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The former Chevys restaurant in River Park has been completely remodeled. Several walls were knocked down to create Texas de Brazil Churrascaria Steakhouse.<\/p>\n
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Thursday\u2019s top stories from The Fresno Bee. Here\u2019s what to know<\/p>\n
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The Fresno Bee\u2019s coverage Thursday spanned a downtown stabbing at Courthouse Park, an inside look at why Fresno police have ramped up patrols in the Tower District\u2019s nightlife corridor and the local restaurants that pulled in the most OpenTable reservations last month.<\/p>\n
Original stories by Gagandeep Singh, Anthony Galaviz and Melissa Montalvo<\/p>\n This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fresno Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Chevys restaurant in River Park has been completely remodeled. Several walls were knocked down to create…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-439482","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\/439482","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=439482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Texas de Brazil carries more than a dozen kinds of meat on skewers that are sliced at customers\u2019 tables. Texas de Brazil Here are the top stories of the dayWhat are Fresno\u2019s hottest restaurants? These spots had the most bookings in July<\/a> \u2014 OpenTable released its monthly Diners\u2019 Choice rankings for Fresno on Aug. 5, spotlighting local eateries with the most bookings and best reviews in July. Texas de Brazil, Max\u2019s Bistro & Bar and The Farmer & The Bootlegger landed among the highest-rated spots on the list, with ratings ranging from 4.5 to 4.8 stars. OpenTable analyzed nearly 500,000 new global diner reviews in July and sorted results by location to help diners find new favorites.Fresno County employee stabbed at Courthouse Park, deputies say; suspect detained<\/a> \u2014 A Fresno County employee was stabbed Thursday afternoon at Courthouse Park in downtown Fresno. Deputies responded at 1:16 p.m. and found the victim, who was conscious, breathing and talking as EMS took him to the hospital. A suspect was detained near Fresno Street and Van Ness Avenue after deputies deployed a taser. The investigation into the motive is ongoing.Fresno police beefs up presence in \u2018Tower Vegas.\u2019 What\u2019s driving more patrol?<\/a> \u2014 Fresno Police have expanded weekend patrols in the Tower District over the past two years, sometimes deploying up to 30 officers along the nightlife corridor. Police Chief Mindy Casto said the buildup reflects preventative patrol driven by crowd volatility and late-night street vendors drawing groups after bars close, not an increase in crime. City leaders, businesses and residents remain split, with some backing the added security and others questioning the cost given historically low violent crime rates.<\/p>\n