{"id":200592,"date":"2026-03-02T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/200592\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:58:07","slug":"christys-donuts-fresno-why-the-shop-remains-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/200592\/","title":{"rendered":"Christy\u2019s Donuts Fresno: why the shop remains closed"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s happening with Christy\u2019s Donuts?<\/p>\n

The iconic donut shop also serving Chinese food and hamburgers on Belmont Avenue and Fresno Street has been closed for six months.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not closed for good.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 23, shortly before midnight, a car hit a power pole at the intersection and knocked out power to the building, Fresno Police confirmed.<\/p>\n

The business owners have been trying to get power restored and the business reopen ever since, said Eang Leng, who works at the shop and is the daughter of the Christy\u2019s Donuts owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just frustrating because it\u2019s taking so long,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re just worried. There\u2019s no income coming in. We\u2019re struggling. We\u2019re worried. We\u2019re frustrated. We\u2019re ready to just go back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The power pole is on Christy\u2019s Donuts property, meaning the family and its contractor had to get permits to install a new pole from the City of Fresno and PG&E \u2014 a process that can be slow, Leng said.<\/p>\n

The project also involves moving the pole away from the street. They must saw through the sidewalk and install new conduit and wire, according to the permit filed with the city.<\/p>\n

Leng said they got the necessary approval from PG&E and are working through the permit process with the city.<\/p>\n

The plans were approved by the city, which is waiting on a signed affidavit and final payment to issue the permit, according to city spokesperson Sontaya Rose.<\/p>\n

Christy\u2019s has been operating for more than 30 years. In a former Mel\u2019s Drive-In from the 1960s, its unique round shape and tall, colorful sign often catch people\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

The business was featured in The Bee\u2019s story about 10 classically Fresno restaurants<\/a> on Belmont Avenue last summer.<\/p>\n

Customers have been wondering on Reddit.com<\/a> and Facebook group For the Love of Downtown<\/a> about the fate of the restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure we have people wondering what happened,\u201d Leng said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know what else to do but wait. I don\u2019t know why it takes so long to approve everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Christy\u2019s has been shut down in recent years. In 2023, fire safety officials deemed it unsafe to occupy<\/a> after a county inspector found the ventilation hood in the kitchen was not working. Grease was discovered accumulating in the building\u2019s attic near the water heater and leaking into light fixtures.<\/p>\n

A new hood had to be installed, which needed a permit, a process that also took a long time, Leng said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor customers, if they\u2019re wondering, we will be opening soon, we just don\u2019t know when,\u201d she said. \u201cHopefully by next month, sounds like, but I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for more than 20 years, she now works to answer readers\u2019 questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s happening with Christy\u2019s Donuts? The iconic donut shop also serving Chinese food and hamburgers on Belmont Avenue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[93225,93223,112,93224,114,113,93226,93227],"class_list":["post-200592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-belmont-avenue-fresno","tag-christys-donuts","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-donut-shop","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-restaurant-closure","tag-power-pole-repair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200592","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=200592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}