New York Times
March 19, 2004
JOURNEYS; 36 Hours | Bakersfield, Calif.
By MARC WEINGARTEN

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Pink Beans and Salsa
The most popular Basque restaurant in Bakersfield for a half-century, Wool Grower's (620 East 19th Street, 661-327-9584) is packed six days a week with farmers and their clans wolfing down huge family-style meals that might include pork dip, lamb dip (both $7) and the Basque stew of the day with pink beans and salsa ($10). And if the tables are taken, you can always eat at the crowded bar, a veritable sea of oily trucker caps.

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