{"id":195200,"date":"2026-02-26T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195200\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:52:08","slug":"bulle-restaurant-aims-to-deliver-fine-dining-unlike-any-other-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195200\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulle Restaurant Aims to Deliver Fine Dining Unlike Any Other in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"

The husband-and-wife team behind the Press Box Sports Grill<\/a> has a soft opening date for a restaurant they say will offer a fine dining experience unlike any other in Fresno.<\/p>\n

Davita Miller told GV Wire that Bulle<\/a> at Marks and Herndon avenues will open March 24. She and husband Tom plan the grand opening for April. The opening comes after several years of preparation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to bring something amazing here. A lot of people go out of town to enjoy good food, to be spoiled, and we have nothing like this in the Central Valley, so that\u2019s the reason why we decided, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s do this,\u2019 \u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

Bulle will feature a chef\u2019s table, where a couple can spend hours and get personal treatment from the chef and cooks. There also will be a cigar room.<\/p>\n

With the furniture in place, decorations nearly all set, and the kitchen equipment installed, only the final touches are needed, Miller said.<\/p>\n

And while it may be some time before they can pursue a Michelin star, the Millers brought on a chef who has a lengthy resume of helping restaurants do that.<\/p>\n

Chef Max McCarthy Has Acquired Michelin Stars<\/p>\n

Bulle\u2019s chef is Max McCarthy, who says the region\u2019s fresh vegetables and herbs give him plenty to work with year round. He designed the menu to be fresh, sustainable, California cuisine rotating\u00a0 with the seasons.<\/p>\n

Opening in spring means a wide variety of produce to choose from, McCarthy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCentral Valley, opening up a restaurant, the product is best in spring. Spring is my favorite season, too. All my favorite little veggies and product from the sea, it\u2019s all at its peak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staples includes dry-aged duck, beef, and seafood, and\u00a0 produce sourced straight from the farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be very fun, approachable, but also very formally plated and very elegant,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n

McCarthy got into the restaurant business during high school, he said. At 16, he helped establish Sessions West Coast Deli before a scholarship got him into the Culinary Institute of America<\/a>.\u00a0 Traveling across the country, McCarthy has worked at ultra fine-dining restaurants Alinea in Chicago and Quince in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

He learned desserts and pastries after the COVID shutdown led him to Nobu in Newport Beach, where he became lead pastry chef. That dessert experience will make its way into the menu at Bulle, he said.<\/p>\n

His work in Miami especially set him apart. In 2023, as chef de cuisine at Le Jardinier<\/a>, he helped helped the restaurant retain its Michelin star two years in a row.<\/p>\n

That breadth of experience has laid the foundation for the challenge of making Bulle a success, McCarthy said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tom and Davita Miller, owners of Bulle. (Special to GV Wire)
\nChef\u2019s Table Gives Guest a Personal Experience<\/p>\n

One of Bulle\u2019s hallmarks will be the chef\u2019s table, where a couple can reserve a seat directly adjacent to the kitchen. There, the couple can decide whether they want a few courses or 20. Cooks plate everything before the two guests and talk about the food.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to just take their time eating, explore the food menu, try all these new things that maybe they haven\u2019t experienced. Explore new wines, explore new cocktails, and just enjoy themselves, get lost in the moment.\u201d \u2014 Devon Carabajal, general manager, Bulle <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to have fun and you want to sit there and eat snacks all night \u2026 we\u2019re more than willing to do that for you,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cBut if you want to get a really serious 10-course menu and learn about the philosophy of the cooking and the restaurant, we\u2019ll show you everything there is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drinks and desserts will also be main features. The Millers hired Conner Jessop as the beverage director and mixologist. He said he\u2019s working closely with McCarthy to develop a drink menu to complement the dishes.<\/p>\n

Overseeing the restaurant is general manager Devon Carabajal, He says he wants to create a place where people feel like they\u2019re on vacation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to just take their time eating, explore the food menu, try all these new things that maybe they haven\u2019t experienced,\u201d Carabajal said. \u201cExplore new wines, explore new cocktails, and just enjoy themselves, get lost in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The husband-and-wife team behind the Press Box Sports Grill has a soft opening date for a restaurant they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[93,112,114,113],"class_list":["post-195200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-featured","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195200","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=195200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}