For years, Erick Schat’s Bakkery has been the only game in town for fresh bread and pastries. Then Great Basin Bakery opened its doors and the sweet smell of bagels and pies and vegan cookies wafted through the Owens Valley.
Smoking meat isn’t easy, it’s hard to keep lit. Mahogany Smoke Meats located on the north side of Highway 395 in Bishop, across from the Chevron, has been serving the finest smoked meats and jerky since 1922 -- when the owner known only as “Wally” slept in the back of the store.
Lee’s is less than a quarter-mile south of Downtown Lone Pine, but it feels like the last chance stop before countless miles of desert and parched landscape.