diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/big_query_source.py b/sdk/python/feast/big_query_source.py
index 5fe3df1bd23..53c3c842c55 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/big_query_source.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/big_query_source.py
@@ -21,14 +21,34 @@ class BigQuerySource:
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        table_ref: Optional[str],
         event_timestamp_column: str,
-        created_timestamp_column: Optional[str],
-        field_mapping: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
-        query: Optional[str],
+        table_ref: Optional[str] = None,
+        created_timestamp_column: Optional[str] = None,
+        field_mapping: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        query: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
-        if (table_ref is None) != (query is None):
-            raise Exception("Exactly one of table_ref and query should be specified")
+        if (table_ref is None) == (query is None):
+            raise ValueError("Exactly one of table_ref and query should be specified")
+        if field_mapping is not None:
+            for value in field_mapping.values():
+                if list(field_mapping.values()).count(value) > 1:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Two fields cannot be mapped to the same name {value}"
+                    )
+
+            if event_timestamp_column in field_mapping.keys():
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"The field {event_timestamp_column} is mapped to {field_mapping[event_timestamp_column]}. Please either remove this field mapping or use {field_mapping[event_timestamp_column]} as the event_timestamp_column."
+                )
+
+            if (
+                created_timestamp_column is not None
+                and created_timestamp_column in field_mapping.keys()
+            ):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"The field {created_timestamp_column} is mapped to {field_mapping[created_timestamp_column]}. Please either remove this field mapping or use {field_mapping[created_timestamp_column]} as the _timestamp_column."
+                )
+
         self.table_ref = table_ref
         self.event_timestamp_column = event_timestamp_column
         self.created_timestamp_column = created_timestamp_column
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/feature_store.py b/sdk/python/feast/feature_store.py
index 62aed28b991..00c2befc508 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/feature_store.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/feature_store.py
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ class FeatureStore:
     config: RepoConfig
 
     def __init__(
-        self, repo_path: Optional[str], config: Optional[RepoConfig],
+        self, repo_path: Optional[str] = None, config: Optional[RepoConfig] = None,
     ):
         if repo_path is not None and config is not None:
-            raise Exception("You cannot specify both repo_path and config")
+            raise ValueError("You cannot specify both repo_path and config")
         if config is not None:
             self.config = config
         elif repo_path is not None:
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py b/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py
index 1047678dca4..44f0106a040 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ def __init__(
         inputs: BigQuerySource,
         feature_start_time: datetime,
     ):
+        cols = [entity.name for entity in entities] + [feat.name for feat in features]
+        for col in cols:
+            if inputs.field_mapping is not None and col in inputs.field_mapping.keys():
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"The field {col} is mapped to {inputs.field_mapping[col]} for this data source. Please either remove this field mapping or use {inputs.field_mapping[col]} as the Entity or Feature name."
+                )
+
         self.name = name
         self.entities = entities
         self.features = features
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/offline_store.py b/sdk/python/feast/offline_store.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54e9cbf08bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/offline_store.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The Feast Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+
+import pyarrow
+
+from feast.feature_view import FeatureView
+
+
+class OfflineStore(ABC):
+    """
+    OfflineStore is an object used for all interaction between Feast and the service used for offline storage of features. Currently BigQuery is supported.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @abstractmethod
+    def pull_latest_from_table(
+        feature_view: FeatureView, start_date: datetime, end_date: datetime,
+    ) -> Optional[pyarrow.Table]:
+        pass
+
+
+class BigQueryOfflineStore(OfflineStore):
+    @staticmethod
+    def pull_latest_from_table(
+        feature_view: FeatureView, start_date: datetime, end_date: datetime,
+    ) -> pyarrow.Table:
+        if feature_view.inputs.table_ref is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "This function can only be called on a FeatureView with a table_ref"
+            )
+
+        (
+            entity_names,
+            feature_names,
+            event_timestamp_column,
+            created_timestamp_column,
+        ) = run_reverse_field_mapping(feature_view)
+
+        partition_by_entity_string = ", ".join(entity_names)
+        if partition_by_entity_string != "":
+            partition_by_entity_string = "PARTITION BY " + partition_by_entity_string
+        timestamps = [event_timestamp_column]
+        if created_timestamp_column is not None:
+            timestamps.append(created_timestamp_column)
+        timestamp_desc_string = " DESC, ".join(timestamps) + " DESC"
+        field_string = ", ".join(entity_names + feature_names + timestamps)
+
+        query = f"""
+        SELECT {field_string}
+        FROM (
+            SELECT {field_string},
+            ROW_NUMBER() OVER({partition_by_entity_string} ORDER BY {timestamp_desc_string}) AS _feast_row
+            FROM `{feature_view.inputs.table_ref}`
+            WHERE {event_timestamp_column} BETWEEN TIMESTAMP('{start_date}') AND TIMESTAMP('{end_date}')
+        )
+        WHERE _feast_row = 1
+        """
+
+        table = BigQueryOfflineStore._pull_query(query)
+        table = run_forward_field_mapping(table, feature_view)
+        return table
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _pull_query(query: str) -> pyarrow.Table:
+        from google.cloud import bigquery
+
+        client = bigquery.Client()
+        query_job = client.query(query)
+        return query_job.to_arrow()
+
+
+def run_reverse_field_mapping(
+    feature_view: FeatureView,
+) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str], str, Optional[str]]:
+    """
+    If a field mapping exists, run it in reverse on the entity names, feature names, event timestamp column, and created timestamp column to get the names of the relevant columns in the BigQuery table.
