This summer marked 36 years of being in business for Panadería Vanessa on A Street in Oxnard.
For years Julissa Suarez (left) and Lluvia Chavez ((right) help customer every morning with a happy face and a great attitude. “We love to help our customers, the out the door with delicious pan Mexicano and a smile on their face,” said to VIDA Newspaper the co-workers and friends.
Panadería owners Vicente Martinez and Lilia Martinez are originally from a town named Copándaro in Michoacán, Mexico. They previously worked in the fields in Oxnard when they moved to the United States at a young age. “My husband comes from a family of bakers. In Michoacán his grandmother and his uncles had a small bakery on the village,” Lilia said to VIDA Newspaper.
Panadería Vanessa was named after Vicente and Lilia’s second youngest daughter. The couple has a total of 5 children, now all adults, and several grandchildren.
Panadería Vanessa opens at 4 a.m. every day and closes at 9 p.m. Their main location is at 242 North A St, in Oxnard.