![Foggy Dew Fungi owner Brendan Linnane poses inside the fruiting room. (Photos by Robin Douglas)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/8z2a5604.png?1637168972)
Fascinating Fungi
Foggy Dew Fungi brings gourmet mushrooms to the Capital Region
Foggy Dew Fungi is a small, family-operated gourmet mushroom farm deep in the hills of Newcastle in Placer County, built on respect for nature and strong community ties.
![David Cowie, brewer and co-owner of Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., takes pride in the business’s commitment to locally grown ingredients and toppings. (Photos by Scott Thomas Anderson)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/img_1674.png?1636075274)
Foothill Flavors
The spirit of Nevada County’s farm-to-table approach travels beyond the restaurant doors
Lately, Nevada County eateries aren’t just embracing a
farm-to-table trajectory; they’re finding small but meaningful
ways to send their experiences home with their customers.
![Manchurian Indian Cuisine in West Sacramento serves Indian and Indo-Chinese food, a fusion born in Kolkata’s Chinatown. (Photos courtesy of Manchurian Indian Cuisine)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/80852896_1087454774939249_305436900676758088_n.png?1635374506)
Neighborhood Favorite: Manchurian Indian Cuisine
A West Sacramento restaurant takes a gamble on Indian-Chinese fusion
This fast-casual restaurant serves a cuisine that germinated in
Kolkata’s Chinatown and is now popular across the
subcontinent.
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Comstock’s Talks: Three Capital Region Restaurants Keep It in the Family
PODCAST: A dedication to the past allows some family restaurants in the Capital Region to survive through the decades.
![Brothers Albert, Bobby and Joe Davalos run El Novillero, which opened in 1970 as a humble 28-seat restaurant. Its dining room now accommodates 180. (Photo by Debbie Cunningham)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/dsc_6061.png?1635170623)
Three Capital Region Restaurants Keep It in the Family
A dedication to the past allows some family restaurants in the Capital Region to survive through the decades.
![Rapper DJ Quik, left, tastes beer with Peter Hoey, brewer and co-owner of Urban Roots Brewing in Sacramento. (Photo courtesy of Urban Roots Brewing)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/img_0129.png?1634823445)
Strange Bedfellows
Business, like politics, brings together unexpected partners
Here are three Capital Region businesses that teamed up with
other creators to build truly local collaborations.
![The California Family Fitness location in downtown Sacramento remains closed and boarded up. (Photo by Graham Womack)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/boarded-up_california_family_fitness.jpg?1634248219)
The Next Act
Part 6 of our ongoing series on downtown Sacramento businesses dealing with COVID-19
Sacramento businesses continue to adapt and recalculate as COVID-19 evolves.
![Jorge Plasencia, owner of La Esperanza, stands in the bakery his father founded over 50 years ago in Sacramento. (Photos by Geraldo Zavala)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/laesperanza-2.jpg?1633537486)
Feeding a Community
Family business close-up
In 1969, Salvador Plasencia started La Esperanza as a
Mexican-style bakery. Now the 52-year-old business provides a
wide range of essentials for the Capital Region’s Latino
community.
![Husband-and-wife Charlie and Michael Havill founded Bella Grace Vineyards in Amador County in the early 2000s. Their sons (from left) Robert, Steve and Jess Havill are all active in the business. (Photos by Hector Amezcua)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1021_feat_leadership_bellagrace_hectoramezcua_lead.jpg?1633112693)
Following the Grapevine
Family business close-up
From the corporate world to a rolling piece of land, a
husband-wife team runs Bella Grace Vineyards in Amador
County.
![Jay Selby Sr., left, brought his son Jay Selby Jr. on as a partner in the Newcastle-based Selby’s Soil Erosion Control in 1995. The son now runs the flagship company, which was rebranded as SSEC. (Photo by Hector Amezcua)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1021_feat_leadership_selbyseeding_hectoramezcua_lead.jpg?1633106248)
Filling a Niche
Family business close-up
A father-and-son team have kept Newcastle-based Selby’s Soil
Erosion Control business operating since the 1960s.