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A live morning-TV segment, and two framed clippings behind the counter. Here's what San Antonio Living and the Express-News had to say.

San Antonio Living · October 1, 2026

Live on TV

Donuts, pan dulce, and 65 years of getting up real early

Hosted by Shelly Miles

"If you want a sweet or a savory way to start your day, ChaCha Bedoy Donuts and Bakery is a place that you do not want to pass up."

Emma 'Chacha' Bedoy-Piña brought a photograph from her grandfather's bakery, where her parents met, along with the dolache she created and the pan de muerto first made at her father's bakery in the 1970s.

Watch the full segment at news4sanantonio.com →

Framed San Antonio Express-News clipping from June 30, 2024 on the bakery wall, headlined '10 doughnuts that run rings around the competition,' with ChaCha Bedoy ranked #1 and a tray of doughnuts and dolaches in the photo.

San Antonio Express-News · June 30, 2024

#1 of 10

10 doughnuts that run rings around the competition

By Mike Sutter, Staff Writer

"This little doughnut shop on the Northwest Side makes some of the best — including a kolache filled with barbacoa and salsa, another with brisket and barbecue sauce, and a rolled glazed doughnut hybrid with sausage that owner Emma 'Chacha' Bedoy-Piña calls a 'dolache.'"

It means that Chacha Bedoy is the new No. 1 destination for doughnuts in San Antonio.

Read at expressnews.com →

San Antonio Express-News · February 13, 2022

Top 10

Delightful by the dozen (or so)

Mike Sutter's Top 10

"Emma Bedoy-Piña — 'Chacha' to her friends — is no stranger to the pastry business. Her parents started Bedoy's Bakery in 1961, and it's still going strong with one location."

Along with classic Mexican pastries, the shop turns out glazed doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, apple fritters and a memorable cinnamon-sugar doughnut filled with apple and caramel.

Read at expressnews.com →

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