Ratings are on a scale of 0 to 24.  The scale used to be 0 to 10, so restaurants written about before 2012 may have only had their ratings adjusted by formula and not by hand (hence all the 2s, 5s, 8s, etc.)  The scale works as follows:

An asymmetrical 0 to 24 scale may not be intuitive, I realize.  But as a rule of thumb: a double-digit score means I liked it, while a single-digit score… less so.  Also, as you might expect, scores from many years ago may not be very reliable, so do check the dates.

Eastern CA

The part of the state where there are more counties than people.

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Name	Cuisine	Address	Last update	Score
Erick Schat’s Bakkerÿ	Bakery	Main btw Elm/Yaney, Bishop	2023-07-23	11
This place is a much bigger deal than I was expecting.  It takes up two retail spaces, with several different areas: a sandwich counter, a pastry case, a coffee and smoothie bar, a bread counter… and those are just around the edges, as the center of the southern space is rack after rack of wrapped and sliced bread loaves and the center of the northern space is table after table of packaged pastries.  We got sandwiches (good, though the mustard had an off flavor to me), pastries (nothing special, but a fair bit cheaper than their Bay Area equivalents), two loaves of bread (one white, one multigrain), and a smoothie (very basic, just juice and ice).  Ten points for quality and a bonus point for the experience.
Freshies	Hawaiian	Lake Tahoe & Fremont, South Lake Tahoe	2013-06-11	5
Pro: The desserts looked great! Con: When we got there, they were out of half of the desserts. Con: The dessert we did get (pina colada bread pudding) was not very good. Pro: Therefore we were less distraught about the fact that they'd run out of the other dessert we wanted! (Also I got a nondescript vegetable soup and Lizzie got a bad noodle bowl.)
the Getaway Café	Mexican-inflected American	U.S. 50 btw Hopi/Navahoe, Meyers	2013-06-12	14
Lizzie and I got some chilaquiles here. They were great, and the service was excellent as well! Highly recommended.

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