The Fresno-area eateries that have closed so far in 2024

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - With little than 90 days near of 2024, this twelvemonth has seen galore Fresno-area restaurants and eateries permanently closing down. Some of the closures person been owed to changes to adjacent buildings, immoderate have cited lease issues, and immoderate owed to what the relation says is the increasing difficulty of maintaining the business.

While immoderate of the Fresno-area eateries person provided reasons for their closure, others did not publicize wherefore their concern is shutting down. Below is simply a database of businesses that sold nutrient (including restaurants, bars, accelerated nutrient outlets and a cooky store) formally operating successful the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan country that YourCentralValley.com has reported connected closing.

TGI Fridays

TGI Fridays astatine Herndon Avenue and First Street in Fresno closed abruptly on Jan. 2, 2024, describing it arsenic a "difficult decision" and expressing gratitude to their customers. The edifice had been operating successful Fresno for implicit 40 years and its closure sparked a frenzy of involvement from radical eager to cod what the edifice was not utilizing anymore.

Sno-White Drive-In

The relation of Sno-White Drive-In announced connected societal media connected Jan. 31 that the fashionable Fresno County drive-in had closed pursuing the owners' retirement. In their announcement connected societal media, they wrote that they are "finally capable to retire" after moving astatine the outlet for 45 years. A caller edifice has since moved into its erstwhile determination successful Tarpey Village, which is adjacent to the City of Clovis astatine Clovis Avenue and Ashlan Avenue.

Shanghai Chinese Cuisine

Shanghai Chinese Cuisine announced its closure successful February. The proprietor cited hard fiscal times astatine the Fresno determination forcing them to marque the move. However, the community's effect to that prompted the edifice to propulsion backmost its archetypal closing time to beryllium capable to convey each its customers.

Thanks to my family, acknowledgment to my friends for each the years of support. There’s a batch of memories for maine astatine this restaurant.

Shanghai Chinese Cuisine's Pauline Dunn

When the restaurant's closure was announced, proprietor Pauline Dunn suggested uncovering a caller determination to proceed the business.

Bobby Salazar's (Blackstone Avenue and Michigan Avenue)

Bobby Salazar's connected Blackstone Avenue and Michigan Avenue successful Fresno closed following what Fresno Fire described arsenic a suspicious occurrence astatine the determination successful April. As of October, determination are nary signs that the concern has resumed operations: the restaurant's telephone fig has been disconnected and woody boards stay connected the windows.

Lucky's Donut House

Lucky’s Donut House astatine 3216 N. West Avenue successful Fresno announced its closure connected May 19, with its last time of operations being May 27. The operators of Lucky’s Donut House said astatine the clip they were moving connected uncovering a caller location.

Oggi Cosi Si Mangia

Oggi Cosi Si Mangia astatine 1110 N. Van Ness Avenue successful Fresno announced connected societal media connected May 29 that they were unable to reopen the restaurant. The proprietor revealed that the concern was alternatively moving to Pismo Beach.

Fosters Freeze

Fosters Freeze adjacent Old Town Clovis announced successful August that it had "permanently closed" with a motion connected its door. YourCentralValley.com visited the determination astatine 902 Clovis Avenue and discovered the motion confirming the location’s closure.

Crave Cookie.

Crave Cookie astatine 6525 N. Riverside Drive successful Fresno cited "lease disagreements" arsenic the crushed for its closure successful September. The cooky store celebrated the lawsuit with a "grand closing" ceremony. The Crave Cookie determination successful Clovis remains open.

Starving Artists

Starving Artists Bistro announced connected societal media that its determination adjacent the intersection of Fort Washington Road and Friant Road successful northeast Fresno closed successful September. The closure was not announced up of time. In a closing message, the operators cited difficulties maintaining the business, with reasons including "the rules, regulations and laws that person been imposed connected the edifice industry."

DiCicco’s Italian Restaurant (First Street and Shaw Avenue)

A motion connected the doorway of DiCicco’s Italian Restaurant astatine First Street and Shaw Avenue announced successful October that the determination had closed aft 40 years. The operators wrote that they were devastated to person had to marque the determination to unopen the location, adding "we are atrocious to person had this crook of economy."