{"id":231242,"date":"2026-03-22T13:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:33:12","slug":"17-new-restaurants-to-watch-in-fresno-area-opening-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231242\/","title":{"rendered":"17 new restaurants to watch in Fresno area opening soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restaurants keep closing<\/a>, but plenty of new ones are lining up to take their place.<\/p>\n

At least 17 new restaurants are in the works in Fresno, Clovis and Madera. This is on top of the two dozen restaurants The Bee told you to expect this year in a story<\/a> in January. This most recent wave of restaurants ranges from the high-end fine dining of Bulle to Tacos El Cabezon, a taco truck that got attention for its lines in Fig Garden and is opening a taqueria.<\/p>\n

True to Fresno\u2019s diversity, the menus include pho, Indian pizza, Southern barbecue \u2014 and of course, tacos.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s coming soon.<\/p>\n

New restaurants coming to Fresno, Clovis, Madera \"Bulle, Bulle, at Herndon and Marks avenues, is one of 15 new restaurants opening in the Fresno area. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n

bb.q Chicken<\/a>, a Korean fried chicken franchise, is moving into the former Maria\u2019s Tacos at Kings Canyon Road and Clovis Avenue.<\/p>\n

The restaurant has a location on Shaw Avenue attached to Jus\u2019 Jo\u2019s in Clovis.<\/p>\n

Its menu features 14 kinds of fried chicken made in Korean flavors, including a Gangnam black pepper sauce and \u201ccheesling\u201d wings dusted in a medley of sweet cheeses.<\/p>\n

It also serves tteok-bokki<\/a>, the popular little Korean rice cakes served in bowls with sauce.<\/p>\n

Workers are still remodeling the inside of the building, so it could be a while before this one opens.<\/p>\n

Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe<\/a> is a franchise that\u2019s moving into 6097 N. Figarden Drive, next door to Kabab City.<\/p>\n

It serves smoothies, from juice-based drinks to ones made with ice cream and topped with cotton candy. Its menu also has a\u00e7ai bowls and coffee-based drinks. It\u2019s planning to open in about six months.<\/p>\n

Bora Bora\u2019s locations are mostly in the eastern half of the United States.<\/p>\n

Bulle<\/a> is a high-end restaurant at the northwest corner of Marks and Herndon that combines California cuisine with European techniques.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very close to opening and aiming to be open to the public \u2014 mostly via reservations \u2014 by early April.<\/p>\n

Owners Thomas and Davita Miller also own the three Press Box Sports Grill<\/a> locations around town.<\/p>\n

Bulle is French for bubble. It rhymes with \u201cpool.\u201d Say it with a French accent and you\u2019ve got the name down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea for us is that bubbles are everywhere and we want you to have an experience as if you\u2019re in a bubble floating through life,\u201d Thomas Miller said.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve been keeping details of Bulle close to the vest. But they are promising upscale decor<\/a>, fine dining, premium Cristal Champagne and more.<\/p>\n

Bunz-N-Birds<\/a> is coming to Madera. The chicken restaurant<\/a> plans to open in the shopping center at Cleveland Avenue and Schnoor Street.<\/p>\n

Cali Bros Pizza is building a new location<\/a> at Marks and Clinton. The Indian and Italian pizza place already has two locations in Fresno. The new one is scheduled to open in August.<\/p>\n

Con Azucar Caf\u00e9<\/a> a Mexican coffee shop, plans to open a location<\/a> at the main entrance to Sierra Vista Mall. The Instagram-worthy cafe has a location on Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Fresno serving horchata lattes and other Latin American-inspired drinks and food.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s remodeling the Clovis location now.<\/p>\n

Dutch Bros Coffee<\/a> is planning a location on Shaw Avenue in Clovis. The drive-thru is in the works for an empty lot just east of Peach Avenue, between I Love Sushi and McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The Bee previously reported on efforts to prevent lines of cars waiting for coffee from spilling onto Shaw Avenue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"B B & K Asian Kitchen has closed with Early Birds Cafe offering American-style breakfast soon to open in its place, one of four new restaurants opening in the coming months. Photographed Tuesday, March 10, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n

Early Birds Cafe is an all-American breakfast and lunch spot that\u2019s taking over the former B&K Asian Kitchen after it closed recently<\/a> at First Street and Hedges Avenue.<\/p>\n

