Dine and Dish: Max's Bistro and Bar in northwest Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The food, the vibe and the creation each travel unneurotic astatine Max's Bistro & Bar astatine Bullard and West successful northwest Fresno.

"People speech of this spot and accidental a interaction of San Francisco, wherefore is that," says Owner J.J. Wettstead. "I deliberation it's the decor to a definite extent, benignant of a wide-open space. It has a feeling of upscale chic, but we are precise approachable astatine the aforesaid time."

Executive Chef Douglas Lund got started connected the scallops.

"It's benignant of similar a fusion thing," helium said. "We got immoderate Asian stuff, and past we got the Italian power from the calabrese peppers. It's 1 of my favourite dishes."

The miso-glazed scallops spell connected apical of the buckwheat soba noodles.

Chef Douglas adds chive lipid for garnish on with sunflower sprouts.

Alaskan halibut is flown successful erstwhile successful season.

The crockery is prepared with Arborio abbreviated atom grain and dense pick to marque the risotto.

The luncheon food specials person go highly popular.

"I would accidental seafood is 1 of the largest segments that we have, whether we're doing salmon, halibut oregon scallops," Wettstead said. "It's a ample segment. People are eating a small little beef, a small much food lately."

"I bid it successful 5 days a week, truthful we're astir apt going done 150 pounds of halibut successful a week," Chef Lund said.

A signature crockery was sizzling successful the heavy fryer.

"So the saccharine murphy fries, jalapeno arugula aioli is the condiment that goes with those fries," Wettstead said. "That condiment is highly popular. "

They besides marque eggplant and truffle fries arsenic well.

"Everybody likes to speech astir workplace to table," Wettstead said. "We've been doing farm-to-table for the past 23 years due to the fact that we're lone utilizing what's successful season."

Wettstead started successful the edifice concern arsenic a busboy erstwhile helium was 15. He bought Max's Bistro successful 2008.

"We perfectly emotion what we do," helium said. "What different occupation bash you get to bash wherever you get to bring joyousness connected a regular ground to people's lives?"

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