ontario – Bredemarket

Bredemarket is NOT Candy Street Market

In late 2022 I wrote a Bredemarket blog post entitled “Candy Street Market is coming.” It covered a business on Holt Boulevard in Ontario, California.

I referred to this post a couple of other times, making clear that Bredemarket was NOT Candy Street Market.

Well, at least I thought I did.

Until Bredemarket recently received an email from a janitorial company that included the following:

Hello Candy Street Market,

We’ll be around your area this week.

Happy to drop by and give you a simple cleaning quote should you need it. Does that work?

I didn’t respond.

If the janitorial company stops by Candy Street Market anyway, they’re in for a rude surprise.

Candy Street Market closed a long time ago.

CHECK YOUR MAILING LISTS.

Graber Olive House GoFundMe Reaches 58% Of Goal…But It’s Bankrupt

Remember the Graber Olive House fundraiser from last September, trying to keep the property out of foreclosure?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/dont-let-ontario-lose-its-oldest-landmark

As of today it has reached 58% of its goal.

Not sure what that means, since the company filed for bankruptcy in December with estimated assets of less than $50,000 and estimated liabilities of over $500,000.

Did I Forget to Mention That I Don’t Live in New York City?

For a moment I’m going to veer away from finger, face, iris, voice, and DNA and veer toward geolocation.

I don’t live in New York City.

Technically I don’t live in the Mojave Desert either.

But Ontario, California is closer, both in geography and in climate, to the High Desert than to the Eastern Seaboard.

I guess California knows how to party by walking around with self promotion signs.

Biometric product marketing expert.

And if my biometric product marketing expertise can help your firm, let’s talk.

Taxes and Tacos

(From Roxanna Gracia in the office of Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez.)

Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez is pleased to invite you to Taxes & Tacos, hosted in collaboration with Golden State Opportunity.

Saturday, February 28
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Mt. Zion Church of Ontario
224 W. California St.
Ontario, CA 91762

This event will offer free tax assistance*, access to community resources, and free tacos while supplies last. We would greatly appreciate your support in sharing this event with your network or community members who may benefit. The event is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support of our region. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

*Tax assistance is available for individuals and families with an annual income of $69,000 or less. Appointments are encouraged, though walk-ins will be accepted as space allows. To secure an appointment, please click here.

Asm. M. Rodriguez Taxes & Tacos Flyer Download

Dry January at an Ontario Bar

You would think that bars would hate Dry January.

Ontario, California’s Strum Brewing Company embraces it.

In a Facebook post it welcomes Dry Januarians with its non-alcoholic offerings.

• **Alcohol-free Slushies** (yes, still fun 👀)

• **Sodas** & NA beers**

• **Flavored Waters & Hop Water**

• **Scrumptious Cookies, Beef Jerky, Pretzels, Pork Rinds , Garlic Peanuts, and soon Hummus & Toum**

• Cozy vibes & good company all month long 🎶🐾

Strum Brewing is on Euclid Avenue in downtown Ontario.

Ontario International Airport 2025 Selected Highlights

Brooke Staggs wrote a blog post detailing 13 highlights at Ontario International Airport. I’m not going to go through all 13, but I did want to highlight three of them.

Yes, Ontario Airport is international

Staggs highlighted the, um, arrival of a new airport at ONT: STARLUX Airlines, flying nonstop to and from Taipei, Taiwan.

STARLUX flies from Ontario to Taipei four days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday). Because you cross the international date line, the flight takes two days (but really less than a day).

Existing international service expands

Of course, Volaris has been at ONT for some time, but this year they added flights to Los Cabos (SJD), León (BJX) and Morelia (MLM). This is in addition to its existing service to Guadalajara (GDL), and totals 28 weekly flights in all with at least three flights per week to each destination.

On the domestic front

United Airlines flies nonstop from Ontario to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. These are daily flights year-round. Somehow I got the idea that they are seasonal, but they are not.

If you want Portillo’s but don’t want to drive all the way to Moreno Valley or Buena Park, just drive to Ontario and fly to O’Hare.

Graber Olives is in Foreclosure…But There’s a GoFundMe

So it looked like Graber Olives was going to reopen.

Then it didn’t.

Here is the latest on Graber Olives, from a GoFundMe organized by Kelsey Graber.

“As many of you know, the property is currently closed and now in the foreclosure process.”

The GoFundMe is trying to raise $26,000.

“Even though foreclosure has begun, it is not yet final. With your support, we still have a chance to preserve the property and cover urgent expenses. Every donation will go directly toward utilities, loan payments, and essential operating costs needed to try to reopen its doors…”