food truck equipment.

Bakersfield Restaurant Equipment FAQ

Do you ship restaurant equipment to Bakersfield?

Yes. The Restaurant Warehouse ships commercial restaurant equipment to Bakersfield and the rest of Kern County by freight, with lift gate delivery to your door.

Do you deliver to Delano and the rest of Kern County?

Yes. We deliver across Kern County, including Bakersfield and Delano.

How fast is delivery to Bakersfield?

Most Kern County orders arrive in 1 to 2 business days from our Brea warehouse, depending on item availability and carrier routing. Contact us if you need equipment urgently.

Do you offer free freight?

Yes. Free freight is available on select models and qualifying orders. Contact us to confirm freight options for a specific item.

Do you charge lift gate fees?

No. We do not charge lift gate fees.

What types of restaurant equipment do you sell?

We sell commercial refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, griddles, charbroilers, deep fryers, ovens, ice machines, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment, plus many other categories for professional kitchens.

Can I get help choosing the right equipment?

Yes. If you can't find what you need, call or email us and we'll help you source the right product for your kitchen.

Can I pick up my order?

Yes. Verified restaurant businesses can arrange will-call pickup at our Brea warehouse. But why lose a day renting a truck, strapping it down and unloading it yourself? With free freight and free lift gate service, most Kern County orders arrive at your door or curb in 1 to 2 business days. Call (206) 419-5801 to set up either option.

North of Kern County, our Fresno page covers Visalia, Tulare, and Hanford, and south over the Grapevine our Los Angeles page covers Santa Clarita, Lancaster, and Palmdale.

Restaurant Equipment Across California

The Restaurant Warehouse delivers commercial restaurant equipment across California from our Hayward and Brea warehouses. Find the page for your region: