The culinary idea behind Razava is to recapture the nutritious, time-intensive purity of handmade sourdough. The geographic idea is to join the commercial comeback of Grand Avenue, injecting ideas that owner Steve Baldinger picked up over a lifetime. The personal idea is returning to heritage. Baldinger’s Eastern European great-grandfather founded Baldinger Bakery in St. Paul in the 1880s. The company scaled, becoming known for McDonald’s buns. For 2026, Razava looks to broaden availability across the area.