Expect tri-tip sandwiches, cheeseburgers, specialty burgers and \u201cyour typical bacon and eggs, steak and eggs, country fried steak,\u201d said owner Kanitha Soukaseum.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s got 27 years in the restaurant industry, all at down-home places such as Carrows. He also opened up the original Yosemite Falls Cafe before becoming director of operations at Uncle Harry\u2019s NY Bagelry & Coffeehouse. He also owns the MinTea boba shop in Sanger.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s shooting for an April opening. The restaurant will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Habit Burger & Grill<\/a> is moving into the former Office Depot building at 498 W. Shaw Ave. in Clovis. It will be the second Clovis location and is expected to open later this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Knotty Chix<\/a>, a mobile seller of pretzels, is opening a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Selma. It has signed a lease to open at the corner of High and Second streets.<\/p>\n

Lisa\u2019s Southern Smokehouse<\/a> and Crepes & Sweet Thangs will soon take over the back portion of Peacock Market<\/a> at Tollhouse Road and Sunnyside Avenue in Clovis. It will take over the space left by Pickled Deli and The Parlor, which closed in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lisa in the name is Lisa Seguera, of part of the couple behind Miguel\u2019s Salsa<\/a>. That\u2019s the taqueria and salsa brand<\/a> that has a location just inside the doors of Peacock Market.<\/p>\n

Lisa\u2019s Southern Smokehouse will be a barbecue spot inspired by the couple\u2019s trips to Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans. Expect shrimp po\u2019 boys, tri-tip, brisket, \u201cLisa\u2019s famous barbecued chicken,\u201d and sides such as mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese, sweet-and-spicy slaw and corn bread.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are of course are going to be doing are own barbecue sauces,\u201d she said. That includes a mango-habanero barbecue sauce with Miguel\u2019s award-winning salsa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Crepes & Sweet Thangs will offer sweet and savory crepes, including the strawberry crepes Seguera grew up with, along with beignets and banana pudding.<\/p>\n

She is aiming to open in May.<\/p>\n

Neat & Noir<\/a>, a cocktail bar in downtown Fresno<\/a>, is opening a second location. The bar has signed a lease to open at the northeast corner of Cedar and Nees avenues, in the same shopping center as DiCicco\u2019s Italian Restaurant and the new Toledo\u2019s Mexican Restaurant<\/a>, according to a leasing report from Retail California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ph\u00f2Ever<\/a> has signed a lease to open a second location, this one at Riverwalk, the shopping center near Avenue 12 and Highway 41 in Madera.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same restaurant in Clovis that serves the Vietnamese soup, rice bowls, banh mi sandwiches and more.<\/p>\n

As it\u2019s new constrution, this one will take a while. It probably won\u2019t open until spring of next year.<\/p>\n

Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co.<\/a> has signed a lease to open in the former Kunisama at the southwest corner of Willow and Herndon, according to a leasing report from Retail California.<\/p>\n

Kunisama closed<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n

Qamaria (pronounced \u201cKah-MAR-ee-uh\u201d) has a coffee shop in the The Marketplace at El Paseo, near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue. The Bee profiled the business last summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It serves drinks from the birthplace of coffee, often flavored with cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.<\/p>\n

Tacos El Cabezon<\/a>, known for its busy taco truck in Fig Garden Village<\/a>, is planning to open a taqueria near the southwest corner of McKinley and Fruit avenues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It serves asada meat and al pastor cut off the trompo (the vertical spit), chorizo, tripas and costillas de puerco costia (pork ribs).<\/p>\n

The business also recently opened a location in downtown Fresno<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tacos El Franc<\/a> is moving into the former Heroes Comics building on Shaw Avenue near Highway 41. It\u2019s a Tijuana taco shop with another location in San Diego\u2019s Gaslamp Quarter that\u2019s been recognized by the Michelin Guide.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s doing a major remodel of the spot and bringing its popular street tacos to Fresno<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taqueria Yarelis<\/a> is planning to open its third location<\/a>. It\u2019s taking over the former Ramen Brothers spot at the northwest corner of Blackstone and Nees avenues. It hopes to open in April.<\/p>\n

Some Fresnans may remember the taqueria as the home of the Anaconda burrito. That\u2019s a giant, 3-foot-long burrito that went viral online.<\/p>\n

It has locations near Fresno Street and Belmont Avenue and at Willow and Herndon.<\/p>\n

Reporter Joshua Tehee contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

\"Work Work continues in the former Maria’s Tacos near Kings Canyon Road and Clovis Avenue where a new restaurant offering BBQ Korean chicken is being readied, one of four new restaurants opening in the coming months. Photographed Tuesday, March 10, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n


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Bethany Clough<\/a><\/p>\n

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