Goldsboro Bakery has been baking in Yuma since 1978, and its Avenue A shop still opens at 5 a.m. Its last day is expected around the second week of October. No other food business in the Yuma Sun's business coverage this fall opens that early. Most of the new ones open after lunch, and two of the most talked-about sit on 24th and 32nd Streets instead of 8th.
So this fall, Yuma is losing more than a bakery. It is losing its earliest morning stop, while the new places are built for afternoons and evenings.
What the Avenue A closing actually means
In a column last updated September 26, 2026, the Yuma Sun reported that owner Jan Goldsboro is closing the bakery at 2345 S. Avenue A and retiring for personal reasons. The family's Foothills location had already closed before this announcement. So the Avenue A shop is the last one, and after it closes, the Goldsboro name leaves Yuma.
In the bakery's announcement, the family thanked the community and its bakers, decorators, cooks and counter staff, past and present, over 48 years.
"You welcomed us into your lives and made our bakery more than just a business – you made it part of a Yuma tradition."
No exact final day has been announced. The Sun's wording is "sometime around the second week of October," which puts it about a week or two from today. Until then, the shop is open Tuesday through Saturday, 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you want donuts, the family's advice is to come as early as you can. For a last box, a weekday morning before the case empties is your best chance, and that window is short.
The early-morning list was already getting shorter
Goldsboro isn't the first donut shop in central Yuma to close lately. The Yuma Sun reported that Yuma's Donuts at 1995 S. 4th Ave. has closed, and its sign has been taken off the building. Its closing date isn't in the coverage we could access, but the storefront is no longer a donut stop.
After the second week of October, here is what's left among the places in this fall's local coverage. Yuma Bagel Co. at 2431 S. 4th Ave. lists hours of 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, or until it sells out. It bakes its own bagels in more than 20 flavors and makes breakfast bagel-wiches. The hours are close to Goldsboro's but start an hour later, and the shop is open seven days instead of five.
That hour matters most to people whose day starts before 6 a.m. Until now, a 5 a.m. pastry on the way to an early shift was an easy stop on Avenue A. Once Goldsboro closes, none of the businesses covered here opens before 6.
Where the new openings are landing on the clock
Here are this fall's food and gathering openings from the Yuma Sun and What's Up Yuma, laid out by when they open and where.
| Business | Address | Status as of early October 2026 | Hours reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsboro Bakery | 2345 S. Avenue A | Closing around the second week of October | Tue–Sat, 5 a.m.–1 p.m. |
| Yuma Bagel Co. | 2431 S. 4th Ave. | Open | Mon–Sat 6 a.m.–1 p.m., Sun 7 a.m.–1 p.m. |
| Snack and Sip | 102 W. 24th St. | Opened Aug. 17 | Daily, 2–9 p.m. |
| Mai Sushi | Inside Walmart, 2675 W. 8th St. | Opened Sept. 23 | Not published |
| Costa Baja Tacos and Mariscos | 388 W. 32nd St. | Coming soon | Not yet announced |
| The 928 | Address not yet shared | Planned for fall 2026 | Not yet announced |
| Yuman Remains | 608 S. 2nd Ave. | Grand opening Sept. 11 | Fri–Sat 8 a.m.–3 p.m., every other Sun 10 a.m.–2 p.m. |
In the city itself, the only new opening with published morning hours is a vintage shop, and it's open two days a week. Out in the Foothills, the new Birrieria Torrez food truck near the Foothills Walmart serves birria on Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new food spots in the city with announced hours are open after school, after work, or after dark.
Snack and Sip picked 24th Street on purpose
Snack and Sip shows the pattern most clearly. Owner Eneida Rosales started the business at home in Tacna. As it grew, she moved it to 102 W. 24th St. and opened there on August 17. The menu has mangoneadas, frappés, elote en vaso, raspados, fresh fruit and candy. Rosales told the Yuma Sun the shop uses no artificial flavors or colorings and makes its smoothies with fresh fruit. Her mother-in-law makes the syrup for the raspados.
