Asian food venders ask for apology after being banned from River Park

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The backlash continues aft vendors selling Asian nutrient were abruptly banned from mounting up store astatine the River Park Shopping Center during events.

River Park has said it's owed to contention with existing storefronts, but connected Wednesday, the vendors and their allies are asking for much answers.

"We're not adjacent asking for a lot. We're conscionable asking for respect, we're asking for transparency, and we're asking for an apology," said Christine Rose, an advocator for Asian nutrient vendors.

A radical of Asian nutrient vendors and their supporters gathered successful downtown Fresno aft they were told via substance that they could nary longer merchantability astatine the Riverpark Shopping Center.

Pushing backmost connected the latest connection by promenade leaders saying they "directly compete" with immoderate of their tenants.

"It didn't marque sense. It conscionable seemed similar an casual mode out. It didn't help. It did much damage. It showed a part successful our Asian community, similar we person the wealth and you guys don't, that's wherefore we're allowed to beryllium here," said Jessica Piland with HAPA California Coffee.

Their backdrop, El Jabalito, a Filipino nutrient motortruck 1 of the galore told they couldn't merchantability connected the spot anymore.

But this is not the archetypal clip the merchantability of definite foods has been banned astatine River Park. Event organizers archer Action News things similar pizza, hamburgers, and sushi person besides been excluded.

"The information that the words 'no much Asian vendors' came retired of not their mouths, but via text, those words were said. There was nary different mode to accidental that what happened was racist. It was a stripping distant of an invitation," said Rose.

Thousands attended Tuesday's Farmer's market, customers archer america galore of the accustomed Asian nutrient vendors were notably missing.

"It was missing, definitely. I don't odor the teriyaki sensation of 1 of the vendors that ever comes retired here. It's a large difference, and hopefully it tin travel backmost eventually," says Felix Martinez, Farmer's Market customer.

Fresno Street Eats tells Action News they are successful talks with River Park enactment to find a solution.

"I'm not asking anyone to accidental don't spell to River Park oregon immoderate of that. I privation those businesses to beryllium supported. I emotion River Park for everything they've done for truthful long, but for them to bash this takes distant a small spot of that credibility of safeness," says Rose.

Still, truthful galore vendors accidental they privation to find communal ground, but are unclear astir what their adjacent determination is.

Granite Park has spoken retired connected societal media, offering the displaced vendors to merchantability astatine their parkland instead.

Action News did scope retired to River Park for further remark connected Wednesday, but did not perceive back.

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