FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The brunch crowd follows their nose to Aromas at Olive and Echo in Fresno’s Tower District.<\/p>\n
“They say you eat with your eyes, but it’s also your smell,” says Owner Maria Gonzales. “You smell something delicious, and it makes your mouth water.”<\/p>\n
Take the chicken and waffles prepared by Chris Ortega and Lazarus Villareal.<\/p>\n
“Everything’s made in-house — the waffles, the chicken,” Gonzales said. “We do prepare it with a honey hot sauce, so that is a sweet but spicy sauce that goes perfectly with that chicken.”<\/p>\n
Antonio Sequera sticks with what he loves.<\/p>\n
“This is a steak, onion rings and vegetables,” he said. “It’s pretty much what I eat all the time and my glass of wine.”<\/p>\n
“We wanted to elevate it, so the bigger cuts of steak,” Gonzales said.<\/p>\n
Gonzales added that the ribeye and eggs breakfast is the best seller.<\/p>\n
“The people that work here are amazing, so kind,” says Melissa Duran.<\/p>\n
“It’s nice to see we’ve built a community within Tower with our customers,” Gonzales said.<\/p>\n
The Brunch Burger is a handful. It’s so big, I figured it’d be better to cut it in half.<\/p>\n
Aromas is also open for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights.<\/p>\n
“It came from our own customers actually requesting us to open,” Gonzales said.<\/p>\n
The staff was ready to offer a different experience – after dark.<\/p>\n
“It is a rotisserie chicken, and it has a nice little lemon cream sauce,” Gonzales said. “Those are the vegetables that come with it. Mashed potatoes with gravy.”<\/p>\n
We also saw the sirloin with baked potato and the Cajun penne.<\/p>\n
“I like the service because to me, the service is very important,” Sequera said. “You come and spend some time, you enjoy it and you come back.”<\/p>\n
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