The local business owner is changing locations and wants to open a new location

REDDING, Calif. – A downtown restaurant, Lost Era, closed its location at 1350 Butte Street in April and owner Joshua Mansfield opened The Golden Fang in a unique location.

Mansfield moved to Benton Airport and said he mostly wanted to bring something new and unique to the city. The owner mentioned that the homeless population also contributed to deterring him from the downtown location.

“There was a lot of riffraff down there for a minute and it was hard to have a fully functioning fine dining restaurant, everyone was sitting outside and homeless people were coming in and trying to pick pockets or pee in the alleys,” Mansfield said.

Mansfield, who cooks everything himself and changes the menu every two weeks, said business isn’t doing so well, but the airport location is much safer.

“When I was downtown we had lines out the door every day where we sold out [after] “When we come here, most people in the city don’t know that the actual airport has reopened,” the owner said.

Mansfield said homeless people stopped some customers from coming in.

“As a business owner, I’m always pushing them back and forth,” Mansfield said. “But I just got tired of it for a minute and let the city go in and take care of it before I got back there.”

Mansfield said he believes the downtown area has become cleaner since it closed. Although there were many wild daysDowntownhe believes there is more foot traffic and is willing to open a new location there.

“The development of downtown has finally begun, and instead of being a dark, gloomy place, it is actually becoming enlivened.”

Mansfield is opening Rusting Relics downtown on November 1st.

The Golden Fang remains open at Benton Airpark.