I asked the guy grilling the ribs how naming a business after a famous serial killer was working out for him. Apparently well, because the rib I ate while strolling around the Red Bluff Art Walk on Friday was absolutely delicious.

Jack the Ribber is located at 1150 Monroe St. in Red Bluff (527-6108) and one of their slogans is, "If you don’t like ribs, you don’t know Jack." A whole rack goes for $18.50 and a half is $10.

The Red Bluff Art Walk is a two-day annual event that features several businesses with open houses, some featuring artists and some not. I have to admit to feeling some level of envy at Red Bluff’s historic downtown and how most of the shops are within an easy walking distance of each other.

I traveled down with fellow News Cafer Adam Mankoski and we thoroughly enjoyed the event. One great stop was at the California Kitchen Company (645 Main St., 529-2482), where some scrumptious food was being cooked up by owner Karyn Harvey and excellent wines were being poured by Donna Delgado of Ringtail Vineyards . I was very impressed with the Manton winery’s petite sirah, petite sirah dessert wine and its chardonnay (late harvest, I believe).

I hate to admit this, but Friday was the first time I’d been inside Red Bluff’s impressive State Theatre . The lobby of the theater was displaying impressive works by artists Duncan Grey (3-D paintings) Tom Frantz and Roland Lint. I really coveted Frantz’s painting of a wagon in a rural village, that was a bit of departure from the rest of his stunning realistic paintings.

And here’s a tip for you: The Red Bluff bar Tip’s (501 Walnut St.) is as cool inside as the alluring neon sign on the outside would indicate. Cool shuffleboard table, eclectic tasteful interior, hip clientele — I really dug the place.