Planet Vegan to open storefront in Fresno after food truck explosion

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's been much than 18 months since a fashionable Fresno nutrient motortruck went up successful flames and injured 2 people, including the co-owner.

Now, Planet Vegan is conscionable days distant from opening its ain ceramic and mortar location.

Planet Vegan is opening its edifice successful Northwest Fresno aft much than a twelvemonth of rebuilding and tremendous enactment from the community.

"We conscionable wanted to bring the vibes and amusement emotion to the city," explained Michael McElroy, Co-owner of Planet Vegan.

The affirmative vibes for Planet Vegan travel aft a acheronian and hard clip successful June of 2022.

An detonation destroyed the fashionable Fresno nutrient motortruck injuring 2 people, including co-owner Joe Ellis who suffered terrible burns.

But the nutrient motortruck assemblage came unneurotic to enactment 1 of their ain and present the tiny concern volition unfastened its archetypal storefront Saturday disconnected Palm and Nees.

"Starting from the truck, coming to a facility, a storefront, conscionable man, it's great," added McElroy.

McElroy is excited to amusement disconnected each the caller determination has to offer, giving Action News a sneak peek earlier the expansive opening.

"I conscionable wanted to bring the downtown consciousness to northwest Fresno, connected the walls we got immoderate marvelous paintings by 1 of the champion mural artists successful Fresno by the sanction of Omar Huerta," added McElroy.

And if you are wondering what volition beryllium connected the menu, 1 of their much fashionable items volition beryllium making a return.

"Everybody misses the postulation fries, that's the fig 1 point that everybody hits maine up connected oregon asks oregon says that they miss," said McElroy.

Action News featured those fries during Dine and Dish months earlier the fire, on with plant-based burgers that customers couldn't judge were not existent meat.

The paper for the caller edifice besides includes a sourdough burger, and a treble decker burger, served up Planet Vegan style.

The owners accidental they are not stopping with conscionable 1 location.

"In the aboriginal we program connected franchising the business, conscionable growing, seeing however things spell with the archetypal determination and going from there," explained McElroy.

For the expansive opening, determination volition beryllium plentifulness of specials and perchance immoderate freebies that volition beryllium taking spot this Saturday astatine 12 pm.

Action News was told that Ellis is successful bully spirits and plans connected joining the Planet Vegan squad successful the adjacent future.

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