{"id":302970,"date":"2026-05-06T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/302970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:08:09","slug":"jesse-boy-to-open-at-fresnos-river-park-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/302970\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Boy to open at Fresno\u2019s River Park this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

River Park<\/a> is getting in on the Korean restaurant trend with the announcement of a new spot in the works: Jesse Boy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Korean-inspired fried chicken and cauliflower restaurant that is planning to open across from BarrelHouse Brewing Co., between Claire\u2019s and the Kids Empire indoor playground.<\/p>\n

A grand opening is planned for this fall.<\/p>\n

The owners also run Yogurtland<\/a> a few doors down in the main outdoor portion of River Park outside the theater.<\/p>\n

What is Jesse Boy?<\/p>\n

The restaurant is named after chef Jesse, who grew up eating his mom\u2019s Korean fried chicken.<\/p>\n

He used her recipes to launch a stand at farmers markets in Los Angeles. That led to a location in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Soon, a Fresno location will serve Korean fried chicken as wings or chicken tenders. It will also offer Korean fried cauliflower, a vegan option prepared in its own dedicated fryer.<\/p>\n

The food can be served as a plate, bowl or sandwich, with sides such as jasmine rice, french fries or sesame salad.<\/p>\n

Aguas frescas, the popular Mexican drinks made with fruit, are also on the menu.<\/p>\n

Korean restaurants in Fresno<\/p>\n

Korean restaurants are nothing new in Fresno.<\/p>\n

Korean barbecue spot Kaya Restaurant<\/a> operated for years in its unique building on Blackstone Avenue before closing. And Shila Korean BBQ<\/a> has locations in Clovis and Fresno. Rock & Noodles<\/a>, a Korean fusion noodle restaurant, is on West Shaw Avenue.<\/p>\n

Several more Korean places have opened recently, including Korean corn dog food trucks, Gangnam Korean Cuisine<\/a> at First Street and Nees Avenue, and Naju Tofu<\/a> at Cedar and Nees avenues.<\/p>\n

Coming next are Seoul Meat Co. Korean Barbecue at Fashion Fair<\/a> and a second location for Korean fried chicken franchise bb.q Chicken<\/a>. This one will be at Kings Canyon Road and Clovis Avenue at the former Maria\u2019s Tacos.<\/p>\n

\"Korean Korean fried chicken and vegan cauliflower will be on the menu at Jesse Boy, a new restaurant coming to River Park this fall. Special to The Bee JESSE BOY
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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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"River Park is getting in on the Korean restaurant trend with the announcement of a new spot in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-302970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302970","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=302970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}