These new Fresno, Clovis area restaurants are planning 2022 openings. Check out the list
The year 2021 wasn’t what restaurant owners hoped it would be.
Still dealing with the pandemic, along with a host of other issues, several restaurants closed (though many opened, too).
But there’s plenty to look forward to in 2022 on the Fresno region’s restaurant scene. More than two dozen restaurants are in the works and expected to open.
They range from highly anticipated chains to new locations of local favorites, and some brand-new names.
It may be a while before some of them open, however. If we have information about an opening date, we shared it. But between permitting and construction, opening a restaurant can take a lot longer than you might expect.
Here’s at glance at what we can look forward to in 2022.
New restaurants
Angry Chickz, the quick-service restaurant selling Nashville hot chicken, has at least two new locations coming to the Valley.
One is at Mooney Boulevard and Prosperity Avenue in Tulare. Another location is headed for Hanford, though the company hasn’t revealed the location yet.
Ampersand Ice Cream is working on its third location, shooting to open in February.
This one will be at northwest corner of Willow and Shepherd avenues, across the intersection from Enzo’s Table in a new development called The Row at Heritage Grove.
Baklava House has a sign up at the northwest corner of Bullard and West avenues. Its Instagram account says it’s planning a January opening.
Blast & Brew is taking over the Piazza del Pane that shut its doors near Palm and Herndon avenues during the pandemic. It’s a pizza and beer place that has a location in Old Town Clovis.
Both restaurants have the same Fresno-based parent company, which also owns Me-n-Ed’s.
The Burger Shack has a sign up at the northwest corner of Ashlan and Blackstone avenues. It’s taking over the former Geno’s and the menu will feature charbroiled burgers, sandwiches, milkshakes and wings.
Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop is a restaurant with a following that opened its first location in Fresno’s Fig Garden Village in March. Another location is planned for 7685 N. Blackstone Ave., in the space once occupied by Togo’s and Baskin-Robbins, near Red Robin.
It’s expected to open in early in 2022.
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has faced some delays, but is moving forward on its location at the corner of Friant Road and Fresno Street. The coffee shop with a following is tentatively planning on a late January or early February opening, according to the company.
Work is happening inside and the logo is on the door. It will open next to Mechanics Bank in the yellow building at the Park Crossing shopping center.
Crave Cookie is planning a second location, this one in Clovis. Expect to see it open serving its trademark giant cookies in the coming months.
DiCicco’s Italian Restaurant’s newest location is in the hiring stage and should be open soon. The newly constructed building is at Shields and Armstrong avenues and will look like the location at Cedar and Nees avenues.
Dutch Bros Coffee is planning at least three new locations of its drive-thru coffee shops. Two are coming to Clovis: one on Shaw Avenue near Sylmar Avenue, another at the corner of Willow and Alluvial avenues.
Another location is headed for Kerman in 2022.
Fire Wings is coming soon to the Marketplace at El Paseo near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue.
Frida Café is planning to move into the downtown water tower this spring or summer following a renovation.
This is the same coffee shop named after Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that first opened inside Los Panchos Mexican Restaurant downtown in fall of 2020 and has temporarily closed.
Front Yard Burger is taking over a former car rental place on Blackstone Avenue, just north of Bullard Avenue.
Huong Lan, the restaurant serving Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches with three locations in Fresno, had hoped to be open by now at 1920 Tulare St., near Chukchansi Park downtown.
The owner said he ran into some delays with the kitchen, but hopes to open in 2022.
Isle of Wolves is a tapas restaurant and bar that is in the works for the Brewery District. The owners of Quail State are working on opening the restaurant on the ground floor of the newly renovated historical building at 736 Fulton St., across the street from Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Co.
Juice It Up! and a Fresh Fill Modern Market store are slated to open in January in the new Riverwalk shopping center on Avenue 12, just west of Highway 41.
It will have a drive-thru.
MilkT Society, a boba shop, has three locations open in Fresno and one on the way in Clovis. The location at the southeast corner of Herndon and Clovis avenues is expected to open sometime around March.
Mochinut specializes in a treat that’s a combination donut and mochi, the Japanese dessert. It’s opening in Campus Pointe, just east of the theater and is planning a grand opening for the last week of January.
Ono Hawaiian BBQ is coming to a former Del Taco at the corner of Shaw and Brawley avenues.
Palo Verde Bakery, which supplies pastries to several coffee shops in town, is planning to open in the same Fulton Street building as Isle of Wolves downtown.
Papi’s Mex Grill is opening a second location at Riverwalk, the development at Avenue 12 and Highway 41 in Madera. It’s close to opening, shooting for the end of January or the first week of February, the owner said.
Pizza Factory is planning a new location at the northwest corner of Shaw and Leonard avenues in Clovis. It’s expected to open this spring.
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers’ second location in the Fresno/Clovis area will most likely open in 2022. It’s on the site of the former Logan’s Roadhouse, which was torn down to make way for the highly anticipated restaurant with a drive-thru.
Another location is headed for East Kings Canyon Road and South Willow Avenue, but it’s not clear when it will open yet.
Ramen Hayashi is a ramen place that’s working on opening a location in The Marketplace at El Paseo by Herndon Avenue and Highway 99. It already has one location in Clovis. It’s owned by the same people who own Hino Oishi and J Pot Mini Hot Pot & Bar.
Round Table Pizza just opened its newest Clovis location, in the former Starbucks on Shaw Avenue in front of Sierra Vista Mall. Another is in the works for the Marketplace at El Paseo near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue.
Salty Bitch Bakery will open soon, hopefully in January in downtown Fresno next to Libelula restaurant. It’s a partnership between Libelula owner Ian Cookson and his daughter Ivy, 19.
They’ve taken over the space next door and will sell sourdough bread, pastries, cookies, cakes and other sweets, including its signature salty snickerdoodles.
South of Shaw Beer Co. is inching closer to opening. The brewery is in the Peerless Building at the corner of Broadway and Amador streets.
West Coast Sourdough is a sandwich shop that has two locations in Fresno and one in Clovis, with several more on the way.
The restaurant at the southeast corner of Herndon and Brawley avenues near Tractor Supply is listed as coming soon on its website.
Another is headed for Prospect Street in Porterville soon. The restaurant has also signed a lease for the northeast corner of Yosemite Avenue and G Street in Madera, but it’s not clear when that one will open.
Yava Bakery is a combination Middle Eastern and Italian breakfast and lunch spot slated to open in March. It’s taking over the former Le Parisien Cafe at Palm and Nees.
Yava’s owner is the same man who owns multiple Kabab City restaurants in the area.
This story was originally published January 3, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
