{"id":150856,"date":"2026-01-27T01:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150856\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:40:08","slug":"downtown-fresno-seeing-resurgence-of-local-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150856\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Fresno seeing resurgence of local restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:03AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Downtown Fresno seeing resurgence of local restaurants\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Business is booming for local mom-and-pop businesses in Downtown Fresno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Dads Cookies shared that they are preparing to open a spot at The Garage on Fulton Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">And Moses McQueen&#8217;s is renovating a 100-year-old home into a restaurant and bar. They plan to open in early march off of Van Ness and Cesar Chavez Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Downtown overall has seen an influx in more local restaurants opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Councilmember Miguel Arias says there&#8217;s a few reasons behind it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Across this country we&#8217;re seeing the consumers more interested in shopping local with mom and pop shops instead of national food chains,&#8221; Arias said. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing a lot more pedestrian traffic in Downtown Fresno then we&#8217;ve had in the last 25 years&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">More businesses are scheduled to open in Downtown Fresno, including a Marriott hotel in about three months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">And Zaatar Euro Bistro plans to open a weekday lunch location in the Galleria at Civic Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:03AM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Business is booming for local mom-and-pop businesses in Downtown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74646,74645,112,114,113,294],"class_list":["post-150856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-74646","tag-downtown-fresno-seeing-resurgence-of-local-restaurants","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}