{"id":411035,"date":"2026-07-24T18:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411035\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:14:09","slug":"new-turning-bird-clucking-family-meals-to-open-saturday-in-central-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411035\/","title":{"rendered":"New Turning Bird Clucking Family Meals to open Saturday in central Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new chicken restaurant with an \u201980s-inspired vibe is set to open in central Bakersfield on Saturday, offering family-style meals, loaded fries and a grand-opening giveaway that could land customers a free meal.<\/p>\n

Turning Bird Clucking Family Meals is a new spot in central Bakersfield that is opening to the public Saturday. Co-owner Ashley Simanek said the menu includes items such as \u201ccluck fries,\u201d which she described as fries \u201cfried in beef tallow\u201d and topped with black beans, cotija cheese, \u201ccluck around and find out sauce,\u201d and \u201cflock dust.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Turning Bird’s menu. PHOTO: KBFX<\/p>\n

Simanek also highlighted family-style chicken meals, including the mini bird, which she said is a whole chicken served with sides of the customer\u2019s choosing, and a half bird meal that comes with two sides. Side options mentioned include mac and cheese and street corn.<\/p>\n

For the grand opening, the restaurant plans to randomly place a \u201cgolden ticket\u201d on a plate. Simanek said customers who receive one can \u201cgo ahead and bring it back, and you\u2019ll get a free family bird meal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bird bath lemonade, rotisserie chicken fries, and cluck around and find out sauce are just few items you can find on Turning Birds’ menu. PHOTO: KBFX<\/p>\n

Simanek said there will also be a promotion for the first 50 customers who arrive with a vintage vehicle. \u201cWe are also going to be handing out our founders\u2019 cluck passes, and that is going to be for our first 50 customers that come in with a vintage vehicle, preferably 80s and older,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Simanek said the pass is valid for a year and includes perks such as \u201cfree drink for the whole year, and some discounts on food.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside, the restaurant leans into a retro theme. \u201cWe\u2019re going back to like the 80s,\u201d Simanek said. \u201cSo we like it to keep it groovy and and just spice it up a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Turning Bird’s menu. PHOTO: KBFX<\/p>\n

Among the sides, Ashley described the street corn as a blend of fire-roasted corn with bell peppers and jalapenos, topped with the restaurant\u2019s signature sauce and cotija cheese, calling it \u201ckind of like a mix on an esquite.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Turning Bird’s grand opening will take place on Saturday at 11am. Offering street flavor-rotisserie family meals. PHOTO: KBFX<\/p>\n

Turning Bird, located on 2400 Wible Rd Ste 7 Bakersfield CA 93304, will officially be opening their doors Saturday at 11am- 8pm. They will also offer face painting for children and a few other promotions for families. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new chicken restaurant with an \u201980s-inspired vibe is set to open in central Bakersfield on Saturday, offering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-411035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}