Bobby Salazar’s in north Clovis has closed. What restaurant should go there next?

The Bobby Salazar’s Taqueria in north Clovis has closed for good.

Known for serving a fresh bowl of albóndigas and hosting karaoke nights, the Bobby Salazar’s franchise at the northeast corner of Fowler and Herndon avenues ended up closing some time in May.

A notice on the restaurant doors states that rent was due and unpaid, and that “the landlord believes that you have abandoned the property.”

The restaurant had been listed as temporarily closed on the internet.

Robert Bobby Salazar, the president and owner of Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Foods, confirmed that the licensee who had been running the north Clovis Bobby Salazar’s franchise pulled out.

“Sometimes, people just don’t want to do it anymore,” Salazar said.

This is the second franchise to shut down since last year, following the closure of the Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Restaurant & Cantina on Blackstone Avenue south of Shields.

Salazar said all other Bobby Salazar’s restaurants, whether owned by himself or operating as a franchise, remain in business.

What could become of the spot where the north Clovis Bobby Salazar’s was located, at 1805 Herndon Avenue?

The retail space, which is in Windmill Marketplace shopping center anchored by Save Mart Supermarkets, has been on the market for lease since June 2.

It is 2,200 square feet, listed under property subtype of fast food and was built in 2004.

National tenants already in the shopping center include Starbucks Coffee, Panda Express, Cold Stone Creamery and The UPS Store.

What type of restaurant is Clovis missing that could go there and thrive?

Let us know in the form below what restaurant or what type of restaurant that isn’t already saturated in Clovis that you think should move into the vacant Fowler and Herndon restaurant spot.

This story was originally published June 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM.