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The Fresno Bee
Popular Indian grocery store is expanding with restaurant in Fresno. See where
A popular Indian grocery store is expanding in Fresno, bringing a taste of home closer to more local families. Shan-E-Punjab plans to soon open a second supermarket and restaurant in West Fresno. “While there are a few food markets and eateries nearby, we are eager to offer another quality option for residents in West Fresno,” store owner Satnam Singh said. On a recent weekday morning, Singh worked diligently at his office computer while steady waves of shoppers browsed the aisles of the store and restaurant patrons filled the dining area, surrounded by the warm aroma of traditional Indian curries. Here’s what local shoppers can expect at the new Shan-E-Punjab: How did Indian grocery store get its start? Shan-E-Punjab is dedicated to bringing authentic Punjabi flavors to the Central Valley through “home-style cooking and warm hospitality,” the store said on its website. In addition to a South Asian market stocked with “a wide selection of spices, staples and specialty products,” Shan-E-Punjab features an on-site restaurant serving “fresh, flavorful dishes” such as lentil curries, tandoori chicken and samosa, store representatives said. What began as a passion for traditional cuisine has grown into a trusted market and dining staple. Singh’s father, Sukhdev Singh,
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5 ways to enjoy Fresno's Taco Truck Throwdown 15 at Chukchansi Park this weekend
Expect downtown Fresno to be crowded this Saturday night as Taco Truck Throwdown 15 , a celebration of Fresno’s food scene, returns to Chukchansi Park. Here are five ways to enjoy the event: With an open mind This year, 22 competitors are going head-to-head to compete for two prizes: the Judge’s Choice Award and the People’s Choice Award. Between 12,000 and 15,000 people attend the Taco Truck Throwdown every year. Mike Osegueda, the founder of Street Eats and organizer of the Taco Truck Throwdown, said that a lot of previous years’ winners are now judging the competition, which means there’s room for some new blood to claim the crown. “Odds are, we’re going to have some new champions,” Osegueda said. “The field seems wide open.” The food trucks owners each choose what they think is the best taco to represent their food, which means that all sorts of tacos will be available Saturday. “Some people will get a little more adventurous sometimes,” Osegueda said. “It is up to the truck to showcase what it is that they do well. You give us what you think your best thing is.” The full list of competitors is here. With a michelada Tacos
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Fair Food Favorites: Worth the Hype?
As the Selma FFA students migrated to the Big Fresno Fair this year, we found ourselves surviving off of overpriced fair foods, caffeine, and a dream. Now, don’t get me wrong, as much as I might complain, my Fair diet over the past two weeks was completely by choice. At the same time, me as well as the rest of the FFA show-team have reserved the right to give and take credit when due.
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5 Best Restaurants in Clovis, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Clovis, California — a city where the Sierra foothills roll gentle and golden, where the air is sweet with the scent of orange blossoms and the laughter of families echoes from shaded porches. Here, the streets are stitched with memory and migration, from old-town brick facades to the new neighborhoods where dreamers plant roots. Clovis is a patchwork — of ranchers and teachers, of Hmong and Hispanic families, of students, artists, and old-timers who remember when the rodeo was the biggest show in town.
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Shan-E-Punjab Plans Second Fresno Store, Restaurant for West Clinton Avenue
Shan-E-Punjab, the Fresno grocery chain known for its South Asian market and attached restaurant, is opening a second location in West Fresno at 2811 West Clinton Ave. The Singh family, who run the business, have remodeled a 3,700-square-foot space that previously housed Indian Market, and they're aiming to bring dine-in and takeout dining, plus an outdoor patio, to a neighborhood the family says has long supported their original store.
The Fresno Bee
New Fresno food in October: Clovis matcha, Yemeni coffee, smashburgers and more
October loaded the Fresno food map with new openings worth lining up for — a Syrian-pastry cafe pulling 8,000 date lattes in two months, an L.A. matcha chain finally landing in Clovis, three Yemeni coffee shops expanding across town and the next move from the group behind Heirloom, Otherside and Saizon. Here’s the month at a glance, bookmark-ready. Rumi Coffee is the sleeper hit of the Northwood corner The foodie glow-up at Alluvial and Fresno Street is real. Rumi Coffee opened in July from the owner of Fabiano Coffee Roasters, serving Syrian baklava, tiny edible birds nests, fig labneh toast and lattes built around cardamom, rose water and orange blossom. The top seller: a golden date latte with date syrup that drinks like caramel. “I don’t think anyone else has a date latte in Fresno,” owner Hamed Alghazali said. The shop sold 8,000 in two months. Same corner: Dumpling U , the TikTok-viral soup dumpling spot that opened in January and still pulls crowds for its hand-folded xiao long bao and beef rolls. House of Kebab just added a Greek street-food section with slab-of-feta Greek salads, a no-bake “lazy cake” and hummus topped with filet mignon. Yemeni coffee is officially
The Fresno Bee
This Subway shop in the Central Valley is one of the highest ranked in nation. Here's why
Caruthers is a small town just off the 41, about 15 miles south of downtown Fresno. About 2,600 people live there, according to the 2020 census. It has one of the country’s best-rated Subways. The Subway at 2459 W. Tahoe Ave. has 349 reviews on Google and an average rating of 4.80. SEO Backlinks , a digital public relations and data analysis firm, looked at all Subway restaurants with more than 100 reviews and found that makes the Caruthers location the third-best Subway restaurant in the state and the 10th-best Subway in the country. “Every Subway sells the same menu, so when one of them scores this high across hundreds of reviews, it comes down to the people behind the counter,” said Oliver Weston, the founder of SEO Backlinks, in a press release. The Subway is attached to a Valero gas station and a laundromat. Many of the Caruther Subway’s reviews praised the staff’s customer service, with several people detailing how they’re always greeted with a smile. The best-ranked Subway restaurants in California were: 5070 Rocklin Rd, Rocklin, CA 7930 E Florence Ave, Downey, CA 2459 W Tahoe Ave, Caruthers, CA 21612 Plano Trabuco Rd, Trabuco Canyon, CA 5150 Fair
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FOX26 and Grocery Outlet Tackle Hunger Food Drive
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — FOX26 News has partnered with Grocery Outlet to Tackle Hunger. Please help by donating nonperishable food items at any participating Grocery Outlet in Fresno and Clovis. You can make donations while you're checking out while shopping for your Thanksgiving feast. The food drive runs from...
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Pint For Pancakes vouchers for Black Bear Diner
The Central California Blood Center is bringing back its second annual Pint for Pancakes campaign, partnering with Huckleberry’s and Black Bear Diner to give the community a delicious reason to donate blood this holiday season. From November 1 through December 31 all blood donors who give at a Fresno...
The Fresno Bee
Two weeks left to enjoy this viral Clovis coffee trend before the menu changes
When the calendar hits mid-November, these pumpkins are going to go away — at least until next year. Spirit Made Cakes , a Clovis bakery that also serves coffee and other food, has already served hundreds of cups of coffee in the mini pumpkins this year alone. The bakery started serving drinks in pumpkins last year, when owner Vartine Garabet saw the idea from a cafe in New Jersey. Garabet brought the mini pumpkins into her shop, even though the process is labor-intensive. She and her team clean, carve, wash and dry each mini pumpkin, and she estimated that it can take between 45 minutes to an hour to process up to 6 pumpkins to the point where the bakery can serve drinks in them. Still, the payout is worth it: videos featuring Spirit Made Cakes’ pumpkin drinks quickly went viral on social media. “We have to get so many pumpkins,” Garabet said. Two of those pumpkins were ordered by Katie Hollenback and Madison Peckham, two friends who stopped by the bakery with their children, six-month-old Wiley and 19-month-old Saylor. Hollenback ordered a pumpkin spice latte in her pumpkin, while Peckham chose a white chocolate mocha with cold brew. “This
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This Decades-Old Carhop Drive-In in California Still Brings the Burgers Right to Your Car
Some of the best meals happen at places you almost drove right past. In California’s Central Valley, there is a weathered little burger stand where a smiling server still walks your food out to your car window. One bite of a juicy bacon cheeseburger and a cold root beer...
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Showdown: The best tri-tip sandwich in Fresno
Philly has the cheesesteak. Chicago has the Italian beef. LA has the French dip, New Orleans has the po’boy (and the muffaletta) Baltimore has the pit beef – even Pittsburgh has that sandwich with the french fries in it. You get it, lots of cities have a famous...