+
+    Args:
+        feature_view: FeatureView object containing the field mapping as well as the names to reverse-map.
+    Returns:
+        Tuple containing the list of reverse-mapped entity names, reverse-mapped feature names, reverse-mapped event timestamp column, and reverse-mapped created timestamp column that will be passed into the query to the offline store.
+    """
+    # if we have mapped fields, use the original field names in the call to the offline store
+    event_timestamp_column = feature_view.inputs.event_timestamp_column
+    entity_names = [entity.name for entity in feature_view.entities]
+    feature_names = [feature.name for feature in feature_view.features]
+    created_timestamp_column = feature_view.inputs.created_timestamp_column
+    if feature_view.inputs.field_mapping is not None:
+        reverse_field_mapping = {
+            v: k for k, v in feature_view.inputs.field_mapping.items()
+        }
+        event_timestamp_column = (
+            reverse_field_mapping[event_timestamp_column]
+            if event_timestamp_column in reverse_field_mapping.keys()
+            else event_timestamp_column
+        )
+        created_timestamp_column = (
+            reverse_field_mapping[created_timestamp_column]
+            if created_timestamp_column is not None
+            and created_timestamp_column in reverse_field_mapping.keys()
+            else created_timestamp_column
+        )
+        entity_names = [
+            reverse_field_mapping[col] if col in reverse_field_mapping.keys() else col
+            for col in entity_names
+        ]
+        feature_names = [
+            reverse_field_mapping[col] if col in reverse_field_mapping.keys() else col
+            for col in feature_names
+        ]
+    return (
+        entity_names,
+        feature_names,
+        event_timestamp_column,
+        created_timestamp_column,
+    )
+
+
+def run_forward_field_mapping(
+    table: pyarrow.Table, feature_view: FeatureView
+) -> pyarrow.Table:
+    # run field mapping in the forward direction
+    if table is not None and feature_view.inputs.field_mapping is not None:
+        cols = table.column_names
+        mapped_cols = [
+            feature_view.inputs.field_mapping[col]
+            if col in feature_view.inputs.field_mapping.keys()
+            else col
+            for col in cols
+        ]
+        table = table.rename_columns(mapped_cols)
+    return table
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements-dev.txt b/sdk/python/requirements-dev.txt
index c7a4ad37d91..ce59be00249 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Click==7.*
 google-api-core==1.22.4
 google-auth==1.22.1
 google-cloud-bigquery==1.18
-google-cloud-bigquery-storage==0.7.0
 google-cloud-dataproc==2.0.2
 google-cloud-storage==1.20.0
 google-resumable-media>=0.5
diff --git a/sdk/python/setup.py b/sdk/python/setup.py
index a58bc4b8b74..41ae8a67a61 100644
--- a/sdk/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     "google-cloud-storage==1.20.*",
     "google-cloud-core==1.4.*",
     "googleapis-common-protos==1.52.*",
-    "google-cloud-bigquery-storage==0.7.*",
     "grpcio==1.31.0",
     "pandas~=1.0.0",
     "pandavro==1.5.*",