Baby back ribs, with a special homemade barbecue sauce, is soon to be added to the Barnwood Restaurant’s menu when it reopens for business on June 18. Longtime owner John Mangelos sold his three decades old business just this week.Don Lee and Ken Hildebrand are currently operating “The Food Guys” mobile catering service out of Ripon and plan to keep the Barnwood name on the building as they search for staff members from cooks to hostesses and servers.Lee has operated the catering service for the last six years with Hildebrand joining him a year ago with a clientele list that runs from brides to corporate entities.Lee and his wife Sharon – a home health physical therapist – spend time with their three adult children and 10 grandchildren as well as being involved in their church activities where he has directed presentations and has sung in the choir.Lee also set up a small café at the top of the stairs in the Crossroads Church in Manteca on Moffat Boulevard. In addition to that he collects cook books.
Barnwood reopening with baby back ribs
Long-time Ripon restaurant back in business June 18

