IFWTWA Media Trip

The lively City of Buena Park, California, may be well known as a premiere location for theme park fans and entertainment seekers, but you may not know that this town has its roots in food.

Rudolph Boysen and Knott’s Berry Farm founder, Walter Knott, created the boysenberry here in 1932 through an experimental mixing of a loganberry, raspberry, and blackberry. The delightfully tart treat inspired Walter’s wife, Cordelia, to begin churning out her delectable fried chicken with a side of boysenberry pie at their restaurant, Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner. Its popularity eventually led to building Knott’s Berry Farm Theme Park just next door, with many other award-winning dining locations popping up throughout the city over the years.