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Inside ChaCha Bedoy: a family at the counter ordering pan dulce, the NOW SERVING Barbacoa marquee glowing above the case.

Since 1961

Three generations. One bakery. Same recipes.

We've been baking in San Antonio for sixty-four years. This is the short version.

  1. 1961

    One oven on the South Side.

    Manuel Bedoy opens a small bakery with a single oven, a stand mixer, and a recipe for pan dulce written on a napkin.

  2. 1978

    The donut case arrives.

    The family adds hand-cut donuts to the menu. Old-fashioned glazed becomes the first signature, still on the case every morning today.

  3. 1995

    The second generation steps in.

    Manuel Bedoy's children take over the early shift. Recipes don't change — the people pulling trays at 4 a.m. do.

  4. 2014

    Spurs cookies become a thing.

    Hand-iced Spurs jersey cookies during the playoffs go from kitchen experiment to game-day tradition for half the neighborhood.

  5. 2022

    Express-News Top 10 bakery.

    Mike Sutter of the San Antonio Express-News names us one of the city's ten best bakeries.

  6. 2024

    Voted San Antonio's #1 doughnut shop.

    The Express-News ranks us first among San Antonio donut shops. The Bedoys keep showing up before sunrise.

"We don't have a secret. We just keep showing up at four in the morning, the same way our dad did."

— The Bedoy family

Out of the oven

  • Tray of glazed cinnamon rolls, swirls dark with cinnamon under a thin sugar glaze.
  • Sheet pan of marranitos — molasses gingerbread pigs — fresh from the oven.
  • Cuernos and empanadas lined up on a sheet tray, golden and laminated.
  • Assorted empanadas fresh from the kitchen — golden fried and pink-sugar dusted varieties on a stainless steel surface.
  • Glazed braided twist donuts packed tight in the display case under warm light.
  • Filled donuts in rows — strawberry jelly, blueberry, Bavarian cream, chocolate-iced cream.