She explained the location simply. "We thought that every shop is on 8th Street, and there's nothing out here on this side," Rosales said. The shop is next door to her husband's business, Builders For You LLC.
It's open seven days a week from 2 to 9 p.m. Those hours fit a raspado after school or a mangoneada after a hot shift, and October afternoons in Yuma are still hot.
Costa Baja is betting on 32nd Street
Costa Baja Tacos and Mariscos took a similar approach a few blocks south. In a column last updated August 15, 2026, the Yuma Sun reported that the father-and-son team of Jesús and Alexis Orozco is opening a new location at 388 W. 32nd St. Jesús opened his first taco shop in Ciudad Morelos, Baja California, in 1991. Alexis came up with Costa Baja as a way to serve the mariscos the two of them love.
You may already know the blue and yellow buildings at 1150 W. 24th St., 3843 W. 8th St. and 10526 S. Fortuna Rd. The 32nd Street site is still marked "coming soon" in posts from October 1, and the company's online ordering page lists only the three existing locations. Updates are expected on Costa Baja's Facebook page.
Counting the existing 24th Street shop, Costa Baja will soon have two of its four Yuma locations off 24th and 32nd Streets. Add Snack and Sip on 24th, and the south-central part of town now has more of this year's new food than the 8th Street corridor Rosales described.
Eighth Street still gets a newcomer
Eighth Street hasn't been left out. Mai Sushi opened its counter at the Walmart at 2675 W. 8th St. on September 23. David Martinez grew up in Yuma, served as an Army Reserve combat medic and spent eight years in the National Guard. He moved back in July to open the counter with brothers Hpala Dau Hkawng and Hpala Lum Hkawng, who made sushi for another company in Washington.
The case has about 20 kinds of sushi now, from California rolls and shrimp nigiri to tuna and salmon sashimi, with room to grow to 40. They also make cooked dishes such as chicken alfredo, and they plan to add other Walmart stores in Yuma. It's a grab-and-go option you can add to a regular grocery run.
Evenings are getting a new place, too
The 928 is the other big fall arrival for later in the day. What's Up Yuma reported on September 25 that the bar, named for Yuma's area code, plans to open in fall 2026 as a relaxed spot for after-work drinks and weekend meetups. Its address, opening date and hours haven't been announced. For now, it's a name to watch.
The city newcomer that opens in the morning
Yuman Remains at 608 S. 2nd Ave. is a downtown shop, not a food stop. It held its grand opening on September 11 after a soft opening in May 2025 and a year of renovation. Teri Brooks, Ashley Bennet and Kristie Kilkelly run it with several vendors and sell antiques and art with a Yuma theme. Kilkelly calls the team "purveyors of all things Yuman."
The shop opens at 8 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and runs until 3 p.m. It's also open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every other Sunday. If Saturday mornings have meant a pastry box from Avenue A, an early browse downtown could become part of a new routine, though it won't replace the donuts. A shop selling pieces of Yuma's past also opened the same season Goldsboro announced it was closing.
A two-week plan for the rest of October
- Before the second week of October: Get to Goldsboro Bakery at 2345 S. Avenue A on a Tuesday through Saturday, as close to 5 a.m. as you can.
- Weekday mornings after that: Yuma Bagel Co. opens at 6 a.m. at 2431 S. 4th Ave., and on Sundays at 7 a.m.
- After school or work: Snack and Sip at 102 W. 24th St. is open daily from 2 to 9 p.m.
- On a grocery run: Mai Sushi's counter is inside the Walmart at 2675 W. 8th St.
- To keep an eye on: Costa Baja's 32nd Street opening and The 928's address announcement.
If you've ever wondered how the corner bakery, the new raspado stand and other changes on your street figure into what your home is worth, Aracely and Wally at ABC Group follow these openings and closings as closely as they follow sales, and they'll walk you through it in English or Spanish. Ask for a Free Home Valuation and get a clear picture of where your home stands this fall.
